World Cup 2006, BET AND WIN

World Cup 2006, BET AND WIN

Hello,

Let's bet/tip who is gonna be the next footbal (soccer) world champion!

@toptraveller: Pls convince Andre to sponsor a photo of his wonderful collection for the ones that get their tip right :-)

The final will be on July 9th 2006 in Berlin, Germany at 20h00 (ESMT)

Okay, here we go:

I say: ITALY  - ITALIA!!!!!!!!

Sunflower


HM

Hm. I was going to have a different kind of contest later, but o.k. Here it goes.

No more bets after kickoff.

I will send the winner a 12x18 inch print of one of my photos. 

In case of a tie between two betters, I will send each a 10x15 inch print.

In case of a 3 way or more tie, I will send the first two people who were right a picture.

Since I know next to nothing about Soccer I am going to bet on BRAZIL as it seems a rather safe bet to me. 

For those of you who like me didn't even know who is playing: The Teams

Andre

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England - home of football :-)

Hi guys,

I'm sure England will win the World Cup 2006!

Jacky

Argentina

I guess I am going to put my bet on Argentina.

Jacky: England is not only the home of soccer but also Hooligans

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Giving this a bump to keep the thread alive.

Ok Ok go ahead and laugh at

Ok Ok go ahead and laugh at me. But it would be nice once that the US would win a world cup in soccer. But I think it would go to Germany this time around.

Germany

I will count this as a bet for Germany lp!

Great idea, Sunflower, I am

Great idea to start this, Sunflower!

I am also gonna go with Brazil, even though it would be nice to see Germany win.

i think brazil will win in

i think brazil will win in afraid.

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Summary

Hello everybody,

We're still taking bets on who's going to win the WORLD CUP 2006. Participate and win Fine Art Photographies

up to date we've got:

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sunrider: Brazil

jamesx: Brazil

andre: Brazil

lpstong: Germany

cy: Argentina

jacky: England

sunflower: Italy

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You don't need money to place a bet.  Just register, login and tell us who you think will win.

You cannot lose but you can win Fine Art Photographies.

Sunflower

I am going for Holland or

I am going for Holland or Brazil or France  but i think Germany will have a very good chance of winning as they will be right in there back yard.

 

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which country?

Hi callis

Can you please decide for 1 country?

Thank you

Sunflower

well

well its very hard but i will say Germany as they are at home. 

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I will not count myself

I will not count myself towards a prize. Wouldn't make much sense, but my bet still stands.

Andre

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Summary Update

 

sunrider: Brazil

jamesx: Brazil

andre: Brazil (doesn't count in the contest)

lpstong: Germany

callis: Germany

cy: Argentina

jacky: England

sunflower: Italy

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You don't need money to place a bet.  Just register, login and tell us who you think will win.

You cannot lose but you can win Fine Art Photographies.

Deutschland

I'm hereby withdrawing my bet on Italy, as Italy has currently got the biggest football scandal ever going on and I cannot imagine that the players will be psychologically strong enough to make it to the final, let alone win the Cup.

My bet is on Germany, because I beleive Germany will beat England in the Final. I'd personally prefer a Germany-Brazil Final again like 4 years ago, but I'm afraid England will beat Brazil in the semifinal

 

S.

Re: Summary Update

Updated List:

Sunrider: Brazil

jamesx: Brazil

andre: Brazil (doesn't count in the contest)

lpstong: Germany

callis: Germany

cy: Argentina

jacky: England

sunflower: Germany

Sunflower, in order to win a prize you'd better choose something else (see my second post).

Re: Summary Update

andre wrote:

Sunflower, in order to win a prize you'd better choose something else (see my second post).

No. I'll stick to Germany.

If Germany wins the World Cup, 

it is correct that I don't have the chance of winning a prize being the 3rd person to bet on Germany, but neither do I if I bet on any other country.

S.

Hm. You may be right, as we

Hm. You may be right, as we already have 2 bets on Brazil. The way I see it, you could still bet on Argentina and just mention that you believe Germany wins, but bet on Argentina anyways. It's still a better chance to win something

Andre

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well not long now to find

well not long now to find out who will win.

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Yes i'l have to say brazil too, they are incredible when it comes to football .....and world cups, i have to be honest.... 

Re: Summary Update

@andre, okay, in order to have the chance of winning a prize I will say PORTUGAL but I beleive Germany will win the Cup.

Updated List:

Sunrider: Brazil

jamesx: Brazil

andre: Brazil (doesn't count in the contest)

dirty nappie: Brazil

lpstong: Germany

callis: Germany

cy: Argentina

jacky: England

sunflower: Portugal

Dirty nappie, in order to win a prize you'd better choose something else (see andre's post above).

LAST CALL - LAST CALL - LAST CALL - LAST CALL

Place your bets and win!

We're taking no more bets after June 9th 17:00hs MEST (middle european summer time)

My crystal ball clearly

My crystal ball clearly tells me that Holland is going to win. There is no doubt.

well holland looks really

well holland looks really good in the warm-up matches , but i think if they loose a few key players they will not go far. 

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Re: Summary Update

With the offical start half an hour ago, we don't take any more bets. Below is a list of active bets. 

Sunrider: Brazil

jamesx: Brazil

andre: Brazil (doesn't count in the contest)

dirty nappie: Brazil (3rd bet doesn't win a prize)

lpstong: Germany

callis: Germany

cy: Argentina

jacky: England

sunflower: Portugal

noop: Holland

Good luck to everyone.

TT 

Germany made a good start

Germany made a good start to the world cup but they need to defend much better if they are to win the competition. 

Caribbean beach

Hm, bad news for you and

Hm, bad news for you and lpstrong I guess.

I am hoping they will

I am hoping they will improve as the go through the different rounds, poland lost yesterday so hopefully in the next round the will play sweden, they will have a better chance of beating sweden than they would england

Oceania Beach

Deutschland

Germany play a completely different football style than they did 4 years ago. They used to focus on defense, and Klinsmann changed the focus to offense. Critics call it "offensive HURRAH!-Football". The team invite very clearly the opponent to shoot goals, but they are good enough to shoot one or two more, so they can win. I hope this tactics is successful. At least it was in the Confed Cup...Anyway, it's more exciting to watch matches like this, isn't it?

@callis: They may even play Paraguay in the next round....

they have better attacking

they have better attacking players than they do defence thats why i think theu focus on a more attacking game. they just dont have Good central defenders. It was really good watching germany play yesterday the score some of the best goals i have ever seen in a long time. @sunflower at the moment it does look as if it might be paraguay and i am sure germany will be able to beat them.

Asian Beach

arghh

I think I can forget my bet after seing todays performance of Brazil vs. Croatia. I think Croatia would have deserved to win. 

Andre

Travel Photography

go australia =D

poor australia..has no recognition, so im just saying go australia XDD they had a cool comeback in the japan aust game <:o)

Hurray

Hurray for Australia. Go Aussies go. The next one will be a lot tougher. All the best to them. Maybe Crocodile Dundee will have an upper hand with the strong Brazilians, doubtful since they are not  crocs, but I surely hope so. 

At the next game I will be cheering for Australia, just I was today for Croatia.  

Andre

Travel Photography

AUSTRALIA

Hey jangel,

Don't worry, the whole world will be cheering for Australia, when they play Brazil on Sunday. And Australia have good chances to win, considering the rather poor presentation of the Brazilian Seleção in the Croatia match.

GO SOCCEROOS GO!

GO SOCCEROOS GO!

GO SOCCEROOS GO!

Germany

Good news for the Germany supporters. Germany defence improved a lot ! Anyway they had a lot of 100% chances to score but the ball just woudn't go in. But they worked hard and scored in extra time. This proves you can't write Germany off until the referee blows the final whistle.

They defended much better

They defended much better this time round but the attackers where able to do there jobs until the last minute. i am glad they are through but now the job gets more difficult. Do you think they will be able to beat Ecuador?

I hope so

Yes, they are able to beat Ecuador. Germany usually like to play South and Central American teams. They have trouble beating European teams. They had not beaten any European team in a tournament in 10 years!!! ...until yesterday...

They'll have trouble playing the Netherlands, Czech Republic, or Italy, even the next round with England or Sweden will be tough but I think the Ecuador match should not be much of a problem.

Well, I can be wrong...We'll see next Tuesday....

Argentina - Serbia 6:0

Seems as if "cy" is going to win a prize......

Hm

They are going to play against Holland soon. This is going to be a very interesting match.

Reply

I doubt it will be interesting. Holland was pretty weak today, although they won the match. My bet is Argentina....

they didnt look that good

they didnt look that good but at least there werent playing like a one man team(i.e Robben), the played really well in the first half and in the second they were very weak in midfield. 

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GROUP A

1. Germany   9  (8:2)

2. Ecuador    6  (5:3)

Poland and Costa Rica are not in the competition anymore. Did anybody bet on those countries???   NOOOO! Good news, isn't it?

Germany

Having seen the last play of Germany I think they deserve to win.

I will be watching Sweden - England very carefully to see what Germany's chances are.

Andre

Travel Photography

Hm

The results are out (at least the simulated results):

http://www.footballmanager.net/en/a4/M2.htm

According to this, Jacky would win the prize

But according to these guys (another simulation):

http://www.easports2006fifaworldcup.com/news/view.asp?id=8162&lang=us

noone would win a prize, LOL

Andre

Travel Photography

Re: Hm

andre wrote:

The results are out (at least the simulated results):

http://www.footballmanager.net/en/a4/M2.htm

According to this, Jacky would win the prize

 

Yes!!! I knew it!

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming.....Football's coming home

Re: Hm

andre wrote:

The results are out (at least the simulated results):

http://www.footballmanager.net/en/a4/M2.htm

According to this, Jacky would win the prize

What would you expect? This is an English Website,  they want the 1966 remake and England being the winner.....

andre wrote:

But according to these guys (another simulation):

http://www.easports2006fifaworldcup.com/news/view.asp?id=8162&lang=us

noone would win a prize, LOL

So, the Czech Republic is going to win the World Cup ??? No seriously, they have just been sent home by Italy and are not in the competition any more

USA - Ghana 1:2

God blessed America

.....and let Ghana win

Group B

1. England

2. Sweden

Paraguay and Trinidad&Tobago did not make it to the next round...Nobody bet on these 2 countries anyway.

Group C

1. Argentina

2. Holland

Ivory Coast and Serbia-Montenegro have been sent home...No bets on these countries as well...

Group D

1. Portugal

2. Mexico

Angola and Iran are going home...No bets on Angola nor Iran...