2023 Event Summary: Soccer

Status: Completed

RULES: SOCCER

Q1 English Premier League
The EPL is comprised of 20 teams; these teams have been seeded and you must select five teams totaling no more than 22 seed points. The EPL season is a home-and-home round robin; each team will play 38 games. There are no playoffs altho 5-6 teams will receive berths in the UEFA Champions League or the Europa League at the conclusion of the season. Furthermore, 3 teams will be relegated to the EFL Championship.

Your five teams will earn points as follows:
...5 points for every EPL* win
...1 point for every EPL* draw
..20 point bonus for the champion
..15 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the 2024 UEFA Champions League
...8 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the 2024 Europa League
..10 point penalty for any team that is relegated

* During the EPL season, teams will play friendlies and in tournaments; points are not awarded for those wins/draws

** Points are only awarded for a group stage berth in either the UCL or UEL (a qualifying round berth earns no points)

Picks are not due until after each team plays one game. Picks will lock Aug13 430a Pacific.

Q2a UEFA Champions League - Group Stage
There are 32 teams in the Group Stage. We have divided them into 4 tiers; you must pick 2 teams from each tier (restriction: you may only pick one of Bayern Munich, ManCity, PSG, Chelsea from Tier1).

Your 8 teams will earn points as follows:
...8pts: Group Stage win
...3pts: Group Stage draw
..12pts: Advance to knockouts
...8pts: Knockout round victory *
..12pts: Advance to final
..20pts: Champions League Title

* This means your team advances to the next round of knockouts. Winning one leg (game) of a knockout round does not guarantee advancing and does not earn points.

Picks will lock Sep 6, 945a Pacific prior to the first kickoff.

UCL play will run through Jun 2023 and we will repick for Knockouts, starting Mar 2023.

Q2b UEFA Champions League Knockouts
16 teams remain alive in the UCL. Knockouts will run from Feb14 thru Jun10, with the teams playing 2-leg knockouts for three rounds and then a single-game Championship at a neutral site (Istanbul). We have seeded the teams, and you must select 4 teams totaling at most 22 seed points.

Your 4 teams will earn points as follows:
...5pts: Game Victory*
...1pt: Game Tie
...3pts: Round Advance*
...7pts: Finals Berth
..15pts: Championship

Note that teams will play 2 games vs the same opponent in each of the first three rounds and our scoring reflects the difference between game results and round results.

* The Championship game does count as a game victory, but does not count as a round advance.

Final note - the 16 UCL teams are not drawn into a bracket; once the winners of each round have been determined, there will be a draw to determine the matchups of the next round. We feel your pain over the chaotic aspect this adds to making picks.

Picks will lock at the first knockout kickoff: Tue Feb14 12n Pacific

Q3 World Cup
There 32 teams divided into 8 groups of 4 teams in the World Cup. Each group plays round robin and the top two from each group (16 teams total) advance to elimination play. Those 16 teams play single game knockouts to determine the champion.

We have seeded the teams according to our magic sauce. You must pick 7 teams totalling 105 or more seed points.

Points:
...6pts: Group Play Win
...2pts: Group Play Draw
..13pts: Advance to Elimination Round
..10pts: Elimination Win

Championship Bonus:
..25pts for World Cup Championship
..15pts for World Cup Runner up
..10pts for 3rd place finish
...5pts for 4th place finish

Note: Altho the 3rd place (consolation) game will determine the final two championship bonuses, there will be no 'elimination win' points awarded for that game.

Picks lock at the kickoff of the first game: Sun Nov20, 8a Pacific

 
POINT RECAP: SOCCER

English Premier League
 Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Bournemouth (0) 46 55 6 0 0 0 -0 61
Fulham (0) 110 75 7 0 0 0 -0 82
Brentford (1) 111 75 14 0 0 0 -0 89
Nottingham Forest (1) 21 45 11 0 0 0 -0 56
Southampton (1) 34 30 7 0 0 0 -10 27
Crystal Palace (2) 79 55 12 0 0 0 -0 67
Everton (2) 22 40 12 0 0 0 -0 52
Leeds United (2) 51 35 10 0 0 0 -10 35
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 38 55 8 0 0 0 -0 63
Aston Villa (3) 60 90 7 0 0 0 -0 97
Brighton & Hove Albion (3) 72 90 8 8 0 0 -0 106
Leicester City (3) 54 45 7 0 0 0 -10 42
Newcastle United (4) 53 95 14 0 15 0 -0 124
West Ham United (4) 30 55 7 0 0 0 -0 62
Arsenal (5) 148 130 6 0 15 0 -0 151
Manchester United (5) 30 120 6 0 15 0 -0 141
Chelsea (6) 136 55 11 0 0 0 -0 66
Tottenham Hotspur (7) 100 90 6 0 0 0 -0 96
Liverpool (9) 90 95 10 8 0 0 -0 113
Manchester City (10) 175 135 5 0 15 20 -0 175
Champions League Tier 1
 Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
B Atlético Madrid (0) 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 14
D Tottenham (0) 41 24 6 12 0 0 0 42
E Chelsea (0) 20 32 3 12 8 0 0 55
F Real Madrid (0) 219 32 3 12 16 0 0 63
A Liverpool (1) 14 40 0 12 0 0 0 52
C Bayern Munich (1) 35 48 0 12 8 0 0 68
G Manchester City (1) 222 32 6 12 24 12 20 106
H PSG (1) 18 32 6 12 0 0 0 50
Champions League Tier 2
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
A Ajax 81 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
B Porto 45 32 0 12 0 0 0 44
C Barcelona 187 16 3 0 0 0 0 19
C Inter Milan 25 24 3 12 24 12 0 75
E AC Milan 85 24 3 12 16 0 0 55
F RB Leipzig 16 32 0 12 0 0 0 44
G Borussia Dortmund 29 16 9 12 0 0 0 37
H Juventus 110 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Champions League Tier 3
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
A Napoli 121 40 0 12 8 0 0 60
B Bayer Leverkusen 58 8 6 0 0 0 0 14
D Eintracht Frankfurt 38 24 3 12 0 0 0 39
D Marseille 37 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
E Salzburg 103 8 9 0 0 0 0 17
F Celtic 37 0 6 0 0 0 0 6
G Sevilla 71 8 6 0 0 0 0 14
H Benfica 113 32 6 12 8 0 0 58
Champions League Tier 4
 Answer #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
A Rangers 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B Club Brugge 156 24 6 12 0 0 0 42
C Viktoria Plzeň 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D Sporting CP 198 16 3 0 0 0 0 19
E Dinamo Zagreb 31 8 3 0 0 0 0 11
F Shakhtar Donetsk 51 8 9 0 0 0 0 17
G Copenhagen 25 0 9 0 0 0 0 9
H Maccabi Haifa 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
Champions League Knockouts
 Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
Club Brugge (1) 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RB Leipzig (2) 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Porto (2) 123 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Eintracht Frankfurt (2) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AC Milan (4) 33 10 2 6 0 0 0 18
Dortmund (4) 54 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Benfica (5) 101 10 1 3 0 0 0 14
Inter Milan (5) 59 20 2 9 7 0 0 38
Real Madrid (6) 85 20 1 6 0 0 0 27
Chelsea (6) 21 5 0 3 0 0 0 8
Napoli (6) 132 10 1 3 0 0 0 14
Tottenham (6) 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Liverpool (7) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bayern Munich (9) 104 10 1 3 0 0 0 14
PSG (9) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manchester City (10) 131 20 3 9 7 15 0 54
World Cup
 Answer (Seed Pts) #Sel Cat1 Cat2 Cat3 Cat4 Cat5 Cat6 Total
d France (1) 58 12 0 13 30 15 0 70
g Brazil (1) 175 12 0 13 10 0 0 35
c Argentina (1) 94 12 0 13 40 25 0 90
b England (4) 66 12 2 13 10 0 0 37
e Spain (5) 62 6 2 13 0 0 0 21
e Germany (6) 75 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
a Netherlands (7) 86 12 2 13 10 0 0 37
h Portugal (8) 47 12 0 13 10 0 0 35
f Belgium (9) 82 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
d Denmark (10) 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
f Croatia (11) 21 6 4 13 20 10 0 53
h Uruguay (11) 55 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
a Senegal (13) 31 12 0 13 0 0 0 25
g Serbia (13) 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
g Switzerland (15) 52 12 0 13 0 0 0 25
b USA (16) 85 6 4 13 0 0 0 23
c Mexico (16) 43 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
c Poland (16) 25 6 2 13 0 0 0 21
a Ecuador (19) 73 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
f Canada (19) 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
b Wales (19) 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
f Morocco (19) 31 12 2 13 20 5 0 52
g Cameroon (23) 23 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
e Japan (23) 77 12 0 13 0 0 0 25
h SouthKorea (23) 85 6 2 13 0 0 0 21
a Qatar (23) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
h Ghana (23) 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
d Australia (28) 61 12 0 13 0 0 0 25
d Tunisia (29) 82 6 2 0 0 0 0 8
b Iran (29) 101 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
c SaudiArabia (31) 82 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
e CostaRica (31) 91 6 0 0 0 0 0 6

Hover over Category Titles to view Description and Point Multipliers

 
LEADERBOARD: SOCCER

#   Team Points
1   steel curtain 1290
2   G.B.G. Campaign 1279
3   Evidence Lacking 1276
4   Krudler 1270
5   Johnny Backpacks 1267
6   Special K's 1259
7   phart 1257
8   The Lazer Show 1256
9   Caffeine Achiever 1247
10   Art Vandelay 1243
11   Fightin' Amish 1233
12   Favre's Prick Picks 1231
13   RangerRocky 1209
14   Kenneth Goulet, Private Investigator 1203
15   The Rodfather 1194
16   Shadynasty's 1189
17   Valimorons 1187
18   Little Yerry Stackhouse 1186
19   Boopers McGee 1185
20   Favre's Dick Picks 1184
21   Ramblers 1181
22   Golden Earrings 1180
23   Bye Shane 1179
--   Seven21 1179
25   Impractical Jokers 1178
26   Toothy Critters 1176
27   Fick Can Still Get Our Nuts 1175
28   Stankford 1173
29   Whiskey Winners 1169
30   Ashley Remembered 1166
31   Party Like It's 09 1163
32   ZFG 1162
33   SHTIGERS 1158
34   Liverpool Lions 1155
35   Sportwonks 1154
36   Brandon Scott’s Tots 1147
37   Tundra Prius 1145
38   West Virginia Party Boy 1144
39   DinglePox 1142
--   The Bizuation 1142
41   Sixth Sense 1141
42   Kremenator 1139
43   The Fighting Tuckmans 1138
44   Aces4U 1136
--   Shake N Bake 1136
46   NIASKOS 1133
--   Thing Two 1133
48   Shenanigans (HE/HIM) 1132
--   Wasted Tacos 1132
50   Dancing Bears 1131
51   Party Like It's 23 1129
52   Menage a Trois 1126
--   Tequila Howie 1126
54   The209 1125
55   Seventh Heaven 1124
56   Not Your Average Joel 1123
57   You Might Win 1122
58   Fat Bernie’s waterbeds 1121
59   PSU Pride 1119
60   Karma Train 1118
61   Dock Ellis 1116
62   HMD Industries 1112
63   JJBC All-Stars 1110
--   Sacrifice Blunts 1110
--   Stat Arb for Dummies 1110
66   Dad Boner 1109
67   The 3 Amigos 1106
68   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 1105
--   In play out(s) 1105
--   SLO MIKE 1105
71   Heinz Kissvelvet 1104
72   BarEviction 1102
73   Grassy Nole 1101
74   Lovey's House of Jameson II 1100
--   Oxen of the Sun 1100
76   Sexy Rexy Grossman 1099
77   Walton's World 1098
78   4 year Starters 1096
--   fallfromgrace 1096
--   The ‘02 1096
81   Four Loko 1094
--   Handsy Docs 1094
--   Pepe Silvia 1094
84   Ain't No Thief 1093
--   Casa Gabriella 1093
--   Rick Moranis 1093
87   Kev & Dav 1092
88   Barkley's Boyz 1091
--   Big Ragu 1091
--   Idontrecall 1091
--   We Don't Talk About Bruno 1091
92   Team Quack 1089
--   Twice As Nice 1089
94   Atlantic City Knights 1087
--   Low Expectations 1087
--   Mill Street 1087
--   Syosset Shysters 1087
98   Langston CC 1085
99   Off the Handle 1084
100   Chudley Cannons 1081
101   Longwood Legend 1080
--   Rounders 1080
103   ARMageddon 1079
--   Project Badass 1079
--   The513 1079
106   KillerKash 1077
107   Mighty Bullocks 1074
--   Oh Saquon You See 1074
109   Go Bulldogs! 1073
--   Ripped the Dry Snatch On the Dock 1073
111   Andrew's Amazing Team 1071
--   The Hefty Lefty 1071
113   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 1069
114   Rusty's Raiders 1068
115   2024 Champ 1067
116   nlhawkeye88 1064
--   SD Degens 1064
--   The Fast Cheetas 1064
119   Hans Sans Frans 1062
120   Bodymore Murdaland 1061
--   Red Deaths 1061
--   Team Beno 1061
123   Always Next Year 1060
124   NoelG27 1059
125   Uff 1056
126   Contra541 1055
127   Shart Garfunkel 1054
128   Gutter Trojans 1053
--   GVOCBC Lock City 1053
130   BagginSunchase 1052
131   Hondo 1050
132   The Hameltoes 1048
133   R D 1047
134   Old Salt 1046
--   Subway Hero 1046
136   That Ain’t Mayo 1045
137   Los Birdos 1044
--   Miami Vice 1044
139   EtAl 1043
--   The Usual Suspects 1043
141   White Mark 1042
142   ScudderRoad 1041
143   Brooklynboyz 1040
--   Uncle Baby Billy Gemstone 1040
145   TRYAN43 1039
146   Gronkey Kong 1037
147   Stacey's Momz Got it Going On 1036
--   Tasty Waves 1036
149   Bloomfield Bombers 1035
150   Lefty 1034
151   Bearvers 1033
--   Los Angeles NorCals 1033
153   It's Miller Time 1032
154   BeakersTweakers 1031
--   Managing Managers 1031
156   Cinghiale 1027
--   PJM 1027
--   The Joe West Show 1027
159   Lawofaverages 1026
160   Boo-Yah! 1024
--   DudePlayingADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude 1024
--   Fuji Bomb's 1024
163   Brusstar’s Millions 1022
--   San Jose State Superfan 1022
165   La Cheeserie! 1021
--   The Dude Abides 1021
167   Boar on the Floor 1019
--   The Hatchmen 1019
169   Nerd Alert! 1018
170   Literally Joe Sheisty 1017
--   LucCon2023 1017
172   Nax Squared 1014
173   Delusions of Grandeur 1011
--   Failcons 1011
--   Hard Rock’s $$$ 1011
176   The hawks 1010
177   Back the blue 1009
--   Gambling $$ 1009
179   Charlie Bucket's Golden Ticket 1007
180   Tampa Team 1005
181   Henry the Good Doy 1004
182   Truffle Butter Express 1003
183   SoHoGoat 1000
184   TrueSpartan 999
185   The Three Degenerates 998
186   Hope I Can Change This Later 997
187   Garage Mahal 996
188   And You Want To Be My Latex Salesman 995
--   Ron Barr All Stars 995
190   Jimmy Dugan 994
191   Bengals 993
192   POKER BOYS 991
193   mountaineers11 990
194   Total Devastation 988
195   Carpenter'sStashIsBetterThanNestor's 987
196   Land Thieves 986
197   Let's Get Tropical 985
198   ATHLETICS 983
--   Warden’s Dilemma 983
200   The Sloths 981
201   Greatpoint 979
202   Alaskan Ice Pickers 978
--   Killer B's 978
--   Random Donkey 978
205   Deez Nuts 976
206   Hector Patel 974
--   The Wild Bunch 974
208   KwazyBonez 967
209   Degenerate X 966
--   johnlb470 966
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212   Sockfinger 964
213   needalittlehelphere 961
214   Doolio 958
215   Gang Greener Pastures 957
--   RaymondBabbitt 957
--   Running 40 Miles on Fruitcake 957
--   Sleehrats 957
219   CoLo for the win 956
220   The Salty Dogs 954
221   Mkratch 953
222   Tottenham HiltSpurs 952
223   Anxious Js 950
--   Late Picks 950
--   Mr. Jones and Friends 950
--   Pinche Gringos 950
227   Big Bad B-Rent 949
228   Buttfumble 948
229   Kissing Cousins 946
230   Kick Names Take Ass 941
231   ChimeraCollects 940
--   Decanterthon 940
233   Slaw 938
234   Big Red Leopards 931
--   Primed 2 Go 931
236   NonameBret 930
237   Straw boys 929
238   Password is Taco 928
239   Stringer Bell 922
240   Do Wrong Right 920
241   Robert Gamez Pool Party All-Stars 918
242   Pitter Patter 917
--   Pump'nDump 917
--   WarOtto 917
245   BigB 915
--   Tycats Litterbox 915
247   EssoTMB 911
--   Flying Solo 911
249   Notfirstyourlast 910
--   Sonic Death Monkey 910
251   DoubleDown11 909
252   Fonzinoons 908
253   Halloumi United 907
--   Randolph and Mortimer 907
255   Narnia Dust 906
256   JFJcofc 905
257   Breakfast Beverages 904
258   JustFly 902
259   Eastbound & Baum 896
260   Jimmy Lemons 889
261   O'Doyle Rules 888
262   MATTIMCANDREWS 880
263   Iron Chefs of Pounding Raj 879
--   The Catch 879
265   The C.O.S.T.A. System 876
266   BlueCrew21 868
--   Comcast and Fletcher Out 2022 868
268   Fifth Wheel 866
269   The Cayuts 865
270   Killer Picks, Man 864
--   Millertime 864
272   Magic Fountain 860
273   Chuckleheads 859
274   Fully Krausened 847
275   Make America Gronk Again 836
276   DEATH ROW 830
--   Tenacious B 830
278   Go Gamecocks 825
279   Picks out for Harambe 816
280   Patatas 794
281   RunForrestRun 788
282   NY Jets are killing me 786
283   SportsFanatic 779
284   SoFla Ballers 763
285   CiC 748
286   Collecting Dubs 744
287   schwaguirelis 742
288   JoeRobbieStadium 737
289   Pare La Musica 729
290   Los Dedos Asquerosos 557
291   Land Thieves 475
292   Fake Hustle 419

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