Daily News

• Day 19 - June 29th: Spain are the champions of Europe! Congratulations to Derek on a narrow victory. Here are the spoils (Derek 50%, Haroon 25%, Isabel 15%, Aladin 10%). See you in 2010 in South Africa.
• Day 18 - June 26th: One thing is for sure, Isabel Lai will not win the pool as she only holds a 7.5 point lead over Aladin and has no point earning teams or players left. Spain's convincing victory over Russia sets up a dream final against Germany.
• Day 17 - June 25th: Vienna beckons! A 5-goal, end-to-end thriller with Germany ousting Turkey 3-2 to reserve a place in the final. Turkey must be disappointed as they took the game to Germany and outplayed them for large portions of the game.
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Standings

Check out the group tables and upcoming fixtures. Results are updated immediately after the match has ended. Stay above the red line for a prize. The little number beside the players' and teams' name are the number of points they have earned for you. Entries with yellow background have been eliminated and can *NO* longer earn points for you. Something wrong? Email me.

Rank

Name

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Double

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Teams

The following table specifies the weight of each team and their current record. This will be updated soon after each game ends so it will not always be in sync. The Points column indicates the amount of points you would have received if you had picked them in the group.

Name

Weight

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

Points

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Players

The following table lists the number of goals and assists for each player. Check out every Euro 2008 player here.

Name

Goals

Assists

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News Archive

• Day 16 - June 22nd: And then, there were four! No one exptected Italy to go through after having scored 3 goals in the last 3 games. Luca Toni ended the tournament with 0 goals as Italy lost to Spain on penalties in a tense and hard-fought encounter. Follow the knockout chart as we wait anxiously for the semi-finals, Germany v. Turkey on Wednesday and Russia v. Spain on Thursday.
• Day 15 - June 21st: Oranje are crushed! Dutch had no answer for the speedy Russian attack. Score at the end of regulation time was 1-1, thanks to a Ruud van Nistelrooy equalizer 4 minutes before the end. In the end, it didn't matter, as the Russian fairy tale continued with a 3-1 win in extra time. Anton and Aladin are new entrants in the top-4, earning 8 points each, with the Russian win. Isabel still has a sizeable lead, but her only remaining points-earning entry is Russia.
• Day 14 - June 20th: If it wasn't for the chances they squandered against Turkey, end of regulation time should have seen a scoreline of 3-0 in favor of Croatia. As it is, from the first near-miss it was almost evident that the game was going to go to penalties. But hold on, as Croatia scored in the 2nd-last minute of extra time (119th minute) only to see Turkey equalize deep into stoppage time. Penalties it was, then. Football can be a cruel game as Turkey won on penalties. Hats off to Turkey for pulling off their 3rd comeback game of the tournament. Turkey versus Germany in the semi-finals.
• Day 13 - June 19th: Portugal bows out of the tournament to Germany after a thrilling fixture in Basel. The Portugese fell behind 2-0 in the rain after Bastian Schweinsteiger and Miroslav Klose struck within 4 minutes. Nuno Gomes answered shortly after before Michael Ballack put it away in the second half. Portugal made things interesting by scoring late in the half but it was too little, too late. Isabel's winner pick is out and the chances of catching her have increased. This also marks the demise of Christiano Ronaldo who 22 people had picked. Croatia and Turkey face off tomorrow, follow the bracket.
• Day 12 - June 18th: Russia beat Sweden 2-0 in a spirited display by the Russian team. Daniel Guiza, the leading scorer in the Spanish league, provided an assist and scored a goal to lead Spain over Greece 2-1. Sweden and Greece eliminated. High flyers for the day are Aladin and Anton with 9 and 8 points respectively from the Russian/Spanish wins. Derek moved into the #2 spot and Isabel extended her lead after getting 4 points courtesy of the Russian win. Carey enters the top-4 for the first time. Quarter-finals are Portugal v. Germany, Croatia v. Turkey, Holland v. Russia and Spain v. Italy. Its rather interesting to note that at the quarter-final stage the 1st players for 30 out of the 33 entries are still in contention. Good picks every one.
• Day 11 - June 17th: France exits stage left after another disappointing performance and a 2-0 loss to Italy. Romania continued their mediocre display by losing 2-0 to a second-string Dutch side. Italy advanced to the quarter-finals thanks to the Dutch win over Romaina. Spain vs. Italy in the quarters. Isabel's lead looks insurmountable as she gained 9 more points today courtesy of the Dutch.
• Day 10 - June 16th: Austria needed to beat Germany to advance and neither side was impressive save a special freekick from Michael Ballack which saw the Germans through in a listless performance. A reserve Croatia which had nothing to play for sealed Poland's coffin which by all accounts was shut anyway. Austria and Poland eliminated. Quarter-finals matchups are Croatia vs. Turkey and Germany vs. Portugal. Big fixtures tomorrow in the Group of Death: France vs. Italy: The winner will move on unless Romania beat Netherlands who will field a weakened side...In the case of a draw Romania need only tie Netherlands to advance.
• Day 9 - June 15th: Swiss exited the competition but not before earning a consolation win against a second-string Portugal (already qualified). Turkey came back from the depths of forlorn despair to defeat Czech Republic to advance into the quarter-finals. Turkey was down 2-0 with 15 minutes to go (eventually won 3-2). Derek moves into the top-4 courtesy of 4 points from the Swiss win. Big climb up the ladder for Vladimir Rudenko as well, as he earned 12 points due to the Swiss win. Swiss and Czech Republic eliminated. Isabel is solidly entrenched at the top but she earned no points today. Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there.
• Day 8 - June 14th: The lucky streak continued for Isabel Lai as Russia defeated Greece earning her 4 points and kicking the defending champions out of the competition. Spain maintained its impressive run so far by defeating Sweden on David Villa's stoppage-time goal (leading scorer with 4 goals in the competition). Look for Spain to field a second string squad against the Greeks in their last group-stage game on Wednesday. Starting tomorrow, in the 3rd round of group-stage matches, you will start to see teams/players that have been eliminated. Turkey vs. Czech is up tomorrow. Both teams are level on points, goal difference and goals scored. Another draw in tomorrow's game would mean extra time and a penalty shoot-out to see who advances into the quarter-finals to join Portugal. Just to let you know, for the next 4 days, last round of group-stage games happen simultaneously, so you might want to get your Picture-in-Picture feature ready.
• Day 7 - June 13th: Isabel Lai picked up 9.5 points on a day the Netherlands beat France in a game controlled by the French...Romania tied a disinterested Italian side as striker Luca Toni failed to fire yet again...Romania will likely face a weakened Dutch side next week and the French and Italians will hope for them to tie or lose while the two European giants face off in a rematch of the World Cup final.
• Day 6 - June 12th: Austria salvaged a point on a controversial penalty in injury time to shock Poland. The result also awarded the group to Croatia who earlier stunned Germany. There were many who profited from the German upset as the board continues to shuffle by the hour.
• Day 5 - June 11th: The Swiss held the lead till the second half until a Turkish onslaught secured them the win sending Haroon to #2 only a point and a half behind Mo...Portugal cruised past the Czechs as Ronaldo picked up 4 points helping many.
• Day 4 - June 10th: Spain crushed Russia as hitman David Villa completed a hat-trick reassuring the conservatives who picked the Spanish...Sweden defeated Greece to give Jeremy and Cris hope as it netted them 6 double points each...Mo picked the Swedes in Group D to reclaim the lead.
• Day 3 - June 9th: A resilient Romania held France earning Jennifer and Erika 4 points each but the winner of the day was Siddiqi Sr. who collected 8 points courtesy of Netherland's demolition of Italy and Dirk Kuyt's strong performance. Picking the Italians is proving to be a costly mistake.
• Day 2 - June 8th: German striker Lukas Podolski's brace rewarded Mo Reza with the lead as Germany cruised...Nobody picked Austria and they lost 1-0 to Croatia making 11 people happy...all can change with the Group of Death tomorrow as the French, Italians and Dutch take the field.
• Day 1 - June 7th: Good day for those of you who picked Portugal as their Group A and double point team...David Lee with the early lead thanks to a Nuno Gomez assist...Gambling on the Swiss pick didn't pay off, at least not yet...24 of the 33 entrants selected Christiano Ronaldo who produced nothing.

Rules

To break ties (total points being equal) the following order is used:

1. Correctly guessing World Cup Winner
2. Double Points Team with more points
3. Star Performers with more points
4. Coin toss

The selection rules are described in the entry form. Email me for questions.

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