Daily News
- Spain Wins! Spain makes history as they carved open the Italian defence like a hot knife going through butter, scoring 4 goals in the process. Maureen wins the pool. Thanks for playing. See you for Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup.
- News from earlier days.
Standings
| Rank | Name | Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Double Points |
Winner | Points Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Maureen L
|
GRE 3 | POR 9 | ESP 5.5 | UKR 4 | Rooney 1 | Llorente 0 | Ronaldo 0.75 | ITA 24 | ESP 12 | 59.25 |
| 2 | Terry L | CZE 6 | GER 4 | ITA 12 | FRA 3 | Ronaldo 3 | Rooney 0.5 | Van Persie 0.25 | ESP 11 | ESP 12 | 51.75 |
| 3 | Haroon R | CZE 6 | POR 9 | ITA 12 | UKR 4 | Van Persie 1 | Benzema 0.5 | Gómez 0.75 | POR 18 | NED 0 | 51.25 |
| 4 | Fabio G | CZE 6 | POR 9 | ITA 12 | SWE 3 | Huntelaar 0 | Ibrahimović 1 | Klose 0.25 | SWE 6 | ESP 12 | 49.25 |
| 5 |
Elise L
|
POL 4 | NED 0 | ITA 12 | SWE 3 | Van Persie 1 | Gómez 1.75 | Balotelli 0.75 | ITA 24 | NED 0 | 46.5 |
| 6 | Alex A | CZE 6 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | SWE 3 | Cassano 1.5 | Klose 0.5 | Ronaldo 0.75 | ITA 24 | ITA 0 | 45.25 |
| 7 | Iain S | POL 4 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Sneijder 0 | Silva 1.75 | Torres 0.75 | ESP 11 | ESP 12 | 41.5 |
| 8 | Derek L | CZE 6 | POR 9 | ITA 12 | SWE 3 | Ibrahimović 2 | Balotelli 1.5 | Torres 0.75 | SWE 6 | NED 0 | 40.25 |
| 9 | Pete S | CZE 6 | GER 4 | ITA 12 | FRA 3 | Torres 3.5 | Samaras 0.5 | Ben Arfa 0 | ESP 11 | ENG 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Sambit P | CZE 6 | POR 9 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Ronaldo 3 | Torres 1.75 | Rooney 0.25 | NED 0 | ESP 12 | 40 |
| 11 | Ray P | CZE 6 | NED 0 | CRO 3 | SWE 3 | Huntelaar 0 | Özil 1.25 | Klose 0.25 | ITA 24 | GER 0 | 37.5 |
| 12 | Cris D | RUS 1.5 | NED 0 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Van Persie 1 | Klose 0.5 | Čech 0 | ITA 24 | NED 0 | 35 |
| 13 | Javier M | RUS 1.5 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Iniesta 0.5 | Ronaldo 1.5 | Özil 0.25 | POR 18 | GER 0 | 33.75 |
| 14 | Mike R | RUS 1.5 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Cole 0 | Ronaldo 1.5 | Lahm 0.25 | POR 18 | ENG 0 | 33.25 |
| 15 | Marti B | CZE 6 | NED 0 | ITA 12 | FRA 3 | Klose 1 | Huntelaar 0 | Llorente 0 | ESP 11 | GER 0 | 33 |
| 16 | Roger B | POL 4 | NED 0 | CRO 3 | SWE 3 | Huntelaar 0 | Ronaldo 1.5 | Balotelli 0.75 | POR 18 | GER 0 | 30.25 |
| 17 | Miki H | GRE 3 | POR 9 | ITA 12 | ENG 2.5 | Klose 1 | Ronaldo 1.5 | Huntelaar 0 | NED 0 | GER 0 | 29 |
| 18 | Tony D | RUS 1.5 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Xavi 1 | Özil 1.25 | Van Persie 0.25 | NED 0 | ESP 12 | 28 |
| 19 | Zoe W | CZE 6 | POR 9 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Ronaldo 3 | Rooney 0.5 | Robben 0 | NED 0 | ENG 0 | 26.5 |
| 20 | John B | GRE 3 | GER 4 | ITA 12 | FRA 3 | Gómez 3.5 | Van Persie 0.5 | Benzema 0 | NED 0 | NED 0 | 26 |
| 21 | David Y | RUS 1.5 | GER 4 | ESP 5.5 | FRA 3 | Klose 1 | Benzema 0.5 | Van Persie 0.25 | GER 8 | GER 0 | 23.75 |
| 22 | David D | RUS 1.5 | NED 0 | ESP 5.5 | ENG 2.5 | Müller 0 | Defoe 0 | Huntelaar 0 | GER 8 | GER 0 | 17.5 |
| 23 |
Ken R
|
RUS 1.5 | GER 4 | CRO 3 | SWE 3 | Klose 1 | Huntelaar 0 | Gómez 0.75 | NED 0 | GER 0 | 13.25 |
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Teams
| Name | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Points | Eliminated | Group | Weight | FIFA Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | No | C | 1 | 1 |
 Italy |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | Yes | C | 3 | 12 |
 Portugal |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | Yes | B | 3 | 5 |
 Czech Republic |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Yes | A | 3 | 26 |
 Denmark |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Yes | B | 4 | 10 |
 Germany |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Yes | B | 1 | 2 |
 Poland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Yes | A | 4 | 65 |
 Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Yes | D | 4 | 50 |
 Croatia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Yes | C | 2 | 8 |
 France |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Yes | D | 2 | 16 |
 Greece |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Yes | A | 2 | 14 |
 Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Yes | D | 3 | 17 |
 England |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | Yes | D | 1 | 7 |
 Russia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Yes | A | 1 | 11 |
 Netherlands |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | B | 2 | 4 |
 Republic of Ireland |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | C | 4 | 18 |
| You may also enjoy looking at the team and player statistics and Google Calendar on your own. | |||||||||
Players
| Name | Goals | Assists | Points | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Silva | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | No |
| Fernando Torres | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | No |
| Xavi | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | No |
| Andrés Iniesta | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | No |
| Fernando Llorente | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | No |
| Mario Gómez | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | Yes |
| Mario Balotelli | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | Yes |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | Yes |
| Mesut Özil | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | Yes |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | Yes |
| Antonio Cassano | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | Yes |
| Karim Benzema | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Miroslav Klose | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Philipp Lahm | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Wayne Rooney | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Georgios Samaras | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Robin Van Persie | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | Yes |
| Arjen Robben | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | Yes |
| Petr Čech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Hatem Ben Arfa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Ashley Cole | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Jermaine Defoe | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Thomas Müller | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| Wesley Sneijder | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | Yes |
| You may also enjoy looking at the team and player statistics and Google Calendar on your own. | ||||
News Archive
- Final: Italy v. Spain. If Italy wins, look for the following approximate standings Alex, Elise, Haroon, Maureen. If Spain wins, then the standings will be approximately Maureen, Terry, Haroon, Fabio. Good luck!
- Day 18: Italy continued their giant killing ways by knocking off Germany with a 2-1 score propelled by a brace from Mario Balotelli.
- Day 17: Spain are in the finals once again by virtue of eliminating Portugal in a penalty shoot-out after a goal-less draw.
- Semifinals: Portugal v. Spain and Germany v. Italy.
- Day 16: The first scoreless draw of the competition saw England losing to Italy on penalties.
- Day 15: France were no match for Spain as Xabi Alonso powered Spain to a 2-0 victory. Portugal v. Spain in the first semifinal.
- Day 14: Germany have were clinicial in defeating Greece 4-2.
- Day 13: Portugal are through to the seminfinals after defeating Czech Republic thanks to a solitary goal from Ronaldo. Haroon gets a healthy boost to his lead due to Portugal's win.
- Quarterfinal matchups: Czech Republic v. Portugal, Germany v. Greece, England v. Italy and France v. Spain.
- Day 12: England emerged on top of their group and are through to the quarterfinals after defeating Ukraine 1-0. Sweden added a consolation win against France 2-0. Now that the group stage is over, only Pete has an entry with all of his selections alive. Good job! Alas, from now onwards, teams/players will be getting knocked off as the quarterfinals approach.
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Top two in each group advance to the knockout stage.
Group A
Country W D L GD Pts Czech Rep. 2 0 1 -1 6 Greece 1 1 1 0 4 Russia 1 1 1 2 4 Poland 0 2 1 -1 2 Group B
Country W D L GD Pts Germany 3 0 0 3 9 Portugal 2 0 1 1 6 Denmark 1 0 2 -1 3 Netherlands 0 0 3 -3 0 Group C
Country W D L GD Pts Spain 2 1 0 5 7 Italy 1 2 0 2 5 Croatia 1 1 1 1 4 R. of Ireland 0 0 3 -8 0 Group D
Country W D L GD Pts England 2 1 0 2 7 France 1 1 1 0 4 Sweden 1 0 2 0 3 Ukraine 1 0 2 -2 3 - Day 11: Late goal from the Spanish saw them go on top of the group and qualify, knocking out Croatia with a 1-0 score. Italy finished ahead of Croatia after beating Republic of Ireland 2-0.
- Day 10: Netherlands have unceremoniously exited the tournament without so much as gaining a single point. Portugal defeated Netherlands 2-1 with the help of a brace from Ronaldo. Germany celebrated being on top of the group with 3 wins in a row after defeating Denmark 2-1. Quarter-final matchups are Czech Republic v. Portugal and Germany v. Greece.
Haroon's lead at the top got padded due to Portugal's win. Maureen, Pete and Alex are the only three entrants with all 9 scoring options still available. Everyone else has at least one eliminated column. - Day 9: Football is a game of the slimmest margins. Czesh Republic defeated Poland 1-0, eliminating Poland. Greece defeated Russia 1-0 and finished equal on points with Russia but Greece advance because of their head-to-head win over Russia. Phew!!
- Day 8: France went on top of Group D by blanking out Ukraine 2-0 amidst stoppage delays due to a severe thunderstorm. England came from behind to beat Sweden (3-2) for the first time in a competitive fixture after their Euro 2012 campaign flirted with danger in a thriller in Kiev. Sweden has been eliminated from the competition.
- Day 7: A stalemate between Italy and Croatia ended in a 1-1 score as Italy played a better first half, reciprocated by the Croatians in the second. Ireland have been put out of their misery and have been eliminated after a 4-0 pummeling from Spain (including a brace from Torres).
- Day 6: Portugal kept their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage alive by beating Denmark 3-2, despite a brace from Nicklas Bendtner. The group of death lived up to its billings as Germany beat Netherlands 2-1 with the help of a brace from Mario Gómez. Netherlands are left with a theoretical chance of qualifying for the knockout stage. Portugal's win propels Haroon and Roger to the top.
- Day 5: Facing elimination, Czech Republic responded with a 2-1 victory over Greece despite a poor showing in the second half from the Czechs. The Polish captain lifted the spirits of the entire Polish nation by equalizing against the Russians in a tight 1-1 game.
- Day 4: England achieved their objective of emerging undefeated with a 1-1 draw against group favourites France. A brace from Andriy Shevchenko propelled Ukraine to a 2-1 victory over Sweden despite the individual brilliance of Ibrahimović. Maureen and Haroon enjoy a signficant boost in their standings due to Ukraine's win.
- Day 3: Italy played above themselves and Spain underachieved in an entertaining 1-1 draw. Croatia brushed aside an Irish challenge by a scoreline of 3-1. Elise and Ray are at the top of the leaderboard.
- Day 2: In one of the biggest upsets in recent Euro history, the Dutch suffered a 0-1 loss against the Danes against the run of play. Germany deservedly beat Portugal 1-0 thanks to a headed goal from Mario Gómez. Portugal hit the crossbar twice but failed to score. A nice jump for David Yin in to the top spot.
- Day 1: Greece fought back to tie Poland 1-1 after trailing in the first half. Russia have sent out a message by hammering Czech Republic by a score of 4-1. Ten pool entries got burned and earned 0 points today for picking Czech Republic.
- Euro 2012 Podcasts:
- Euro 2012 squads in full.
- Look at each team's Euro 2012 - Tactics Board profile:
- Day One of the UEFO Euro 2012 Cup is on June 8th, 2012.
- You can peruse the resuls of the previous pools:
- FIFA 2010 pool (won by Maureen Lynham)
- Euro 2008 pool (won by Derek Lund).
Rules
To break ties (total points being equal) the following order is used:
- Correctly guessing World Cup Winner
- Double Points Team with more points
- Star Performers with more points
- Coin toss
If one of your 3 selected players is injured and gets officially replaced before the start of the tournament, you may ask to have the selection replaced with a replacement player.
The prize breakdown is as follows for the top 4 people (subject to change based on number of entries):
- 50%
- 25%
- 15%
- 10%
No points will be awarded for a 3rd-place match (Euro competition does not have a 3rd-place match while FIFA World Cup does have a 3rd-place match).
The selection rules are described in the entry form. Email me for questions.
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