2022 Event Summary: Soccer

Status: Locked

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 70 14 0 0 0 -0 84
Nottingham Forest (1) 21 45 10 0 0 0 -0 55
Southampton (1) 34 30 6 0 0 0 -10 26
Crystal Palace (2) 79 55 11 0 0 0 -0 66
Everton (2) 22 35 12 0 0 0 -0 47
Leeds United (2) 51 35 10 0 0 0 -0 45
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 38 55 8 0 0 0 -0 63
Aston Villa (3) 60 85 7 0 0 0 -0 92
Brighton & Hove Albion (3) 72 90 8 8 0 0 -0 106
Leicester City (3) 54 40 7 0 0 0 -0 47
Newcastle United (4) 53 95 13 0 15 0 -0 123
West Ham United (4) 30 55 7 0 0 0 -0 62
Arsenal (5) 148 125 6 0 15 0 -0 146
Manchester United (5) 30 115 6 0 15 0 -0 136
Chelsea (6) 136 55 10 0 0 0 -0 65
Tottenham Hotspur (7) 100 85 6 0 0 0 -0 91
Liverpool (9) 90 95 9 8 0 0 -0 112
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 0 86
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 15 3 9 7 0 0 34
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 1240
2   Art Vandelay 1233
3   Evidence Lacking 1230
4   G.B.G. Campaign 1229
5   Johnny Backpacks 1215
--   Krudler 1215
7   The Lazer Show 1206
8   Special K's 1204
9   Caffeine Achiever 1202
10   phart 1196
11   RangerRocky 1183
12   Favre's Prick Picks 1180
13   Fightin' Amish 1178
14   The Rodfather 1164
15   Toothy Critters 1155
16   Kenneth Goulet, Private Investigator 1151
17   Stankford 1147
18   Ramblers 1146
19   Valimorons 1141
20   Whiskey Winners 1138
21   Boopers McGee 1134
--   Shadynasty's 1134
23   Favre's Dick Picks 1133
24   ZFG 1131
25   Little Yerry Stackhouse 1130
26   Golden Earrings 1129
27   Bye Shane 1128
--   Seven21 1128
29   Impractical Jokers 1126
30   Liverpool Lions 1125
31   Fick Can Still Get Our Nuts 1123
--   Kremenator 1123
33   Aces4U 1115
--   Ashley Remembered 1115
35   Party Like It's 09 1112
36   You Might Win 1110
37   Shake N Bake 1109
38   NIASKOS 1107
39   Brandon Scott’s Tots 1106
--   SHTIGERS 1106
41   DinglePox 1101
42   Sportwonks 1099
43   Party Like It's 23 1098
44   Menage a Trois 1095
--   The Bizuation 1095
46   Tundra Prius 1094
47   West Virginia Party Boy 1093
48   The Fighting Tuckmans 1092
49   Sixth Sense 1091
50   Fat Bernie’s waterbeds 1090
51   Dancing Bears 1086
--   Karma Train 1086
53   Idontrecall 1084
54   Dock Ellis 1083
55   Dad Boner 1082
--   Thing Two 1082
--   Wasted Tacos 1082
58   Big Ragu 1080
59   JJBC All-Stars 1079
--   Stat Arb for Dummies 1079
--   The209 1079
--   We Don't Talk About Bruno 1079
63   Sacrifice Blunts 1078
64   Not Your Average Joel 1077
--   Shenanigans (HE/HIM) 1077
66   The 3 Amigos 1076
67   Tequila Howie 1075
68   Lovey's House of Jameson II 1074
--   Seventh Heaven 1074
70   BarEviction 1071
--   HMD Industries 1071
72   PSU Pride 1068
73   Casa Gabriella 1067
74   The ‘02 1066
75   Langston CC 1065
76   Four Loko 1063
--   Heinz Kissvelvet 1063
78   Ain't No Thief 1062
79   fallfromgrace 1060
80   In play out(s) 1059
81   Handsy Docs 1058
82   Mill Street 1057
--   Pepe Silvia 1057
--   Syosset Shysters 1057
85   Kev & Dav 1055
86   Chicks Dig The Long Ball!! 1054
--   Team Quack 1054
88   Sexy Rexy Grossman 1052
--   Walton's World 1052
90   Bodymore Murdaland 1051
91   4 year Starters 1050
--   Chudley Cannons 1050
--   Team Beno 1050
94   SLO MIKE 1049
95   Low Expectations 1046
96   Rounders 1045
97   Grassy Nole 1044
98   Oxen of the Sun 1043
99   Twice As Nice 1042
100   Atlantic City Knights 1041
--   Rick Moranis 1041
102   Andrew's Amazing Team 1040
103   Barkley's Boyz 1039
--   Famous Jewish Sports Legends 1039
--   Longwood Legend 1039
--   Subway Hero 1039
107   Mighty Bullocks 1034
108   Project Badass 1033
109   Contra541 1032
--   Off the Handle 1032
111   2024 Champ 1031
--   Hans Sans Frans 1031
113   ARMageddon 1028
--   Brooklynboyz 1028
115   Gutter Trojans 1026
--   GVOCBC Lock City 1026
117   Ripped the Dry Snatch On the Dock 1025
118   KillerKash 1024
--   Tasty Waves 1024
120   Oh Saquon You See 1023
--   Old Salt 1023
--   The Fast Cheetas 1023
--   The513 1023
124   BagginSunchase 1021
125   R D 1020
126   The Hefty Lefty 1019
127   Rusty's Raiders 1018
--   SD Degens 1018
129   Go Bulldogs! 1017
130   nlhawkeye88 1016
131   Red Deaths 1014
--   That Ain’t Mayo 1014
--   Uff 1014
134   Always Next Year 1012
--   Boo-Yah! 1012
--   Literally Joe Sheisty 1012
--   White Mark 1012
138   EtAl 1011
--   San Jose State Superfan 1011
--   TRYAN43 1011
141   ScudderRoad 1009
142   BeakersTweakers 1008
143   Los Birdos 1007
144   Cinghiale 1005
--   Gronkey Kong 1005
--   It's Miller Time 1005
--   Lawofaverages 1005
148   Fuji Bomb's 1004
149   Shart Garfunkel 1003
--   Stacey's Momz Got it Going On 1003
--   Uncle Baby Billy Gemstone 1003
152   NoelG27 1002
153   The Joe West Show 1000
154   Failcons 999
155   Lefty 998
--   The Usual Suspects 998
157   Los Angeles NorCals 997
158   PJM 996
159   Brusstar’s Millions 995
--   Delusions of Grandeur 995
161   Boar on the Floor 994
--   Hondo 994
--   Managing Managers 994
164   The hawks 993
165   Miami Vice 992
--   The Hameltoes 992
167   Nerd Alert! 991
168   Bloomfield Bombers 990
169   The Dude Abides 988
170   And You Want To Be My Latex Salesman 987
--   The Hatchmen 987
172   Warden’s Dilemma 986
173   La Cheeserie! 985
--   LucCon2023 985
175   SoHoGoat 984
176   Truffle Butter Express 983
177   Back the blue 982
178   Bearvers 981
179   Hard Rock’s $$$ 979
180   Jimmy Dugan 978
181   DudePlayingADudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude 977
--   Henry the Good Doy 977
--   Total Devastation 977
184   Tampa Team 973
185   Hope I Can Change This Later 972
--   TrueSpartan 972
187   ATHLETICS 968
--   Gambling $$ 968
189   Nax Squared 966
--   POKER BOYS 966
191   Charlie Bucket's Golden Ticket 964
--   Ron Barr All Stars 964
193   Alaskan Ice Pickers 961
--   Carpenter'sStashIsBetterThanNestor's 961
195   Garage Mahal 960
--   Let's Get Tropical 960
197   Mr. Jones and Friends 959
198   Land Thieves 958
--   mountaineers11 958
200   Greatpoint 957
201   Doolio 956
--   KwazyBonez 956
--   Mkratch 956
--   RaymondBabbitt 956
205   johnlb470 954
--   Running 40 Miles on Fruitcake 954
207   Pinche Gringos 953
--   Sockfinger 953
209   Bengals 951
--   The Three Degenerates 951
211   Anxious Js 949
212   Killer B's 946
213   Nova 2014 945
--   The Sloths 945
215   The Wild Bunch 943
216   Hector Patel 942
--   Random Donkey 942
218   Late Picks 940
219   Big Bad B-Rent 939
--   Kissing Cousins 939
221   The Salty Dogs 937
222   Degenerate X 935
--   Sleehrats 935
--   Tottenham HiltSpurs 935
225   Buttfumble 932
226   CoLo for the win 929
227   Slaw 928
228   Deez Nuts 924
229   Gang Greener Pastures 916
230   Big Red Leopards 911
231   Pitter Patter 910
232   needalittlehelphere 909
233   DoubleDown11 908
234   Robert Gamez Pool Party All-Stars 906
235   Flying Solo 905
236   Decanterthon 902
--   Primed 2 Go 902
238   NonameBret 899
239   Randolph and Mortimer 897
240   EssoTMB 895
--   Narnia Dust 895
242   ChimeraCollects 894
--   Kick Names Take Ass 894
244   Password is Taco 892
245   BigB 891
246   Jimmy Lemons 888
247   Breakfast Beverages 887
--   Halloumi United 887
249   Straw boys 886
--   Stringer Bell 886
251   Pump'nDump 885
252   Do Wrong Right 884
253   Tycats Litterbox 883
254   JustFly 881
--   O'Doyle Rules 881
--   WarOtto 881
257   Eastbound & Baum 880
258   Sonic Death Monkey 879
259   The Catch 877
260   Fonzinoons 875
261   BlueCrew21 871
262   Notfirstyourlast 869
263   The C.O.S.T.A. System 864
264   JFJcofc 863
265   Fifth Wheel 859
--   Magic Fountain 859
267   MATTIMCANDREWS 858
268   Comcast and Fletcher Out 2022 856
269   Iron Chefs of Pounding Raj 851
270   Millertime 848
271   Chuckleheads 836
272   The Cayuts 834
273   Killer Picks, Man 827
274   Tenacious B 821
275   DEATH ROW 817
276   Picks out for Harambe 814
277   Go Gamecocks 813
278   Make America Gronk Again 803
279   Fully Krausened 799
280   RunForrestRun 791
281   Patatas 777
282   SportsFanatic 776
283   Collecting Dubs 748
284   CiC 746
285   SoFla Ballers 741
286   NY Jets are killing me 738
287   Pare La Musica 726
288   JoeRobbieStadium 714
289   schwaguirelis 709
290   Los Dedos Asquerosos 550
291   Land Thieves 462
292   Fake Hustle 412