FIFA World Cup 2014 Prediction Challenge! Your Invitation

Entry Form

The tournament begins Thursday, June 12 with host Brazil versus Croatia. Please complete your entry form before noon!

FIFA World Cup: An Introduction

The FIFA World Cup is the final round of a competition held every four years. The competition is open to each FIFA national association, and nearly two years of playoffs brings the field down to 32 teams. The World Cup is the most-watched sporting event in the world.

Tournament Format, and how we play the Prediction game

There are eight groups of four teams each, with the top two teams qualifying for single-game knockout play. Each team plays each other once in the group stage, for a total of three games. Teams earn 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw.

Your assignment, in the group stage, is to pick the finishing order of each group. Your score will be based on how close you are to predicting the correct order and also whether you chose the correct two teams to qualify for the next round.

In subsequent rounds, your task will be to pick the winning team and the number of goals that will be scored by both teams in each matchup.

Full rules are available here.

Entry deadlines

Group stage: Thursday, June 12 12:00 Pacific Time
Round of 16: Saturday, June 28 08:00 Pacific Time
Quarter-Finals: Friday, July 4 08:00 Pacific Time
Semi-Finals: Tuesday, July 8 12:00 Pacific time
Final (with third-place tiebreaker): Saturday, July 12 12:00 Pacific Time

Please enter the game only if you know you will be able to meet the prediction deadlines!

Fees and Prizes

Cost is $10. Prize structure depends on the number of entries and can be found here.

More info on the FIFA World Cup: TV and the Web

CBC | FIFA

Seeding as of October 2013 (when the draw was made)

Team

FIFA Ranking

October 2013

Brazil (hosts)

Spain

Germany