Groups completing play Thursday:

H: COL-JPN-SEN-POL
1 player (Hailley) had group order correct

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Japan’s Takashi Inui, right, challenges Poland’s Jacek Goralski during the group H match between Japan and Poland in Volgograd, Russia, on Thursday. (The Associated Press)

G: BEL-ENG-TUN-PAN
11 players had group order correct

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Belgium’s Adnan Januzaj celebrates his goal that beat England and cemented his team atop Group G. (Dan Mullen/Getty Images)

Our co-leaders after the first round of five in our game are John Woycheshin and Wes, each on 70 points out of 100 available points. Both players had 14 of the 16 qualifiers for the Round of 16 correct, as well as 3 of the 8 groups exactly right.

For download: FIFA World Cup Prediction Challenge! 2018 Group Stage.pdf

Group Stage
1 John Woycheshin 70
Wes Zetaruk 70
3 Hailley Honcharik 60
4 Clint Lalonde 56
5 Joel Palmer 50
6 Evan Howatson 48
7 Serene Ford 46
8 Kay Otani 44
9 John Eastaugh 42
10 Steffen Warias 40
11 Tim Winkelmans 34
Aly Essa 34
13 Frank Cholette 32
David Latham 32
15 Angie Mallhi-Johal 30
Greg Poirier 30
17 Logan Zetaruk 28
Michael Poplawski 28
Ed Mick 28
Casey Farrell 28
21 Virginia Rego 24
Pedro Oliveira 24
DJ Johal 24


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