Euro 2020 (+1) Sweepstakes!

[FlyingJesus]

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Hello helloooooo it's nearly time for Euro 2020 to kick off... a year late, but it's happening!

24 teams are set to compete for the biggest international trophy in Europe, and probably the 2nd most hotly contested international trophy in the worlddddddd

Would you like to be assigned a random country to support for no reason other than to win some prizes here?
https://habboxwiki.com/wiki/images/a/a8/Grand_Final_Ball.gif YEAH I BET YOU BLOODY WOULD. https://habboxwiki.com/wiki/images/a/a8/Grand_Final_Ball.gif

There are 24 teams so it stands to reason that 24 people can enter - the first 24 to post in this thread will be given a team at random, and then we basically sit and wait for someone to win, easy!

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"So what can I win?" I hear you ask...
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1st Prize
(for the overall winning country obv)
50c + 500 forum tokens

2nd Prize
(for the country that comes 2nd... ok)
25c + 250 forum tokens


Also...


LESS CARDS AT CHRISTMAS
(for the team with the most total yellow/red cards in the tournament)
10c + a duck

GOOD EFFORT, SON
(for the country of whoever wins the Young Player Of The Tournament)
10c + duck

WHAT A HOWLER
(for conceding the most goals in the group stage)
10c + a duck

There will be a further bonus of 5c to any team that gets knocked out on penalties at any stage, because hey whoever gets drawn England has to win something...

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There's a month until it all ends (11th July to be specific) so I might even get us a nice little forum award for the entrants as well, WHY NOT.
So yeah post here to be entered, enjoy, and good luck!

[jamiexo]

hihihi

[Triz]

Rainbows are pretty

[Chipmunks]

Hiiiii I’d like to enter this plsplsplsplsplsplsplsps

[tbl]

hi pls

[Oivind]

plz dont give me sweden

[LUCPIX]

8-o

[MadameJaquack]

hi football is crap but prizes pls

[Hola.]

MESSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIII MEEEEEESSIIIIIIII MESSSSI COPA AMERICA

[.Nat]

:praise:

[Shannon]

England will win js

[RuthOnToast]

hello!

[Danny]

Hi hi

[Samantha]

Hello.

[RichBoiSam]

IT'S COMING HOME, IT'S COMING HOME, IT'S COMING... FOOTBALL'S COMING HOME

[Chloelou]

Hihihihiihihihihihihihiih

[Kelky]

Aloha

[Ekelektra]

helloo

[Conor]

Hey

[Its.Dino]

Ello Ello :)

[welshcake]

8-)

[The-Dream07]

- (:

[mardytar]

in :clap:

[lawrawrrr]

I know nothing about football but count me in

[lucyecc]

Tom said there was a space

[FlyingJesus]

Thank you Lucy for taking the final spot... it looks like you might have lucked out in fact. So I went onto a site that does sweepstake draws for you and popped all your names in and here are the teams you've been given!

@Chloelou (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132769); - England
@Danny (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=26252); - Finland
@Hola. (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130495); - Slovakia
@jamiexo (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132211); - Hungary
@NattyNatNat (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129923); - Scotland
@Samantha (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=68263); - Wales
@tbl (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130978); - Czech Republic
@Oivind (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129862); - Austria
@RichBoiSam (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=131891); - Ukraine
@Its.Dino (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130078); - Sweden
@RuthOnToast (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=120816); - Russia
@Shannon (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132000); - Switzerland
@mardytar (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132813); - Poland
@Ekelektra (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=84579); Turkey
@Kelky (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129048); - Croatia
@LUCPIX (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=126681); - Denmark
@Conor (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=125635); - Netherlands
@lawrawrrr (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=61966); - Portugal
@Chipmunks (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=117521); - Italy
@lucyecc (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=9220); - Germany
@The-Dream07 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=75522); - Spain
@welshcake (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=91945); - Belgium
@katejw62 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132436); - France
@Triz (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=79795); - North Macedonia




This means your first match-ups (between Friday 11th and Tuesday 15th) are:



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Ekelektra vs Chipmunks
Samantha vs Shannon
LUCPIX vs Danny
welschake vs RuthOnToast
Chloelou vs Kelky
Oivind vs Triz
Conor vs RichBoiSam
NattyNatNat vs tbl
mardytar vs Hola.
The-Dream07 vs Its.Dino
jamiexo vs lawrawrrr
katejw62 vs lucyecc
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The individual matches don't mean a lot frankly but I fully encourage you to fight fight fight fight against whoever your team is up against. Gooooood luck, I'll prob keep this updated as we go because I'm cool like that so feel free to use this as a general Euros discussion point if you're into it at all!

[Triz]

Wooo go *insert my team here"

[jamiexo]

makes sense my country is Hungary. I need some dinner

[tbl]

I just need the over under on my team winning. Smh

eta-- I googled. Not looking so great for me

[FlyingJesus]

I just need the over under on my team winning. Smh

eta-- I googled. Not looking so great for me

About 125/1 lololol. Not the lowest but... idk they might make it through the group stage with a bit of luck

[LUCPIX]

GO GO GO DK
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[Chipmunks]

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITALYYYY

[Conor]

I just need the over under on my team winning. Smh

eta-- I googled. Not looking so great for me



You’ve got a better chance than me ahahah

[FlyingJesus]

Holland have some good players! And a nice easy group too

[tbl]

what's the likelihood there will be fighting on the pitch pls

[Shannon]

Thats me being knocked out at the first stage

[Hola.]

Im doomed

[tbl]

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

[RichBoiSam]

I'm equally as doomed :P

[lucyecc]

Good luck all


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[LucyFaye]

Me me me!

:sparkle-heart:

[-:Undertaker:-]

Hope the England kneelers lose every match they play.

[FlyingJesus]

Of course you do

[RichBoiSam]

Hope the England kneelers win every game :) :) :)

[_spirit]

:bee:

[FlyingJesus]

"Week one" is done, although obv it continues right away tomorrow... but yes all teams have now played one game each!
Results below:


Ekelektra's Turkey didn't have it in them to stave off a strong Italian attack from Chipmunks, losing 3-0 in the opening match of the tournament.


Samantha's Welsh dragons came up against Shannon's Swiss cheese, with the game ending 1-1 and each team going home with a point.


LUCPIX's Denmark were unlucky to suffer an extremely worrying injury to their talisman player which should have caused the game to be postponed, however they carried on and lost 1-0 to Danny's Finland team.


The powerhouse of Belgium under welshcake took on Ruth-On-Toast's Russian contenders, who weren't up to the job: a comfortable 3-0 to Belgium.


Is it coming home? Chloelou's England team saw off Kelky's Croatia in a nailbiting 1-0 victory to the Three Lions, the first time England have ever won their first game at the Euros.


Austria went out strong under Oivind, taking on Triz's North Macedonia (the lowest ranked team in the entire tournament) who nearly forced a draw but lacked energy in the last 10 minutes: 3-1 to Austria.


Conor's Netherlands team made it hard for themselves against RichBoiSam's Ukraine, throwing away a 2 goal lead but nabbing a winner in the dying minutes to go 3-2 up.


Scotland under NattyNatNat were brave but not good enough on the day, a couple of major errors causing them to lose 2-0 to tbl's Czech Republic and giving us potentially the goal of the tournament already.


Poland have one of the finest strikers on the planet right now, but mardytar's boys were caught off guard by underdogs Slovakia, with hola. taking a 2-1 victory.


The-Dream07's Spanish side took on Its.Dino's Sweden in the first "bore-draw" of the tournament: 0-0 and a disappointing all round performance from both teams.


This afternoon jamiexo's Hungarians spent 84 brave minutes fending off lawrawrrr's Portuguese heavy hitters... and then conceded 3 goals in 8 minutes.


katejw's France finished the first round of games playing the Germans of lucyecc, a true battle of the titans that bizarrely was decided only by an early own goal from a German defender: 1-0 to France.




Coming up ---

Danny vs RuthOnToast
Ekelektra vs Samantha
Chipmunks vs Shannon
RichBoiSam vs Triz
LUCPIX vs welshcake
Conor vs Oivind
Its.Dino vs hola.
Kelky vs tbl
Chloelou vs NattyNatNat
jamiexo vs katejw62
lawrawrrr vs lucyecc
The-Dream07 vs mardytar

[tbl]

I'm absolutely loving the Results write up. More more more! Also, good luck everyone!!

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[Triz]

Well this didn't last long for me

[FlyingJesus]

North Macedonia were actually really impressive right up until the end! Also they have a really nice kit

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[jamiexo]

I love the recaps, very very good. also, ur going down katejw62;

[MadameJaquack]

I love the recaps, very very good. also, ur going down @katejw62 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=132436);


only "going down" i'm doing is on you i mean what

[FlyingJesus]

"Matchday 2" is done! Again obv not just one day etc but yep yep here's the latest analysis!



Danny/Finland vs RuthOnToast/Russia opened the latest round on Wednesday, neither team are very strong favourites for the competition but Russia edged it by one goal to nil.

Ekelektra's Turks were once again unable to put on a show, losing out 2-0 to Samantha's Welshies even though Gareth Bale missed the first in-game penalty at the Euros for 21 years.

Italy under Chipmunks came out strong for their 2nd fixture, another 3-0 victory and this time against Shannon's Swiss army - this younger Italian side is showing promise!

RichBoiSam marched his Ukrainians out to face Triz's North Macedonian forces, and in one of the most exciting games yet we saw Macedonia brave but again unable to command the match: 2-1 Ukraine.

There was a cute moment at the 10 minute point in the welshcake/Belgium vs LUCPIX/Denmark game, all players pausing to pay respects to Christian Eriksen. Unfortunately the Danes without their main man lost out 2-1 to some smooth Belgian chocolate magic.

Conor and the Netherlands put on a marvellous display against Oivind's Austrians, winning a comfortable 2-0 in their bright orange jerseys on the night.

Its.Dino for Sweden took on hola. for Slovakia... in Russia, because why not. This was one to take a nap to for the most part, a single penalty dividing the teams: 1-0 to Sweden.

Kelky/Croatia and tbl/Czech Republic are two very very similar teams - so similar on the night in fact that it ended 1-1 in a game that will only be remembered by those who put a lot of money on it being a boring draw.

If you thought the last game was boring, prepare yourselves for the snoozefest of Chloelou/England vs NattyNatNat/Scotland. Hyped up in the media and touted as a "derby" grudge match... then 3 shots on target the entire game, no goals. Awful performance from the English, and the Scots are glad of a point.

Unbelievably, jamiexo's Hungary took the lead against world champions and tournament favourites France under katejw62, who had a real task bringing it back level. 1-1 in the end, and what a fight it was for that result.

GERMANY HAS ARRIVED. lucyecc must have given them a stern talking to after their last game because my lord what a performance, getting 4 goals in 25 minutes after going behind to lawrawrrr's Portuguese champions from 2016. 4-2 the end result, and a pleasure to watch, especially after the disappointment of the day before.

The-Dream07's Spanish circus came to town against a Poland team under mardytar, for whom defeat would mean definitely going out of the tournament. A hugely physical battle resulted in 6 yellow cards and one goal apiece - the group is literally anyone's for the taking now.



Been out today soz so the first 2 games of this final gameweek of the group stage have already been played, but stay tuned as Wednesday night we'll know allllll the results and can see who will go through to the knockout stages!

[tbl]

Some of these games have been pretty interesting to watch!!

[lucyecc]

Germany game was good

[FlyingJesus]

The group stage is DONE! That means we say goodbye to 8 teams and therefore 8 of you. Some very interesting results to decide who qualifies from each group:


Chipmunks with Italy continued their run of form, beating Samantha of Wales 1-0 and finishing the stage without conceding a single goal. No matter, both teams did enough to qualify.

Shannon's Switzerland boys rattled the Turks of Ekelektra to the tune of 3-1, bringing Group A to a close and ensuring qualification for the Swiss as one of the "best placed 3rd place teams".

RichBoiSam's Ukrainians didn't have it in them to stop Oivind's Austrians beating them 1-0, but again both teams here managed to end with enough to qualify.

North Macedonia with Triz at the helm have been a joy to watch, but came apart at the hands of Conor's Flying Dutchmen: a 3-0 result sends one team through.. and one team home.

Finland under Danny were tired out by the high pressure football of welshcake's Belgium, and couldn't stop 2 late goals. 2-0 to Belgium sees them qualify while Finland bow out.

RuthOnToast's Russian side were treated to a wonderful display of football... for the other team. Denmark under LUCPIX made it 4-1, allowing them to qualify on goal difference.

tbl's Czech Republic team and Chloelou's Englishmen started the game knowing they'd both qualified no matter what, but an English 1-0 victory puts them top of the group in the end for what it's worth.

By contrast it was all to play for in Kelky with Croatia vs NattyNatNat with Scotland, where only a win would do for either team. A decisive 3-1 win for the Croats sends them through, and Scotland sent to get their bags.

Its.Dino's Swedes thought they had it flat-packed until a late equaliser from mardytar's Poland team, but a goal in the 94th minute made it 3-2 at the whistle. Sweden through, Poland packing.

hola.'s Slovakia have been a joy to watch, but today had absolutely nothing to offer against The-Dream07's Spain, who trounced them 5-0 to secure 2nd place, sending Slovakia down and out.

Ze Germans under lucyecc very nearly fell apart against a passionate Hungary team under jamiexo, who were close to a real upset until the dying minutes. A 2-2 end result sends Hungary out as Germany march on.

lawrawrrr's Portugal battled hard against katejw62's France, with the last game of the group stage also ending 2-2, a result that doesn't accurately depict how exciting the match was. Both teams end up qualifying.


We say thank you and goodbye to the following:

Ekelektra
Triz
Danny
RuthOnToast
NattyNatNat
hola.
mardytar
jamiexo


... and on to the knockout stages we go! Stay tuned, the round of 16 takes place from Saturday to Tuesday!

[lucyecc]

Now what do I do, I have Germany in Sweepstakes with Habbox but I am and England fan :o

[MadameJaquack]

cries in French

[Triz]

cries in French

Honhonhon oui oui baguette

[MadameJaquack]

Honhonhon oui oui baguette

honhonhon non non c’est merde

[FlyingJesus]

The round of 16 is now over, it's heating up as we approach the quarter finals!




The first game of this round saw Samantha's Welsh team crumble under a merciless Danish force under LUCPIX, who slotted 4 magnificent goals home to move on and secure themselves as this year's Underdog To Watch.

The Italian side under Chipmunks struggled to break Oivind's Austrians, staying goalless in 90 minutes but ending with a nailbiting 2-1 to Italy as the crowds were treated to 3 goals in 20 minutes during extra time.

Sunday's first game had Conor's Dutch stars unable to break tbl's Czech Republic, with the Czechs knocking in two late goals for a shock win, taking advantage as The Netherlands went down to 10 men following a bizarre handball.

welshcake's Belgian side took on current champions Portugal under lawrawrrr in the battle of the lowercase usernames. The scoreline hides what was actually a powerful action packed match, but it ended just 1-0 to Belgium.

~~~ THEN MONDAY HAPPENED WHICH WAS GLORIOUS ~~~

Kelky's Croatians took a surprise lead against The-Dream07's Spaniards after a defender put it in his own net, but Spain fought back to go 3-1 up approaching the final 10 minutes. Two lightning quick breaks from the Croatians took it to 3-3 and forced extra time, but were too knackered to keep up the pace for the added half hour, and Spain took victory in the end with an enormous 5-3 scoreline. 8 goals from 8 different players!

World champions and bookies' favourites France under katejw62 were easy favourites taking on Shannon's Switzerland, who completely forgot that they were meant to lose and went ahead within just 15 minutes of play. France copied Spain's pattern and blasted in 3 incredible goals to go ahead, before Switzerland emulated the Croatians to make it 3-3 at 90 minutes. No goals in extra time meant PENALTIES, and Switzerland held their nerve to knock out one of the strongest teams in all of history after saving Mbappe's poorly taken final shot.

Aaaand today...

Chloelou's Englishmen had the daunting task of taking on the Germans under lucyecc, and played it cagey for most of the game before breaking through to score with 15 minutes to go, and then secured it with a second 10 minutes later. 2-0 England!

Its.Dino's Swedes squared up to RichBoiSam's Ukraine side in a brutal physical brawl full of injuries. 1-1 meant another game going to extra time, with Ukraine finally scoring in the 121st minute to send Sweden... flat-packing.


Eight more competitors leave us, we say thank you and goodbye to:


Samantha
Oivind
Conor
lawrawrrr
Kelky
katejw62
lucyecc
Its.Dino


Stay tuned for the quarter finals on Friday and Saturday of this week!

[The-Dream07]

I LOVE! Tom's write up of events! So taalented.

[FlyingJesus]

Ok so I got too excited and forgot to write up the quarters, so you get two lots in one today even though it's actually still fewer games. ANYWAY.


Having taken out France in a shock penalty victory, Shannon's Switzerland took The-Dream07's Spain all the way to penalties too after a gruelling 1-1 battle. Despite an early miss from Busquets, the Spanish emerged victorious 3-1 on pens, and on into the semi finals!

The fight to see who would take on Spain was between welshcake's Belgium and the Italians under Chipmunks. Leonardo Spinazzola (possibly the player of the tournament) suffered a horrific injury near the end as he ruptured his Achilles tendon, but Italy still took victory: 2-1 the final score.

Two of the tournament's underdog stories met next, tbl's Czech Republic up against LUCPIX's Danes. A lovely goal from Patrik Schick had the Czechs hoping, but it was too late as the 2 earlier Danish goals were enough in the end. Another 2-1, and Denmark into the semis.

Ukraine under RichBoiSam started badly, letting in a 4th minute goal to Chloelou's Englishmen. The second half started much the same with another English goal, and two more in quick succession sealed the deal, a mammoth 4-0 victory for England to get the country believing.



Chipmunks' Italy were weakened by the loss of Spinazzola against The-Dream07's Spain, who controlled most of the game with 908 passes and 71% of possession, but were unable to convert it into goals. Just one apiece at the end meant extra time and yet more penalties, and this time the Spaniards were wholly unable to take advantage from the spot. 4-2 on penalties sends Italy into their 4th European final - could they win it again for the first time since 1968?

England under Chloelou played host at Wembley to LUCPIX's brave and sturdy Denmark team, who went ahead from a beautiful Damsgaard free kick. The Danes scored again soon after, but this time in their own net to draw the game level. By 90 minutes no more goals had been scored, but in extra time a clumsy challenge in the box gave England a penalty. SAVED by a fantastic Schmeichel, but the followup was all good and England head to their first ever European final from a 2-1 victory. Is it coming home?




Unfortunately we say goodbye to yet more of you as only two now remain! Thank you for playing:

Shannon
welshcake
tbl
RichBoiSam
The-Dreamy07
LUCPIX

[LUCPIX]

Of course I wouldn't have made this far if I were representing Brazil anyway! (jk)

[-:Undertaker:-]

hahaha the kneelers lost.

[Chipmunks]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WONNNNNNNNN !!!!!!!
I think

[FlyingJesus]

hahaha the kneelers lost.

Italy knelt too, so nope. Nice support of the country you pretend matters so much to you though.
Feeble reaching racists aside:

It was a fast-paced match from the outset, with England looking uneasy at the back against some high Italian pressing before a shock early goal from Luke Shaw of all people put England ahead. For the rest of the first half England seemed to have all the confidence, but going into the second half wavered and couldn't keep the ball. Italy equalised after some scrappy fumbling in the goalmouth, and the rest of normal time was spent desperately fending off a renewed vigor from the Azzuri. 30 minutes of extra time was gruelling and the Three Lions looked ready to give up at times, not helped by a referee who was unwilling all game to properly sanction dangerous behaviour - I'm fairly certain that choking is not allowed. England were largely outplayed but not outgunned as it all ended 1-1, but it seemed they had nothing left to offer during the spot kicks. Two superb Pickford saves gave them some hope but it was Gianluigi Donnarumma who was the hero in the end, with the shootout ending 3-2 to Italy: the new champions!

Congratulations to Chipmunks who wins this sweepstakes, and congratulations of course to the Italian team!

Thank you to everyone who took part, it's been a fab tournament for the most part, marred by the horrible actions of a few

[-:Undertaker:-]

Italy knelt too, so nope. Nice support of the country you pretend matters so much to you though.

I don't support BLM so they can take a hike.

If footballers or any sport want to become political, then naturally they will face falling out of popularity with a segment of the population. This is true for any supposedly neutral institution or political issue, just as it would be if the England team started to wear Conservative Party rosettes or if the Queen stuck a Labour banner on Windsor Castle.

Usually we flew St George's flags when England played. None went up this year - and I have seen a lot fewer around than usual.

[MadameJaquack]

VIVA ITALIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[FlyingJesus]

I'm back and stuff so I guess I should give out some prizes... BOOOO the worst part. Contact me if you're one of the below peopleses!


1ST PRIZE: 50c + 500 tokens - Chipmunks
2ND PRIZE: 25c + 250 tokens - Chloelou (+5c for losing on pens)


LESS CARDS AT CHRISTMAS: 10c + a duck - Shannon (+5c for losing on pens)
GOOD EFFORT,SON: 10c + a duck - The-Dream07 (+5c for losing on pens)
WHAT A HOWLER: 10c + a duck - Ekelektra


Penalty loss: 5c - MadameJaquack