Euro 2024 sweepstake! Sign up to WIN

[FlyingJesus]

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Is it coming home??? Probably not!!!

We're not far from the start of the tournament however, so let's have a sweepstake so that at least SOMEONE can win something even if it doesn't end up being the England team.



There are 24 teams so up to 24 people can play; if fewer than that join in then I'll just assign the top ranked teams since nobody other than someboyrafa; is rooting for Albania.

Don't forget there is also a fun little predictor game that you can sign up to at THIS LINK (https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/Pools/Join/7422), and then use the password "foot" to join the Hat Box league.

https://habboxwiki.com/wiki/images/3/38/AllFootballs.png


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"So what can I win?" I hear you ask:
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Top Prize
(for the trophy winning team)

50c + 500 forum tokens + a month of the rainbow football icon

Consolation Prize
(for the country that gets to the final, but loses)

25c + 250 forum tokens + a month of the rainbow football icon



Also just for fun:


WRONG WAY MATEY!
(for any own goals! This will stack, so I'll be hoping there aren't many...)

10c apiece

Nearly as bad as Wales
(for the country with the WORST scored/conceded ratio)

10c + a duck

Just snuck in
(for the 4 teams who manage to go through to the knockout stage despite finishing third in their group)
5c each


There will be a further bonus of 5c
to any team that gets knocked out on penalties after the group stage.

https://habboxwiki.com/wiki/images/3/38/AllFootballs.png


I'll also see about getting a forum award set up for those who take part, that way everyone involved gets a little something. You'll also get my awful recaps of the games again probably.

Just post here to be entered - enjoy, and good luck!

[Conor]

Hello

[Triz]

Post

[someboyrafa]

FOOTBALLS COMING HOME WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[.Nat]

Me please <3

[Shockwave.2CC]

https://data.textstudio.com/output/sample/animated/3/6/4/5/me-3-5463.gif

[Mazealt]

Me please lads

[tbl]

hi pls

[Mudita]

i dont anything about football, but im here to win some money

[ErickSloth]

helloo !!

[Danny]

Me please if not too late

[jamiexo]

Me as wellllllll

[ChocoPizza]

here to decrease Mudita chance of winning!

[FlyingJesus]

Apologies to the final 3 posters, the draw had been done Thursday night but I wasn't able to get onto the forum all of yesterday :(

On the plus side because there were 12 people (at the time it was drawn) it made it neat for getting 2 teams each. I did this by randomising the highest 12 in the betting odds, then reversing the list for the next bunch - this means the person getting the "favourite" also gets the lowest ranked country and so on, so those who got a bit of a outlier in the first draw also have a bit of a bonus chance because their 2nd team is a more viable dark horse.

tldr; these are the allocations -
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/509913198191837186/1251195055440396348/sweep.png?ex=666e5a73&is=666d08f3&hm=3226fb664b916b78eeb25d6f38050a774c439c2f48003fd 8ff688e863307b0ad&

@Shockwave.2CC (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53392); with England and Albania
@lucyecc (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=9220); with France and Georgia
@welshcake (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=91945); with Germany and Slovenia
@tbl (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130978); with Portugal and Slovakia
@Conor (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=125635); with Spain and Romania
@Kelky (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129048); with Italy and Poland
@someboyrafa (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=119283); with Netherlands and Scotland
@mazehx123 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=131962); with Belgium and Czechia
@Triz (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=79795); with Croatia and Hungary
@ErickSloth (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130845); with Denmark and Serbia
@.Nat (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129923); with Austria and Turkey
@Mudita (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=118635); with Switzerland and Ukraine

Actually worked out quite nicely for variation, with only Erick having 2 teams in the same group.

We've already had Germany vs Scotland last night, with Lauren's schnitzel taking a mega 5-1 victory over Rafa's haggis.

Stay tuned for the rest of the first round of games finishing up on Tuesdayyyyyyy!

[FlyingJesus]

"Game day one" which spanned several days is done!




Germany
(welshcake)
5 - 1
Scotland
(someboyrafa)


Hungary
(Triz)
1 - 3
Switzerland
(Mudita)


Spain
(Conor)
3 - 0
Croatia
(Triz)


Italy
(Kelky)
2 - 1
Albania
(Shockwave.2CC)


Poland
(Kelky)
1 - 2
Netherlands
(someboyrafa)


Slovenia
(welshcake)
1 - 1
Denmark
(ErickSloth)


Serbia
(ErickSloth)
0 - 1
England
(Shockwave.2CC)


Romania
(Conor)
3 - 0
Ukraine
(Mudita)


Belgium
(mazehx123)
0 - 1
Slovakia
(tbl)


Austria
(.Nat)
0 - 1
France
(lucyecc)


Turkiye
(.Nat)
3 - 1
Georgia
(lucyecc)


Portugal
(tbl)
2 - 1
Czechia
(mazehx123)



A couple of upsets but still plenty more to go! At this point no team is 100% certain of being out of the competition :D

Good luck for the next bunch that end on Saturdayyyy

@Shockwave.2CC (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53392);
@lucyecc (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=9220);
@welshcake (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=91945);
@tbl (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130978);
@Conor (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=125635);
@Kelky (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129048);
@someboyrafa (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=119283);
@mazehx123 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=131962);
@Triz (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=79795);
@ErickSloth (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130845);
@.Nat (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129923);
@Mudita (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=118635);

[FlyingJesus]

"Game day two" is alllllllllllll finished!




Croatia
(Triz)
2 - 2
Albania
(Shockwave.2CC)


Germany
(welshcake)
2 - 0
Hungary
(Triz)


Scotland
(someboyrafa)
1 - 1
Switzerland
(Mudita)


Slovenia
(welshcake)
1 - 1
Serbia
(ErickSloth)


Denmark
(ErickSloth)
1 - 1
England
(Shockwave.2CC)


Spain
(Conor)
1 - 0
Italy
(Kelky)


Slovakia
(tbl)
1 - 2
Ukraine
(Mudita)


Poland
(Kelky)
1 - 3
Austria
(.Nat)


Netherlands
(someboyrafa)
0 - 0
France
(lucyecc)


Georgia
(lucyecc)
1 - 1
Czechia
(mazehx123)


Turkiye
(.Nat)
0 - 3
Portugal
(tbl)


Belgium
(mazehx123)
2 - 0
Romania
(Conor)




The first 0-0 game of the tournament (boooo that lost me a bet!) and the tables are shaping up quite interestingly.

Hungary are pretty much out after 2 losses, needing an absolute thumping over Scotland and a lot of other results to go their way if they're to remain in the competition. Same goes for Poland who need an unlikely victory over France to have any chance at all.

Germany, Spain, and Portugal are all guaranteed a spot in the next round after 2 victories apiece. England need just 1 point to secure it, so anything other than a loss against Slovenia will do.

Group E (Romania/Belgium/Slovakia/Ukraine) could go any way at all, with all 4 teams currently on 3 points... fight fight fight fight fight


@Shockwave.2CC (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53392);
@lucyecc (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=9220);
@welshcake (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=91945);
@tbl (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130978);
@Conor (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=125635);
@Kelky (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129048);
@someboyrafa (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=119283);
@mazehx123 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=131962);
@Triz (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=79795);
@ErickSloth (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130845);
@.Nat (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129923);
@Mudita (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=118635);

[FlyingJesus]

Apologies for not doing a full roundup of the last games, but we are now into the FINAL SIXTEEN. That means some teams are dropped: let's see who remains!


Not-so-neutral Switzerland (Mudita) are right now playing against a very lacklustre Italy (Kelky), and later tonight it's tournament hosts Germany (welshcake) versus pastry-eating Denmark (ErickSloth).

Squeaky bum time tomorrow when boring old England (Shockwave.2CC) take on minnows Slovakia (tbl) followed by Spain (Conor) and their youngsters against a Georgia (lucyecc) who have surprised the world so far.

Monday sees France (lucyecc) see if they can find their shooting boots at last against a similarly struggling Belgium (mazehx123). We'll also have fiery explosive Portugal (tbl) against a slightly soggy Slovenia (welshcake).

Finally on Tuesday there's the unpredictable Romania (Conor) squad hoping to get something from a somewhat shaky Netherlands (someboyrafa), and .Nat will be playing with herself as Austria and Turkey are both her teams.


This means that so far the only person to be out of the competition is Triz! Although not long left for Kelky now sorry pal.

@Shockwave.2CC (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53392)
@lucyecc (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=9220)
@welshcake (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=91945)
@tbl (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130978)
@Conor (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=125635)
@Kelky (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129048)
@someboyrafa (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=119283)
@mazehx123 (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=131962)
@Triz (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=79795)
@ErickSloth (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=130845)
@.Nat (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=129923)
@Mudita (https://habboxforum.com/member.php?u=118635)

[FlyingJesus]

Only 8 teams remain now!
Here's how we line up for the next 2 days:

Spain (Conor) vs Germany (welshcake)
Portugal (tbl) vs France (lucyecc)
England (Shockwave.2CC) vs Switzerland (Mudita)
Netherlands (someboyrafa) vs Turkiye (.Nat)

Commiserations to Kelky, maze, and Erick who didn't make it, also commiserations to my wallet after my own goals offer RIP

[FlyingJesus]

WELL WHAT A COUPLE OF DAYS


France ( lucyecc) make it through against Portugal ( tbl) on penalties after neither team could score in normal time. France are in the semi finals having scored ABSOLUTELY ZERO GOALS from open play (every one of their goals has been an own goal or a penalty), but also having not conceded anything other than 1 penalty all competition. What even is football?

Up against them is Spain ( Conor) who also couldn't finish ahead in regular time but managed to squeeze past Germany( welshcake) 2-1 in the very very last minute of extra time, an unbelievable game with 41 shots, over 1100 passes, and 14 cards given. Chill out gents.

This evening's first game alllllllso couldn't be decided in normal time, with England ( Shockwave.2CC) drawing 1-1 with Switzerland ( Mudita) before finally claiming victory after a full 5 penalties were scored - for the first time EVER at a major tournament.

For the last of the quarter finals, an energetic and exciting Turkiye ( .Nat) weren't enough in the end to beat Netherlands ( someboyrafa) who advance with a 2-1 victory. Turkiye also got a red card for someone who wasn't even playing, because lol football.


Two days of rest and then straight back in for the semi finalists!
Spain vs France on Tuesday evening and Netherlands vs England on Wednesday. Bloody hell.

[FlyingJesus]

It's not actually bloody well coming home is it???????????????
I mean no, Spain look incredible BUT WE CAN DREAM.

One more game to go, and unbelievably after Spain ( Conor) taught France ( lucyecc) how to play football in one of the most exciting games of the tournament, the other finalist is England ( Shockwave.2CC) who finally turned up to beat Netherlands ( someboyrafa) with the dodgiest penalty decision in history and a late substitution.



ENGLAND VERSUS SPAIN IN THE FINAL. CRIKEY.

[FlyingJesus]

Well obviously it did not come home, no surprises! But there are some surPRIZES to give out hahaha top comedy


Conor
50c, 500 tokens, 1 month football icon
+10c for a Spanish own goal

Shockwave.2CC
25c, 250 tokens, 1 month football icon
+10c for an Albanian own goal

welshcake
+10c for a German own goal
+5c for Slovenia out on penalties
+5c for Slovenia through in 3rd place

Kelky
+10c for an Italy own goal

someboyrafa
+10c for a Netherlands own goal
+5c for Netherlands through in 3rd place
+10c and a duck for Scotland having the worst scored/conceded ratio of all teams

mazehx123
+10c for a Belgium own goal
+10c for a Czechia own goal

.Nat
+10c for an Austria own goal
+20c for 2 Turkey own goals

tbl
+5c for Portugal out on penalties
+5c for Slovakia through in 3rd place

Mudita
+5c for Switzerland out on penalties

lucyecc
+5c for Georgia through in 3rd place


Erick and Triz, unfortunately your teams were not good enough OR bad enough to get you any prizes! RIP my wallet here we goooo please claim prizes in a timely manner so I don't forget that all of this ever existed, and thank you all for playing

SEE YOU SOON FOR HXSS