Hx World Cup sweepstakes 2022! WIN RARE CLOTHING

[Shannon]

Me me me me!

[welshcake]

Me please

[FlyingJesus]

Not long to go now until the most corrupt and morally bankrupt international sporting tournament in living history begins officially!

As we prepare for kickoff with a fraction of the enthusiasm for any past contests and a strong sense of foreboding, here are the randomised allocations, in alphabetical order because why not:

Argentina - @Wsup;
Belgium - @Hola.;
Brazil - @tbl;
Canada - @habbosymbols;
Costa Rica - @e5;
Croatia - @Shannon;
Denmark - @welshcake;
Ecuador - @Wrecc;
England - @LUCPIX;
France - @Ekelektra;
Germany - @RichBoiSam;
Mexico - @jamiexo;
Morocco - @chiong;
Netherlands - @NattyNatNat;
Poland - @ErickSloth;
Portugal - @Chipmunks;
Senegal - @cameron446:;
Serbia - @mazehx123;
South Korea - @lucyecc;
Spain - @lawrawrrr;
Switzerland - @Conor;
Tunisia - @LordofKittykats;
Uruguay - @MadameJaquack;
USA - @someboyrafa;
Wales - @nic01e;

Best of luck to all, I'll be doing mini roundups but probably not as intensely as I did for the Euros because it's a lot more games and I have to actually go to work this time lololol


Still up for grabs if anyone joins late:

Australia
Cameroon
Ghana
Iran
Japan
Saudi Arabia

and if we get right up to 32 players, the last one can have Qatar. Boooooooooooo.

[LordofKittykats]

team me up ;D

[habbosymbols]

i will choose to represent canada even tho we know we won't win

[FlyingJesus]

@LordofKittykats; joins the fray as the mighty scourge of Rome - Tunisia!
@habbosymbols; I can't take requests I'm afraid, but rolled you a random remaining team and you got Canada anyway, go figure!

[lucyecc]

Hello LucyEcc would like to join.

[FlyingJesus]

@lucyecc; straps up her boots with South Korea!

[FlyingJesus]

First round of the group stage is doneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


Sunday night saw the hosts Qatar (represented by no-one) learn a hard lesson: you cannot buy international football. They tried to by fielding 10 players who aren't from Qatar, but still lost out 2-0 to an impressive Ecuador (Wrecc).

Next we had England (LUCPIX)taking on the highest-rank Asian team: Iran (no-one). It never truly looked in doubt, but a 6-2 victory for England seems pretty decisive and a great start for the lions.

Netherlands (NattyNatNat) and Senegal (cameron446:) looked well matched for most of the game, until goals in the 84th and 99th minute gave the Dutch a 2-0 win that looks much better than their performance.

The President of Liberia's son put USA (someboyrafa) ahead in the first half, but it was the son of a school caretaker who equalised late for Wales (nic01e) from the penalty spot, 1-1 and they share a point.

The first real shock came Tuesday morning when Argentina (Wsup) lost out 2-1 to Saudi Arabia (no-one), the second-lowest ranked team in the entire tournament. Oh dear oh dear!

Our first goalless game was between Denmark (welshcake) and Tunisia (LordofKittykats) - there were a massive 24 shots but none hit the back of the back, 0-0 the end result here.

Another 0-0 draw next up as Mexico (jamiexo) held off Poland (ErickSloth), even surviving a penalty that one of the world's top strikers failed to score. It's a strange tournament already...

The world seemed upside down when those from down under took an early lead, Australia (no-one) scoring in the opening 10 minutes against a top draw France (Ekelektra) team. France responded well though, battering the Socceroos 4-1 in the end.

Not much to say about Morocco (no-one) vs Croatia (Shannon), another 0-0 but this one really had very little redeeming about it. Two shots on target per team. Next.

Another day, another upset. Germany (RichBoiSam) aren't the team they used to be but were still shocked to lose 2-1 to Japan (no-one), making one wonder if the top teams have been cursed in some way...

...But no! Spain (lawrawrrr) showed that sometimes an underdog really just has no chance. Costa Rica (no-one) didn't get a single shot away and had just 18% of possession, mostly from the centre spot as they lost out a whopping 7-0 by the final whistle.

Rounding off Wednesday it was rank 2 Belgium (Hola.) taking on rank 41 Canada (habbosymbols) in what should have been a real rout. The chocolatiers performed poorly however, managing just a 1-0 victory.

Switzerland (Conor) picked up a 1-0 clockwork win against Cameroon (no-one), the goal scored by Breel Embolo who was actually born in Cameroon but raised in Switzerland. He later made a pretty classy comment about it, nice one mate.

The most defensive game so far came next as Uruguay (MadameJaquack) and Korea (lucyecc) spectacularly failed to find the net, with only 1 shot on target between them in this 0-0 bore draw.

Controversy next as Portugal (Chipmunks) were gifted a soft penalty against Ghana (no-one) despite there being no contact at all. Despite fighting back well, this one ended 3-2 in Ronaldo's favour.

Brazil (tbl) got off to a verrrry slow start, but turned on the charm in the 2nd half against Serbia (mazehx123) to secure a 2-0 victory and quite possibly the best goal of the tournament already.


It all carries on straight away tomorrow for everyone's 2nd group game, stay tuned

[chiong]

is it too late to join