Welcome to the Champions League Prediction League for 2012-2013 season.
==Rules==Those who are familiar with the previous prediction leagues and took part in them certainly know how things will work here. Same, of course!
Each of the 4 parts of the competition will have different points system and rules. The Qualifying Stage, The Group Stage, The Knockout Stage and the Final Match.
General RulesGeneral rules about the competition-Predictions most be posted before the match, and if they are altered during the match times, they won't be counted
-Table will be updated constantly, while the 1st post table is updated after every major part of competition.
-Predictions must contain the score, eg 2:1, 1:3, etc, not the team who wins or a betting format prediction(1,X,2)
-Predictions can be posted as soon as the fixtures are drawn, or a day or two before the match when the upcoming fixtures will be posted in the topic as a reminder.
-In case of a tie in any of the top 3 positions in the table at the end of the league, winner will be the decided by the amount of bonus points.
Qualifying - RulesThis round includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th(play-off) qualifying round.-Correctly predicting the result(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:0) will earn you - 1 pts
-Correctly predicting the winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 2:0) will earn you - 0.5 pts
-Incorrectly predicting the score/winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:2) will earn you - 0 pts
In the 2nd leg of the fixtures, the score you predicted will be dragged over to extra time, so if the extra time happens, then the extra time score will be counted. Penalties will not be a part of the prediction in any round. For an example, if you said it will be 1:1, and it happens to be 1:1 in the first leg, you got the points. If you guessed 1:1 in the 2nd leg, and it ended 1:1 after 90 minutes, but 2:2 after 120, you only get 0.5 points, or 0 if somebody won the game.
Group Stage - RulesThis round includes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th fixture of the group stage round.-Correctly predicting the result(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:0) will earn you - 2 pts
-Correctly predicting the winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 2:0) will earn you - 1 pts
-Incorrectly predicting the score/winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:2) will earn you - 0 pts
Knockout Stage - RulesThis round includes Top 16, 1/4 final and 1/2 final round.-Correctly predicting the result(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:0) will earn you - 3 pts
-Correctly predicting the winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 2:0) will earn you - 1.5 pts
-Incorrectly predicting the score/winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:2) will earn you - 0 pts
Same rules as for the qualifying stage apply here for the 2nd leg matches.
Final - RulesThis round includes Final round.-Correctly predicting the result(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:0) will earn you - 4 pts
-Correctly predicting the winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 2:0) will earn you - 2 pts
-Incorrectly predicting the score/winner(eg, you said 1:0, and it was 1:2) will earn you - 0 pts
For the score predictions, same rules as for the knockout stage and the qualifying apply.
==Fixtures==
==League Table==(After Group Stage)1. AndyGanteks 91.5 pts
2. PrometheusX 78.5 pts
2. fgcarva1 78.5 pts
3. miromiro 72 pts
4. ajbns87 71 pts
5. Gtaghost22 65 pts
6. bud23 64 pts
7. MobBG 61.5 pts
8. Tommy. 58.5 pts
9. DneroJohnson 57 pts
10. NateShaw92 50.5 pts
11. alifjenius 47 pts
12. TheCacti 42 pts
13. Levindski 30.5 pts
14. Baseball 13.5 pts
14. 02fishera 13.5 pts
15. Der_Don 12 pts
16. Greasepalms 5 pts
17. something_else 4.5 pts
18. Canoxa 4 pts
19. BnB 3 pts
20. Hodgey1989 2.5 pts
21. Runey 1 pts
22. Root27 0.5 pts
23. Master of San Andreas 0 pts
==Bonus Predictions==a) Group Predictions - 8 points
b) CL Winner Prediction (Before the knockout phase) - 5 points
c) CL Winner Prediction (Before the final) - 1.5 points
d) First Goal Scorer Prediction (Before the final) - 1 points
e) Time of First Goal Prediction (Before the final) - 1 points
f) Penalties Prediction - 3 points
a) Group Predictions bonus prediction is a bonus prediction where you guess who will be the 2 teams that qualify for the 3rd phase from each of the 8 groups.
For an example, group a:Juventus, Chelsea; group b:Barcelona, Dortmund, etc. Each correctly guessed team can earn you an extra 0.5 points, so if you guess all the teams correctly, you could win up to 8 points. You don't have to guess the order of teams, just the ones who you think will qualify. You can do this bonus prediction from the moment of the group draw, until the first group phase match begins.
b) CL Winner Prediction is the second bonus prediction, where you guess a single team out of the 32 that you think will win the Champions league. Getting it right can earn you 5 points at the end of the prediction league. You must predict this from the end of the group stage, until the first match of the knockout phase.
c) CL Winner Prediction, but before the final. Just pick and name one of the two finalists who you think will lift the trophy.
d) In the final, you can guess which player of the finalists will score the first goal. This prediction can earn you an extra point, and you'll predict that together with your final prediction. You can predict any of the players of the club.
e) In the final, you can also guess the time of the first goal. This, as well as the goal scorer can earn you 1 point each, but they are also used in case of a tie on the table, as well as other predictions. Times will be 1st half, 2nd half, 1st extra time, 2nd extra time and no goals.
f) Penalties Prediction;
If it gets to the penalties in the final of CL, you'll be able to win additional points
-Correctly predicting the score(eg, you said 5:4 for Chelsea, and they won 5:4) will net you 3 points
-Correctly predicting the winner(eg, you said 5:4 for Chelsea, but they won 4:2) will net you 1.5 points
-All other incorrect predictions(eg, you said 5:4 Chelsea, but Bayern won 5:4, or you said 5:4 Chelsea, but Bayern won 4:3) will give you 0 points.
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