By spirois - 3 May 2014 6:17 PM
My friend and I launched a World Cup rankings game called WC'14 last week.
The game format requires no ongoing management, like Fantasy Football, but is more of a challenge than a straight out tipping competition or sweepstakes.
Our goal was to create a game that made every World Cup game interesting (because you want your higher ranked teams to win, and your lower ranked teams to lose)
We've added some cool features like the ability to create your own groups (play against your friends, co-workers or perhaps start a 4-4-2 group) and "what-if" scenarios to experiment with your rankings.
The person who ends the world cup with the most points will win $100 cash
In addition to the cash, the winner of our ranking contest will win an Official Addidas Brazuca Match Ball valued at $180!
It's free to join and play.
If that sounds interesting to you, please check out http://wc14.com.au
You have up until the start of the Brazil v. Croatia game to get your rankings in.
Hope you can join us!
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By spirois - 13 Jun 2014 9:13 AM
You can see a comparison of all the major ranking methodologies on http://wc14.com.au/ homepage as the tournament progresses.
Goldman Sachs Statistical Model
William Hill Starting Odds
FiveThirtyEight's World Cup Predictions (SPI)
World Football ELO Ratings
WC'14 Average Player Rankings
Countries ranked by population (thrown in there as a random benchmark)
FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking
For completeness, here are the final average rankings for my website (we had 473 people sign up in the end)
Rank Team WC'14 Average Rank
1 Brazil 2.29
2 Spain 3.39
3 Germany 3.66
4 Argentina 4.06
5 Portugal 7.64
6 Italy 9.07
7 Uruguay 9.37
8 France 10.00
9 England 10.60
10 Colombia 10.65
11 Belgium 10.75
12 Netherlands 11.26
13 Switzerland 14.30
14 Chile 14.99
15 Russia 16.66
16 Croatia 17.28
17 Mexico 17.43
18 Côte d'Ivoire 18.10
19 United States 19.17
20 Greece 19.21
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.90
22 Ecuador 20.02
23 Japan 22.11
24 Nigeria 22.58
25 Ghana 23.26
26 Algeria 23.84
27 Korea Republic 24.79
28 Cameroon 25.52
29 Costa Rica 25.78
30 Australia 26.95
31 Honduras 27.07
32 Iran 28.13
On Average WC'14 Users think the first goal would be scored at the 28th Minute (It was actually the 11th minute)
On Average WC'14 Users think there will be 123 goals scored in the tournament.
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