Bench World Cup 2014

[shimodahito 336]

GROUP E, ROUND 2, DAY 11 results (includes standings and observations).

First, a mono-ii was called and the refyoji appreciates the catch and made some adjustments to remedy the Day 10 results. Please check again.

Furanohana vs Chijanofuji was a great back-and-forth match with 3 lead changes and Furanohana getting a 3-2 win. It took all 10 slots in the line up to determine the final outcome. In victory, Furanohana re-orders the food and dancers from his Round 1 win and adds Croatian, Ecuadoran, Nigerian food (pršut, encebollado, asaro) and dancers (kolo, sanjuanito, egwo amara) to the celebration. Chijanofuji reflects on the 10-pick battle with shots of šljivovica from Bosnia-Herzegovenia, palm wine from Cameroon, and kirsch from Switzerland.

......FURANOHANA............CHIJANOFUJI..

FRA............Les Bleus.®...1...Albicelestes.......ARG

Day 9: A #1 pick FRA in green for Furanohana, his second win today. Do the French have good craft beer? Yes, and a La Bavaisienne Ambrée is poured.

Day 10: ARG did not deserve this win against Team Melli, but Chijanofuji will take it.

RESULTS: Furanohana ® pick wins, scores. Chijanofuji pick wins, continues: Furanohana 1 - 0 Chijanofuji. (Day 10)

BRA................Seleção...2...Oranje.............NED

Day 6: The BRA draw is too close to the top of Furanohana's line-up to celebrate.

Day 7: NED wins and would give Chijanofuji the #2 edge, so he pours a Dutch craft -- Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick draws, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins, continues: Furanohana 1 - 1 Chijanofuji. (Day 10)

POR.........Os Navegadores...3...Les Bleus..........FRA

Day 9: FRA gives a #3 green for Chijanofuji.

Day 11: It took over 90 minutes for POR to get the draw for Furanohana and keep this game going.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick draws, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins, continues: Furanohana 1 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

CRO................Vatreni...4...Zmajevi............BIH

Day 7: Furanohana gets the higher victory for CRO and enjoys a Croation craft -- San Servolo Tamno Pivo.

Day 10: The #4 loss for BIH is the top line-up loss for Chijanofuji.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins, continues. Chijanofuji pick loses, chain broken: Furanohana 2 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

JPN..........サムライ・ブルー...5...©.Vatreni.........CRO

Day 7: Chijanofuji is happy with the CRO in green at #5.

NAKABI: 11 to red-carded 10 could not give JPN a win for Furanohana.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins: Furanohana 2 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

ECU.................La Tri...6...Les Lions..........CMR

Day 7: CMR gave up after the Red Card -- Chijanofuji had the CRO-CMR order correct.

Day 9: Three for three...all winners and Furanohana pours an Ecuadoran craft -- Stray Dog Throat of Fire IPA.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins: Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

NGR...........Super Eagles...7...Fennec Foxes.......ALG

Day 7: Is Furanohana's #7 NGR win pick reason to celebrate over Chijanofuji's #10 NGR pick? Sure. And he pours a Nigerian Trophy Black Lager craft beer.

Day 11: The ALG win for Chijanofuji wasn't enough to end the match but will prevent another point for Furanohana.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins: Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

CHI................La Roja...8...Los Charrúas.......URU

Day 7: Will Furanohana regret the low spot in the line-up for his CHI pick?

NAKABI: Will Chijanofuji regret the low spot in the line-up for his URU pick?

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins, continues. Chijanofuji pick wins: Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

CMR............Les Lions.©...9...®.Schweizer Nati...SUI

Day 7: CMR gave up after the Red Card -- and Furanohana is happy with them at #9.

Day 9: Chijanofuji's SUI makes even #9 losses this match.

RESULTS: Furanohana © pick loses, continues. Chijanofuji pick loses: Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. (Day 11)

CRC..............Los Ticos...10..Super Eagles.......NGR

Day 9: Furanohana starts the day with another CRC upset win. Time for a Costa Rican Tamarindo Witch’s Rock Pale Ale to celebrate.

Day 10: Chijanofuji may be regretting placing Zmajevi higher.

RESULTS: Furanohana pick wins. Chijanofuji pick wins. Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. GAME OVER. (Day 11)

Line-up records: Furanohana 6-1-3; Chijanofuji 7-3-0.

Roto-style 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 scores: Furanohana (10+4.5+4+7+3+5+4+3+X+1 = 41.5); Chijanofuji (10+9+8+X+6+X+4+3+X+1 = 41)

Jejima’s rules from the bottom: Furanohana 1; Chijanofuji 0.

ANALYSIS: Chijanofuji had more winners in the line-up but the 3 losses gave Furanohana a slight edge in all analysis.

RESULTS: Furanohana 3 - 2 Chijanofuji. GAME OVER

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Achiyama vs Chabanowaka didn't go the full 10 picks, but the winner still scored 3 goals. Achiyama gets the win and orders food (crêpes, ajiaco, asaro, encebollado, chivito) and dancers (bourrée, vallenato, egwo amara, sanjuanito, tango) from his winning teams. Chabonowaka pours shots of Italian grappa, Swiss kirsch, Korean soju, and Iranian arak.

.......ACHIYAMA.............CHABONOWAKA..

FRA...............Les Bleus...1...©.Oranje..........NED

Day 7: The only Day 7 result for this match -- a #1 NED win for Chabonowaka and a Dutch craft is poured -- De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis 666.

Day 9: Achiyama looks at the ITA loss and FRA win -- time to pour a French craft beer - Cidre Dupont Réserve.

RESULTS: Achiyama pick wins, continues. Chabonowaka © pick wins, continues: Achiyama 0 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 9)

BRA...............Seleção.©...2...Gli Azzurri.......ITA

Day 6: It is too early to say if Achiyama's BRA draw at #2 will be an advantage over Chabonowaka's BRA at #3.

Day 9: Bad news for Chabonowaka as ITA loses.

RESULTS: Achiyama © pick draws, scores. Chabonowaka pick loses, chain broken: Achiyama 1 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 9)

COL...........Los Cafeteros...3...Seleção...........BRA

Day 6: It is too early to say if Chabonowaka's BRA draw at #3 will be an advantage over Achiyama's BRA at #2.

NAKABI: COL's win gave Achiyama the first head-to-head win over his opponent -- enough reason to pour a Colombian craft -- Apóstol Bock.

RESULTS: Achiyama pick wins, scores. Chabonowaka pick draws: Achiyama 2 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 9)

NGR............Super Eagles...4...®.La Tri..........ECU

Day 9: The ECU victory won't help Chabonowaka.

Day 10: More good news for Chabonowaka and pours a Nigerian Williams Dark Ale.

RESULTS: Achiyama pick wins, continues. Chabonowaka pick wins: Achiyama 2 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 10)

ECU..................La Tri...5...La Verded.........MEX

Day 6: Achiyama didn't want MEX a factor in his line-up, so will Chabonowaka's #5 MEX draw help or hurt?

Day 9: Will the ECU win give Achiyama more points? It depends on the Super Eagles.

RESULTS: Achiyama pick wins, scores. Chabonowaka pick draws: Achiyama 3 - 0 Chabonowaka. (Day 10)

KOR..........The Red Devils...6...Los Charrúas......URU

NAKABI: URU's win may be too low for Chabonowaka to be relevant in this match, but his URU pick was higher than his opponent so time to pour a Uruguayan Sidra Salamanca.

Day 11: KOR helps Chabonowaka end the round.

RESULTS: Achiyama pick loses, chain broken. Chabonowaka pick wins: Achiyama 3 - 0 Chabonowaka. GAME OVER. (Day 11)

URU............Los Charrúas...7...Schweizer Nati....SUI

NAKABI: Neither side had faith in URU -- Achiyama, even less faith than Chabonowaka's faith in URU.

Day 9: The SUI loss hopefully won't give Achiyama more points.

RUS...de Puntinõro vermelha...8...Stars & Stripes...USA

Day 11: Both results have no affect on the outcome of the game.

HON........ Los Catrachos.®...9...The Red Devils....KOR

Day 9: HON is Achiyama's first loss -- no problem as #5 La Tri gave him a better chance at points.

Day 11: Chabonowaka's KOR loss matches Los Catrachos loss for Achiyama.

MEX...............La Verded..10...Team Melli........IRI

Day 6: Achiyama keeps MEX as far away from deciding this match.

Day 10: IRI played a fantastic match against Albicelestes, but lost and no help for Chabonowaka.

Line-up records: Achiyama 5-3-2; Chabonowaka 3-4-3.

Roto-style 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 scores: Achiyama (10+4.5+8+7+6+X+4+X+X+.5 = 40); Chijanofuji (10+X+4+7+3+5+X+1.5+X+X = 30.5)

Jejima’s rules from the bottom: Achiyama 0; Chabonowaka 0.

ANALYSIS: Achiyama dominated.

RESULTS: Achiyama 3 - 0 Chabonowaka. GAME OVER

...............G...W...D...L...GS...GA...Pts

Furanohana.....2...2...0...0...4....2.....6

Achiyama.......2...1...0...1...3....1.....3

Chijanofuji....2...1...0...1...3....3.....3

Chabonowaka....2...0...0...2...0....4.....0

[Jakusotsu 6,401]

Round 2 results - Group H

Game 1:

shumitto 2:0 Nekonishiki
(Belgium) (Russia)

Netherlands W 0:0 W Netherlands
Brazil D 0:0 D Portugal
England L 0:0 L Italy
Belgium ® W 1:0 W Nigeria
Nigeria W 1:x L Spain
Switzerland L 0:x L Russia ®
Bosnia L x:x D Ghana
Iran L x:x D Mexico ©
Mexico D x:x L Iran
Australia © L x:x L Australia

Without putting Nigeria significantly higher, Nekonishiki didn't really stand a chance with his abysmal team. shumitto follows Rubensan to the knockout stage.


Game 2:

Rubensan 1:0 Doitsuyama
(South Korea) (Algeria)

Netherlands W 1:x L Italy
Italy © L x:x D Portugal
Portugal D x:x L Spain ©
Brazil D x:x L Bosnia
South Korea ® L x:x D Japan
Nigeria W x:x L South Korea
Ivory Coast L x:x W Algeria ®
Honduras L x:x D Greece
Bosnia L x:x W Chile
Switzerland L x:x D Mexico

Portugals *very* late goal (5 minutes into extra time!) prevented Rubensan from scoring any more goals of his own (which eventually South Korea would have done anyway).



Player P W D L GF GA GD Points
Rubensan 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
shumitto 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6
Doitsuyama 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Nekonishiki 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 0

Rubensan and shumitto are through, sharing the lead, and will be meeting in the final round. Which makes me wonder, who will be the group's leader if they draw?

[Jakusotsu 6,401]

Lineups Round 3 - Group H

Game 1:

Rubensan : 1. Brazil , 2. Portugal , 3. Ivory Coast , 4. Switzerland , 5. Netherlands , 6. Italy © , 7. Bosnia , 8. Honduras , 9. Nigeria , 10. South Korea ®

Comment: I picked Spain as my frist choice for my representative team. Luckily I didn't win the draw, otherwise I would be out for sure by now. It's being a world cup full of surprises and upsets, which will be the ones this time. I hope not Brazil or Portugal.

vs.

shumitto : 1. Belgium ® , 2. Brazil , 3. Switzerland , 4. Netherlands , 5. England , 6. Nigeria , 7. Mexico , 8. Bosnia , 9. Iran, 10. Australia ©

Game 2:

Doitsuyama : 1. Spain © , 2. Bosnia , 3. South Korea , 4. Algeria ®, 5. Italy , 6. Portugal , 7. Chile , 8. Mexico , 9. Japan , 10. Greece

Comment: My pre-basho selection royally sucks. Only Chile is clear while Spain and Bosnia are already out with four more teams having only a single point. I'm more hoping than thinking that Spain will win the last match and Belgium will field a B-team against South Korea.

vs.

Nekonishiki : 1. Netherlands , 2. Italy , 3. Iran , 4. Mexico © , 5. Spain , 6. Russia ® , 7. Portugal , 8. Ghana , 9. Nigeria , 10. Australia

Comment: A goal-less round again?

[Saruyama 1]

Final results of round to for Group F.

Kotononami vs Kaiomitsuki

Kotononami: "ISI-mate Kaiomitsuki is my master in real bench , I hope to have a revenge in this game."
1. Netherlands, 2. Argentina ®, 3. Ecuador, 4. Portugal, 5. France, 6. South Korea, 7. Greece, 8. Russia, 9. Costa Rica ©, 10. Mexico

vs

Kaiomitsuki: "At the Copa (Co !), Copacabana (Copabana) / The hottest spot north of Havana (here) / At the Copa (Co !), Copacabana / Music and passion were always the fashion / At the Copa....don't fall in love" - Bari Manilão, Brazilian singer
1. Germany ©, 2. Netherlands, 3. France, 4. South Korea, 5. Uruguay, 6. Japan, 7. Bosnia, 8. Greece, 9. Mexico, 10. Iran ®

Referee comments: Kotononami pulls off a (2-0) win with some excellent placement. Congratulations.

Kintamayama vs Leonishiki

Kintamayama:

1. Brazil, 2 Italy, 3. Greece, 4. South Korea, 5. Bosnia ®, 6. Russia, 7. Uruguay, 8. Mexico, 9. Chile ©, 10. Algeria

vs

Leonishiki: "Well, after the collapse of Spain it's time for them to recover so I still trust on them. But I'm sorry about Nigerua, moving them from the first to the last spot. Let's watch some more football!!!"

1. Brazil, 2. Italy, 3. Portugal ©, 4 Nigeria ®, 5. Chile, 6. Switzerland, 7. Ivory Coast, 8. Ghana, 9. Costa Rica, 10. Cameroon (Semi-Droning-Rule entry)

Referee comments: Despite his yellow card lineup, Leonishiki pulls off a shocking (4-0) win. Quite the upset in this match. My condolences to Kintamayama who had all his winners down at the end of his chain.

Current Standings
Kotononami: 6 points +4

Leonishiki: 3 points +3

Kaiomitsuki: 3 points -1

Kintamayama: 0 points -6

As you can see, Kotononami has a commanding lead in the run-up to this last round. It is conceivable that he could be knocked out, but very unlikely. It would require a severe drubbing from Leonishiki, and for Kaiomitsuki to crush Kintamayama. It is possible, but would require a 5 point goal difference swing. Kintamayama is down but not completely out. But with a gap of 9 points between him and current second place... it doesn't look good.

That is all for now.

Saruyama (THE monkey referee)

[Jejima 1,498]

Group D players had better send me their round 3 line-ups (along with copies to Chabonowaka) I will stick with the 6 hours before kick-off of the Group B matches for a deadline.

Group D Round 2 matches update....

Daineko (Uruguay): 1. Italy, 2. Netherlands, 3. Brazil, 4. South Korea, 5. Ecuador, 6. Uruguay ®, 7. Switzerland, 8. Ivory Coast, 9. USA ©, 10. Costa Rica

vs

Saruyama (England): 1. Netherlands, 2. Brazil 3.Ecuador, 4.Belgium, 5. England ®, 6. Japan, 7. Mexico, 8. Greece ©, 9. Australia, 10. Iran

Refioji: Saruyama wins 3-0!

Harumataikai (Italy): 1. Italy ®, 2. Ecuador, 3. Colombia, 4. Germany, 5. South Korea ©, 6. USA, 7. England, 8. Switzerland, 9. Ivory Coast, 10. Iran
Comment : MOUHAHAHA I'm against Terarno. Battle between froggies. South eastern France between south western France. I'm quite sure my team will destroy the prune eater's one. FORZA ITALIA, allez les bleus et bonne chance pour la suite de la compétition :)

vs

Terarno (Costa Rica): 1. Argentina ©; 2. Colombia 3. England 4. Belgium 5. Switzerland 6. South Korea 7. Ivory Coast 8. USA 9. Costa Rica ®; 10. Ghana
Comment : Like in round 1, my representative team is facing my opponent's r-team... and will get crushed. Good luck Har' !

Refioji: As already reported, Terarno wins 1-0

Name...........G.....W....D....L....GF....GA.....GD.....Pts

Saruyama.....2.......2.....0....0....5.......0........+5......6

Terarno.........2.......2.....0....0....2.......0........+2......6

Harumataikai.2.......0.....0....2....0.......3.........-3......0

Daineko........2.......0.....0....2....0.......4.........-4......0

Both Saruyama and Terarno have qualified for the last 16 of the Bench World Cup. Their final match will decide who tops the division. If it is a draw, Saruyama will go top, due to better goal difference.

Harumataikai and Daineko have both 'qualified' for the Bench Saucer competition. Harumatiakai has a slightly better goal difference, and so will be happy with a draw....

Edited June 23, 2014 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Round 3 line-ups.

Harumataikai: 1. Colombia, 2. Germany, 3. Italy ®, 4. Switzerland, 5. Ivory Coast, 6. Iran, 7. England, 8. South Korea ©, 9. USA, 10. Ecuador
Comment : After 2 matches already out of the race. Feel like I'm Spanglish today...

vs

Daineko: 1. Netherlands, 2. Brazil, 3. Switzerland, 4. Ivory Coast, 5. Costa Rica, 6. Uruguay ®, 7. Italy, 8. Ecuador, 9. USA ©, 10. South Korea

Comment: Tough draw for US today. Korea is letting me down.

Refioji: In the battle of the 'also rans', I think Harumataikai's high placement of his ® team Italy may be the key factor.

Terarno: 1. Belgium 2. Switzerland 3. Argentina © 4. England 5. Colombia, 6. Ivory Coast 7. USA 8. Ghana 9. Costa Rica ® 10. South Korea

Comment : Probably not using my ® and © like I should, but round 3 could be "back scratching club" with already qualified teams...

vs

Saruyama: 1. Brazil, 2. Belgium, 3. Mexico, 4. Netherlands, 5. Iran, 6. England ®, 7. Greece ©, 8. Japan, 9. Ecuador, 10. Australia

Refioji: I think both line-ups are interesting here. If England loses, I think Saruyama will get the advantage. If England wins, then Saruyama *might* also get a nice edge. If England draws, I think Terarno will be in control....

[Saruyama 1]

Group F Round 3 lineups:

Kotononami vs Leonishiki

Kotononami:
1.France, 2.Argentina ®, 3.Costa-Rica ©, 4.Portugal, 5.Russia, 6.Mexico, 7.Greece, 8.Netherlands, 9.South Korea, 10.Ecuador

vs

Leonishiki:
1.Brazil, 2.Switzerland, 3.Portugal©, 4.Ivory Coast, 5.Italy, 6.Costa Rica, 7.Chile, 8.Ghana 9.Nigeria®, 10.Cameroon

Referee comments: These lineups are so different, I won't have any idea about which one is looking better until the results start coming in.

Kintamayama vs Kaiomitsuki

Kintamayama:

1. Brazil, 2. Bosnia ®, 3.Russia, 4. Italy, 5.Greece, 6.Chile ©, 7. Uruguay, 8. Mexico, 9. Algeria, 10. South Korea

vs

Kaiomitsuki: "Two Man Sound feat. Plastic Bertrand "Charlie Brown" / "Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / a nossa Sao Paulo terra da garoa / Se voce quiser vou Ihe mostrar / Bahia de Caetano nossa gente boa. / Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie / Eh meu amigo Charlie Brown Charlie Brown..."" (Video not included, because I couldn't figure out how to transfer it)

1. Germany ©, 2. Bosnia, 3. Netherlands, 4. France, 5. Mexico , 6. Greece, 7. Uruguay, 8. Japan, 9. South Korea, 10. Iran ®

Referee comments: Despite Bosnia being in both players 2 slot it is still counted because it is Kintamayama's ® team. I had to look that one up in the rules. So Kaiomitsuki will want a draw there, and Kintamayama will want a win.

That is all for now.

Saruyama (THE monkey referee)

[Doitsuyama 1,259]

Group C Round 3

Maguroyama	0	0	shimodahito
Ivory Coast ©	Tue	Wed	Argentina
Argentina	Wed	Thu	Belgium
Portugal	Thu	Wed	Switzerland
Bosnia	Wed	Thu	Portugal
Japan ®	Tue	Tue	Colombia ®
Belgium	Thu	Mon	Croatia
Chile	Mon	Tue	Greece
Iran	Wed	Thu	Ghana ©
Australia	Mon	Tue	Costa Rica
USA	Thu	Thu	South Korea

COMMENTS

Maguroyama: I feel I'm in a position to gamble a bit and so it's time for the Elephants to step up their game. In this WC of shockers you can't really trust anyone, but "normally" Argentina and Portugal should be stronger than their African opponents. Japan plays Colombia who are ensured of advancement and thus may slack off a bit. But what do I know...

shimodahito: my high M pick Greece roster plays league in Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey, England, Scotland. This round faith pick: Switzerland. This round no-faith pick: none. Maguroyama is my last opponent. Our #1, #2, #3 (ARG-BEL-POR) teams are the same so the mid line-ups will decide. I look forward to the match.

Refioji Pregame: Maguroyama is gambling big with Ivory Coast who need only need a draw - seems reasonable. But having possibly demotivated Portugal and Bosnia so high is a real risk - and he has Belgium quite low, maybe fearing a B-team? Shimodahito's lineup is comparatively risk-free.

Refioji MbM:

Jejima	0	0	Pandaazuma
Germany	Thu	Wed	Argentina
Switzerland	Wed	Thu	Belgium
England ©	Tue	Tue	Ivory Coast ®
France	Wed	Mon	Netherlands
Ivory Coast	Tue	Tue	England
Bosnia	Wed	Thu	Algeria
Colombia	Tue	Wed	Ecuador
Greece ®	Tue	Tue	Japan ©
Algeria	Thu	Thu	South Korea
South Korea	Thu	Wed	Nigeria

COMMENTS

Jejima: What a nightmare of a World Cup... I actually expect Germany to draw with the USA (would benefit both sides), but I don't imagine they would lose, so they can have top slot. At number 3, England really need to pull off at least a draw to give me a chance in this match.

Pandaazuma: While my ® team is likely to beat Jejima's, he has six likely winners in his line-up to my three, meaning I'm going to need luck big time here. My only option is to go for it and put my ® team a little lower than I would normally in the hope of breaking my opponent's chain against one of his less-likely-to-win teams...and hope that my top lads win and keep my chain intact. Good luck, Jezz!

Refioji Pregame: Jejima is lucky this time - he can't break his chain again with England © in a L-L scenario as Pandaazuma helped him out by placing his ® team in the sme slot. Pandaazuma is seing a lot of winners in Jejima's squad but we will know only after the round is over, no?

Refioji MbM:

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Group B Round 3 line-up

chishafuwaku (Netherlands) vs Fujiko (Chile)

chishafuwaku

1. Brazil
2. France
3. Mexico
4. Greece
5. Portugal
6. Netherlands ®
7. Japan
8. South Korea
9. Iran
10. Ecuador ©

Portugal are almost out, so sadness for me.
On the other hand I am already through to the next stage.

About Fujiko´s piks predition, she must win me and hope KikoCookie too over ScreechingOwl.
And must still overcome the disadvantage of her goal average (-4 against -1 of KikoCookie).

Because of that, I think she must risk a early Chile ® victory against Netherlands (in real world who wins, flees the meeting with Brazil, I guess)

1. Brazil
2. France
3. Chile ®

4. Russia; 5. Mexico; 6. Greece
These countries have their future in their hands.

7. England; 8. Bosnia ©
Only for proud.

9. Australia
10. Honduras (A great risk will be Honduras on top...)

Fujiko

1. Brazil
2. France
3. England
4. Russia
5. Bosnia ©
6. Mexico
7. Chile ®
8. Greece
9. Honduras
10. Australia

Comment: Go! Go! Brazil

ScreechingOwl (Australia) vs KikoCookie (Spain)

ScreechingOwl

1. Brazil
2. Belgium ©
3. Switzerland
4. Portugal
5. Bosnia
6. Chile
7. Ivory Coast
8. Greece
9. Australia ®
10. Honduras

Comment: Round Two was filled with surprises, and I was on the wrong end of too many of them. One up, one down, one unknown. Let's give it a go. Good luck, KikoCookie!

KikoCookie

1. Spain ®
2. Portugal
3. Switzerland
4. Colombia
5. Italy
6. Greece
7. Croatia
8. Bosnia
9. Algeria ©
10. Cameroon

Comment: Who would have thought that getting Spain as your team would doom you? Hopefully pride and third time's a charm will power them past lowly Honduras.

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Group B Round 2 End results

With Portugal's draw the last slot has been filled and we have the final results.

I hope I counted the goals well.

SInce Portugal didn't lose, chain of chishafuwaku broke only in Slot 6. With Ecuador's win he scored 1 more goal.

Fujiko has her chain broken in Slot 6, too, but didn't have enough fortune to score any goal.

So standings after Round 2:

Edited June 23, 2014 by Nekonishiki Banji

[chishafuwaku 476]

Nekonishiki,

SceechingOwl has 4-3 in GS-GR

chishafuwaku

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Nekonishiki,

SceechingOwl has 4-3 in GS-GR

chishafuwaku

Oops, thanks, corrected.

[Achiyama 1,272]

Group "A", Round 3 line-ups:

Bout #1:

Fujiyama vs. Chocshoporyu


Fujiyama

1. Brazil
2. Holland
3. Switzerland
4. Ivory Coast
5. England
6. France ©
7. Ghana
8. Nigeria
9. Honduras
10. Cameroon ®

vs.

Chocshoporyu

1. Brazil ®
2. France
3. Ivory Coast
4. England
5. Netherlands
6. Honduras ©
7. Russia
8. Greece
9. Ecuador
10. South Korea



Bout #2:

Jakusotsu vs. Andonishiki

Jakusotsu

1. Italy
2. Switzerland ©
3. Spain
4. Ghana
5. Croatia ®
6. USA
7. Uruguay
8. Netherlands
9. Iran
10. Cameroon

Comment: Italy vs. Uruguay will be the key match here. Will Europe suffer yet another defeat? I hope not…


vs.

Andonishiki:

1. Brazil
2. France
3. Netherlands
4. Russia ©
5. Portugal
6. Mexico ®
7. Algeria
8. Nigeria
9. Ecuador
10. South Korea

Comment: cant remember a World Cup with so little draws & so many big surprises - Costa Rica, Chile... and lots of goals... bad news is that my Panini sticker album is not full yet. There's only one guy to blame for this - of course, that's Jakusotsu !!

Jaku still might have a slight chance of advancing into round 2, but I wanna win also my third group match, so the successful sanyaku line-up BRA-FRA-NED will remain in place. Let's send our foe back to Middlefranken !!

Edited June 23, 2014 by Achiyama

[Andonishiki 171]

neither my team nor my comment did make it through censorship, it seems...
Hello NSA, pls assist

Edited June 23, 2014 by Andonishiki

[Achiyama 1,272]

my comment didnt make it through censorship, it seems...

Why do you think so?

I had problems with copy-paste from e-mail to the forum, more like problem in the forum. It pasted it bold and underlined, and swithing to regular and not underlined didn't work.

So I had to delete it, post it and then edit it and re-do it again. It was a fight, but I succeeded.

You are very inpatient, Ando, give the Refioji at least 10 min. :)

[Andonishiki 171]

very sorry, my dear refioji !
I`m just too excited by the results so far - need to enjoy the party, while it lasts.

too bad 32 of 64 games are already finished

[chishafuwaku 476]

Jejima,

Harumataikai has GA 3

Daineko has GA 4

chishafuwaku

[Achiyama 1,272]

Jejima,

Harumataikai has GA 3

Daineko has GA 4

chishafuwaku

I deleted my posting as Asashosakari found some errors, which I have no time to fix. Sorry!

Edited June 23, 2014 by Achiyama

[Asashosakari 20,272]

Not true for Daineko. He has 2 losses of 0:1, so GA 2

Harumataikai is correct GA 3 - R1 los 0:2, and R2 loss 0:1.

You have used Saruyama's Round 1 lineup for his Round 2 match, and your lineup for Terarno is a strange mix of his actual R1 and R2 lineups.

[Achiyama 1,272]

Not true for Daineko. He has 2 losses of 0:1, so GA 2

Harumataikai is correct GA 3 - R1 los 0:2, and R2 loss 0:1.

You have used Saruyama's Round 1 lineup for his Round 2 match, and your lineup for Terarno is a strange mix of his actual R1 and R2 lineups.

Thanks Asashosakari, for catching my errors. I don't know how I copied the wrong line-up for Saruyama from Jejima's posting (may be I did the previous one).

I removed the Tables not to cause confusion.

I have no time to fix them because I have a lot to do at work before leaving on vacation this Thursday.

I shouldn't respond to Chushafuwaku's posting, but if I hadn't do that I wouldn't know that my Tables are messed up. :)

Regards,

Achiyama

Edited June 23, 2014 by Achiyama

[Asashosakari 20,272]

The second round of the Bench World Cup was arguably more exciting than the first, and that's also reflected in the MCP results. Let's start off with the round summary again:

Rk Player Nat | W D L ∑GF ∑GA | ØGF ØGA ØGD Pts Pts*

1 Furanohana FRA | 31 0 0 148 26 | 4.77 0.84 +3.94 3.00 3

2 shimodahito COL | 28 2 1 109 16 | 3.52 0.52 +3.00 2.77 3

3 Kotononami ARG | 28 2 1 103 14 | 3.32 0.45 +2.87 2.77 3

4 Achiyama HON | 27 3 1 95 15 | 3.06 0.48 +2.58 2.71 3

5 Pandaazuma CIV | 25 2 4 82 14 | 2.65 0.45 +2.19 2.48 0

6 chishafuwaku NED | 22 5 4 78 24 | 2.52 0.77 +1.74 2.29 3

7 Chijanofuji SUI | 22 5 4 65 12 | 2.10 0.39 +1.71 2.29 0

8 Andonishiki MEX | 21 6 4 68 29 | 2.19 0.94 +1.26 2.23 3

9 Saruyama ENG | 21 4 6 51 23 | 1.65 0.74 +0.90 2.16 3

10 Jakusotsu CRO | 20 6 5 66 29 | 2.13 0.94 +1.19 2.13 3

11 Kaiomitsuki IRN | 19 4 8 58 29 | 1.87 0.94 +0.94 1.97 0

12 Terarno CRC | 18 4 9 40 28 | 1.29 0.90 +0.39 1.87 3

13 Fujiyama CMR | 18 2 11 33 33 | 1.06 1.06 ±0.00 1.81 0

14 shumitto BEL | 16 4 11 35 33 | 1.13 1.06 +0.06 1.68 3

15 Maguroyama JPN | 15 2 14 27 34 | 0.87 1.10 -0.23 1.52 3

16 chabonowaka ECU | 13 5 13 32 36 | 1.03 1.16 -0.13 1.42 0

17 Nekonishiki RUS | 13 4 14 20 37 | 0.65 1.19 -0.55 1.39 0

18 Chocshoporyu BRA | 12 5 14 30 40 | 0.97 1.29 -0.32 1.32 0

19 Rubensan KOR | 9 5 17 15 51 | 0.48 1.65 -1.16 1.03 3

20 Fujiko CHI | 8 7 16 20 57 | 0.65 1.84 -1.19 1.00 1

21 Leonishiki NGA | 6 8 17 21 51 | 0.68 1.65 -0.97 0.84 3

22 Daineko URU | 5 7 19 10 44 | 0.32 1.42 -1.10 0.71 0

23 Domichi USA | 4 6 21 8 49 | 0.26 1.58 -1.32 0.58 3

24 kuroimori POR | 3 6 22 6 48 | 0.19 1.55 -1.35 0.48 0

25 kamogawa GHA | 2 9 20 6 55 | 0.19 1.77 -1.58 0.48 1

26 ScreechingOwl AUS | 2 9 20 6 56 | 0.19 1.81 -1.61 0.48 0

27 Pitinosato GER | 2 8 21 5 53 | 0.16 1.71 -1.55 0.45 1

28 Harumataikai ITA | 1 10 20 1 45 | 0.03 1.45 -1.42 0.42 0

29 Jejima GRE | 0 8 23 0 55 | 0.00 1.77 -1.77 0.26 0

30 Kintamayama BIH | 0 8 23 0 70 | 0.00 2.26 -2.26 0.26 0

31 KikoCookie ESP | 0 7 24 0 55 | 0.00 1.77 -1.77 0.23 1

32 Doitsuyama ALG | 0 7 24 0 77 | 0.00 2.48 -2.48 0.23 0

Furanohana put a real hurting on the rest of the field, winning all 31 games and averaging nearly 5 goals in the process. He's followed by the trio of shimodahito, Kotononami and Achiyama who only lost to the dominator and drew against each other. (Achiyama had another draw against Chijanofuji to fall slightly behind the other pair.)

Pandaazuma already bemoaned his bad luck a few posts up, and it's borne out in these results, too, as he's the highest-ranking player to walk away from his BWC matchup with a loss. Chijanofuji can join him in commiserations as he's another player who averaged more than 2 points overall but lost the match that truly counts, and Kaiomitsuki and Fujiyama aren't far behind.

The lower parts of the standings are a veritable draw festival, with the last one-third of the players all posting at least 6 tied scores. That was slightly good news for the bottom quartet who weren't able to win anything, but at least avoided the disaster scores posted by the Round 1 bottom-dwellers. Nevertheless, they all did finish without scoring any goals. KikoCookie can count herself lucky that her BWC match was one of those draws.

Looking at the individual results, it's a very weird mix of low- and high-scoring matchups, with 0-0 alone accounting for more draws than seen in Round 1 altogether. One of them stands out by lasting through more than half the chains:

kamogawa 0-0 ScreechingOwl

(Ghana) (Australia)

Brazil D 0-0 D Brazil

Italy L 0-0 L Bosnia

Colombia © W 0-0 W Belgium ©

England L 0-0 L Switzerland

Japan D 0-0 D Greece

Ghana ® D x-0 D Portugal

Costa Rica W x-x L Honduras

Cameroon L L Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast L W Chile

USA D L Australia ®

At the other end of the spectrum we have a virtual free-for-all that nevertheless also ended in a draw:

Andonishiki 3-3 chishafuwaku

(Mexico) (Netherlands)

Brazil D 0-2 W Netherlands ®

Netherlands W 1-0 D Brazil

Ecuador W 0-0 W France

France W 1-0 D Portugal

Portugal D 0-1 W Ecuador ©

South Korea L 0-0 L South Korea

Algeria W 1-0 D Greece

Russia © L x-0 L Iran

Nigeria W x-0 D Japan

Mexico ® D x-0 D Mexico

However, those 6 goals were bested by the round's largest drubbing:

Furanohana 7-0 Harumataikai

(France) (Italy)

France ® W 2-x L Italy ®

Brazil D 0-x W Ecuador

Portugal D 0-x W Colombia

Croatia W 1-x D Germany

Japan D 0-x L South Korea ©

Ecuador W 1-x D USA

Nigeria W 1-x L England

Chile W 1-x L Switzerland

Cameroon © L 0-x L Ivory Coast

Costa Rica W 1-x L Iran

And that game wasn't even near the most goals scored, as we also had this incredible affair:

Furanohana 5-4 Kotononami

(France) (Argentina)

France ® W 1-0 W Netherlands

Brazil D 0-2 W Argentina ®

Portugal D 0-1 W Ecuador

Croatia W 1-0 D Portugal

Japan D 0-1 W France

Ecuador W 1-x L South Korea

Nigeria W 1-x D Greece

Chile W 1-x L Russia

Cameroon © L x-x W Costa Rica ©

Costa Rica W D Mexico

(Kotononami was of course one of Furanohana's closest pursuers in this round. The leader's games against the other two nearby players shimodahito and Achiyama were similarly close; he beat both 4-3.)

Lastly, here's our first match that went the full distance:

chishafuwaku 1-3 Kotononami

(Netherlands) (Argentina)

Netherlands ® W 1-0 W Netherlands

Brazil D 0-2 W Argentina ®

France W 0-0 W Ecuador

Portugal D 0-0 D Portugal

Ecuador © W 0-0 W France

South Korea L 0-0 L South Korea

Greece D 0-0 D Greece

Iran L 0-0 L Russia

Japan D 0-1 W Costa Rica ©

Mexico D 0-0 D Mexico

With so many goals to go around it's no surprise that there were no less than 20 different scores:

Draws: 55x 0-0, 21x 1-1, 8x 2-2, 1x 3-3

?-0: 88x 1-0, 90x 2-0, 93x 3-0, 39x 4-0, 22x 5-0, 6x 6-0, 1x 7-0

?-1: 32x 2-1, 15x 3-1, 8x 4-1, 5x 5-1

?-2: 4x 3-2, 2x 4-2, 3x 5-2

?-3: 2x 4-3

?-4: 1x 5-4

Overall standings to come in a separate post.

[Asashosakari 20,272]

Actually, before I post the overall standings, I'd like to request comments on a tricky issue. So far I've always simply summed up each round's results. That's straight-forward if (like in Bench) the number of players is the same in each round:

Player 1:

25 W, 0 D, 6 L = 2.42 / 3

13 W, 0 D, 18 L = 1.26 / 3

----

38 W, 0 D, 24 L = 3.68 / 6

Player 2:

22 W, 0 D, 9 L = 2.13 / 3

16 W, 0 D, 15 L = 1.55 / 3

----

38 W, 0 D, 24 L = 3.68 / 6

Both players are obviously tied, and it doesn't matter whether you sum up the wins and losses, or you sum up the average points per round.

However, with the BWC field getting cut after the 4th round, this will not be nearly that easy. For instance, take a group round (31 opponents) and the final round (9 opponents):

Player 1:

25 W, 0 D, 6 L = 2.42 / 3

3 W, 0 D, 6 L = 1.00 / 3

----

28 W, 0 D, 12 L != 3.42 / 6

Player 2:

22 W, 0 D, 9 L = 2.13 / 3

6 W, 0 D, 3 L = 2.00 / 3

----

28 W, 0 D, 12 L != 4.13 / 6

They still have the same number of wins and losses, but the sum of the round points is quite different now, favouring the player who did better in the short-handed final round.

I'm actually not sure which way to calculate it - straight wins and losses obviously makes different players directly comparable, but it also means that the later rounds of the competition become more and more meaningless - it will be hard to catch up to the leader if you only have a few games in which to do it. Somebody could put up big scores in the first 4 rounds (= 124 matches), and be very difficult to beat through the final 3 rounds (= only 47 matches).

That wouldn't be a problem if we simply sum the averaged scores, because that would mean 3 "average points" are up for grabs in each round, no matter how many games actually go into calculating those 3 points. However, it could mean that somebody could win with a pure W-D-L record that's worse than that of some other players. That's not really in keeping with the MCP idea, but on the other hand the MCP was never meant to be applied to a two-tiered (group stage -> knockout) competition anyway - in Bench Sumo, all 15 days are equal, that's not the case here.

So, I wouldn't have any problem with the knockout stages receiving equal weight (option #2), but I'd like to know how everybody else feels about it.

Edited June 23, 2014 by Asashosakari

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Option #2, I reckon, Asasho. I think most of us will be playing to the end and doing our best. Now, the only thing I have to play for is a decent position on your chart! :(

[Pandaazuma 1,310]

Group G Final Round Scoring Update

The final round has begun and there have been no surprises so far, and this is reflected in the line-ups. In our first match, Kuroimori has a slight advantage in that Mexico is quite high up his order while Cameroon is safely at slot 10 for both players. Both had Brazil top so it is so far so good.

Kuroimori:

1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Nigeria ©
4. Mexico
5. Ecuador
6. Portugal ®
7. Russia
8. Italy
9. Costa Rica
10. Cameroon

Kamogawa:

Brazil

Ghana ®

Colombia ©

Cote d'Ivoire

England

USA

Italy

Japan

Costa Rica

Cameroon

In our second match, Pitinosato is off to a bad start as his very high Croatia pick lets him down. Meanwhile, Domichi picks up two top-five wins and looks to be in the driving seat already. Pitinosato will be desperately hoping Russia screw things up in their final match or his chain will be broken at the 4 slot.

Domichi:

1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Belgium
4. Russia
5. Mexico
6. Iran
7. Uruguay ©
8. USA ®
9. Bosnia
10. South Korea

Pitinosato:

1. Switzerland

2. Colombia

3. Germany ®

4. Croatia

5. Iran ©

6. Greece

7. Bosnia

8. Uruguay

9. Italy

10. South Korea

Edited June 24, 2014 by Pandaazuma

[Asashosakari 20,272]

Option #2, I reckon, Asasho. I think most of us will be playing to the end and doing our best. Now, the only thing I have to play for is a decent position on your chart! :(

Well, I'm not proposing to overthrow Jezz's plan for the main competition; the active players will get cut after the Last 16 round, so in the end only 10 players will be competing for the MCP title, too. I'm just wondering if players prefer the easier-to-follow scoring, or the more meaningful scoring.