Bench Men's Euros 2024

[Jakusotsu 6,401]

12 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

 

Joputosu             2:0     Athenayama
(Georgia)                    (Portugal)

If anybody has too much time on their hands they might want to check how many other Bench games went exactly like their real life counterparts.

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Group B – Refioji Nekonishiki - Round 3 – Day 4

Krisachiyama (Albania) 2 – 4 Koorifuu (Spain)

Koorifuu had luck with the droning, scored 4 goals against Krisachiyama’s 2, even with an unbroken chain.

Kimyama (Croatia) 0 – 0 Jarayama (Italy)

Although this match lasted for four days, it was still a fast one. What the  was that, Portugal?

 

Group E – Refioji Nekonishiki - Round 3 – Day 4

Nantonoyama (Slovakia) 2 – 0 Jomojo (Romania)

Jomojo’s chain was broken right in the first slot, so Nantonoyama scored 2 goals.

Jejima (Ukraine) 0 – 0 Asapedroryu (Belgium)

It was a very fast match, too, no words for Portugal’s „game”.

 

[Ryoshishokunin 335]

I agree with the tiebreak in group F, assuming the results are correct.  A round-robin of 2-0 games leaves no way to separate without going to the tiebreaks that include other teams.

[Nekonishiki Banji 404]

Results of the 3 rounds in Groups B and E

Group B

Round 1

Koorifuu (Spain) 0 - 1  Kimyama (Croatia)

Jarayama (Italy) 1 - 2  Krisachiyama (Albania)

Round 2

Kimyama (Croatia) 2 - 1 Krisachiyama (Albania)

Koorifuu (Spain) 1 - 2 Jarayama (Italy)

Round 3

Krisachiyama (Albania) 2 – 4 Koorifuu (Spain)

Kimyama (Croatia) 0 – 0 Jarayama (Italy)

  

Group E

Round 1

Jomojo (Romania) 2 - 0  Jejima (Ukraine)

Asapedroryu (Belgium) 0 - 3   Nantonoyama (Slovakia)

Round 2

Nantonoyama (Slovakia) 0 – 4 Jejima (Ukraine)

Asapedroryu (Belgium) 4 - 1 Jomojo (Romania)

Round 3

Nantonoyama (Slovakia) 2 – 0 Jomojo (Romania)

Jejima (Ukraine) 0 – 0 Asapedroryu (Belgium)

[Asapedroryu 243]

17 minutes ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

If every slight holding in the box was called, we would have 5 penalty kicks in every game. For each team.

Don't comment without seeing the replay.

[Athenayama 1,198]

Group A Round 3 - Final day :

I'll try to make this short as I have to also display the final standings.

Chains broke early  but Kuma Koma succeeded to score at #1 grabbing the win.
Kuma Koma's chain never breaks  (please refer to situation 8 of the rules) so he wins 2 - 0

	Jakusotsu			Goal H	Chain H		Goal A	Chain A		Kuma Koma
1.	England	D	-			-	1		W	Spain
2.	Portugal	L	-		X	-			D	Denmark
3.	Italy	D	-			-			D	Germany ®
4.	Czech Republic	L	-			-			L	Netherlands
5.	Scotland	L	-			-			L	Czechia
6.	Croatia	D	-			-			D	Ukraine
7.	Austria ©	W	-			-			D	Switzerland
8.	Switzerland ®	D	-			-	1		W	Austria
9.	Slovenia	D	-			-			L	Albania ©
	Jakusotsu			0			2			Kuma Koma

 

Even though it didn't matter, Nekonishiki taught a lesson to Tanetakahiro. Big win ! 

	Tanetakahiro			Goal H	Chain H		Goal A	Chain A		Nekonishiki
1.	Portugal		-			-				Portugal
2.	England	D	-			-			D	Belgium
3.	Netherlands ©	L	-		X	-			D	Germany
4.	Switzerland	D	-			-	1		W	Turkey
5.	Scotland ®	L	-			-	2		W	Hungary ®
6.	Croatia	D	-			-	1		D	Denmark ©
7.	Slovakia	D	-			-			D	Poland
8.	Romania	D	-			-		X	L	Czechia
9.	Serbia	D	-			-			D	Slovakia
	Tanetakahiro			0			4			Nekonishiki

Final standings :

The group winner was known from round 2, Tanetakahiro. Kuma Koma qualifies as second.
Jakusotsu will have to wait if he is among the best third. That said, it looks quite good from where I stand.

		GOUPE A	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	Goal Diff	Points
	1	Tanetakahiro	3	2	0	1	3	5	-2	6
	2	Kuma Koma	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
	3	Jakusotsu	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
	4	Nekonishiki	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3

Round 1 :

	Kuma Koma	1
	Tanetakahiro	2
	Nekonishiki	0
	Jakusotsu	3

Round 2 :

	Kuma Koma	5
	Nekonishiki	1
	Tanetakahiro	1
	Jakusotsu	0

Round 3 :

	Jakusotsu	0
	Kuma Koma	2
	Tanetakahiro	0
	Nekonishiki	4

 

Edited June 27, 2024 by Athenayama

[Athenayama 1,198]

Group C Round 3 - Final day :

I'll make it as short !

Achiyama couldn't have a bigger win but he won !

	Baku			Goal H	Chain H		Goal A	Chain A		Achiyama
1.	England ®	D	-		X	-			D	France
2.	Portugal	L	-			-			D	Belgium
3.	Netherlands	L	-			-	1		W	Spain ©
4.	Romania	D	-			-			D	Croatia
5.	Turkiye	W	-			-			D	Switzerland
6.	Serbia	D	-			-		X	D	Slovenia ®
7.	Croatia	D	-			-			L	Czechia
8.	Georgia ©	W	-			-			D	Ukraine
9.	Poland	D	-			-			W	Austria
	Baku			0			1			Achiyama

Scenarios were given yesterday. Portugal lost and we have a nice 0-0 here.

	Finngall			Goal H	Chain H		Goal A	Chain A		Polimasa
1.	Portugal	L	-		X	-			D	France
2.	England	D	-			-			D	Belgium
3.	Denmark ®	D	-			-		X	L	Portugal
4.	Netherlands	L	-			-			D	Denmark
5.	Hungary ©	W	-			-			W	Turkey ©
6.	Switzerland	D	-			-			D	Romania
7.	Czechia	L	-			-			D	Serbia ®
8.	Slovakia		-			-				Slovakia
9.	Ukraine	D	-			-			D	Poland
	Finngall			0			0			Polimasa

Final standings :

The group winner here also was already known, Finngall. Achiyama joins him in the octofinals.
Baku will have to wait. He is behind Jakusotsu but could make it.

		GROUPE C	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	Goal Diff	Points
	1	Finngall	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
	2	Achiyama	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
	3	Baku	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
	4	Polimasa	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

Round 1 :

	Achiyama	0
	Finngall	1
	Polimasa	0
	Baku	2

Round 2 :

	Achiyama	2
	Polimasa	0
	Finngall	1
	Baku	0

Round 3 :

	Baku	0
	Achiyama	1
	Finngall	0
	Polimasa	0

Edited June 26, 2024 by Athenayama

[Ganzohnesushi 548]

1 hour ago, Jakusotsu said:

If anybody has too much time on their hands they might want to check how many other Bench games went exactly like their real life counterparts.

Well, I lost my first match 0-1,  just the same result for Austria vs. France due to Wöber's own goal.

Ganzohnesushi

[Ganzohnesushi 548]

Wow, Austria scoring twice in Slot #9. Has this ever happened before in Bench football history?

Ganzohnesushi 

[Athenayama 1,198]

It seems Jejima family was really unlucky. Except for Jejima all the rest will compete for the Saucer. If I'm not mistaken.

[Jejima 1,498]

Hi!

I am in a bit of a rush now, so most of the post group stage admin will need to be done when I return from work (in about 9 hours time).

But, meanwhile, we need to pick the Penalty Takers for the Quarterfinals (Saucer Semifinals), before the next match kicks off on Saturday.

Go here to pick your Quarterfinal (Saucer Semifinal) Penalty Takers.

(This is different to the list of penalty takers for the Octofinals (Saucer Quarterfinals) - I already have all of those.)

[Jejima 1,498]

Kimyama (Croatia) vs 3rd (A/D/E/F)
Tanetakahiro (Scotland) vs Achiyama (Slovenia)

Djodjoyoshi (Turkiye) vs 3rd (A/B/C)
Ryoshishokunin (Netherlands) Jejima (Ukraine)
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Nantonoyama (Slovakia) vs 3rd (A/B/C/D)
Ganzohnesushi (Austria) vs Joputosu (Georgia)

Finngall (Denmark) vs 3rd (D/E/F)
Kuma Koma (Germany) vs Jarayama (Italy)

[Athenayama 1,198]

GROUP A VAR

Regarding Jakusotsu - Kuma Koma game.
Many, many thanks to @Nekonishiki Banji who opened my eyes after several messages. I forgot about the situation 8 of the rules and claimed that the chain of Kuma Koma breaks at #3 but according to the rules it actually never breaks. 

And as Kuma Koma scores another goal at #8 with Austria the final score is 2-0 for Kuma Koma.

Tables and standings corrected and updated according in my last report of Group A.

I apologize for that. Thanks for your undersanding.

Thankfully it doesn't change much for all the general consequences (changes things in the Boot and Gloves standings though!).

[Koorifuu 1,120]

On 26/06/2024 at 09:21, Athenayama said:

(too long to explain here the reasons why).

I echo that feeling. I rooted against "my" national team for a good chunk of my life. The difference is that I can put it in a couple of paragraphs. 

I'm probably younger than average around here, falling slightly short of my 40th. So I was an early teen by the time we our 'Golden Generation' peaked around 1998-2003. Soo I was already participating on some international online circles by then, and those guys' unprofessional mentality embarrassed me to no end. I absolutely did not want to be bundled in with a bunch of officials who prioritised money and self-serving over actually putting on the results, and a bunch of players who were quickly becoming more famous for being uncivilised/undisciplined to the point of punching referees than they were for their abilities. It made me feel so backwards.

I think that they woke up after wasting arguably one of their best ever squads in 2002 over a multitude of amateurish decisions. The self-serving mentality is there, but it's definitely been reined in.

It took me actually moving out of the country to start to appreciate them. Which has now gone awry again, as they're falling into old habits by ruining very good squads out of subservience to a 39 year old has been that keeps dragging everyone down.

[Koorifuu 1,120]

I believe that Fujiko (Group D) and Baku (Group C) are the two unlucky third place finishers that don't move on to the knockout stage, presuming that all classifications posted here are final.

Fujiko is the only one with 3pts and a negative goal difference, whilst Baku has the least goals scored (2) out of those with 3pts and a neutral goal difference.

If the above is correct, and according to the official matrix for the best 3rd placed teams, we've got the following matchups:

1B vs 3E

1C vs 3F

1E vs 3B

1F vs 3A

Edited June 27, 2024 by Koorifuu

[Ryoshishokunin 335]

Who do I send my chain to for the RO16?  (Esp. considering that Jejima is my opponent...)

[Athenayama 1,198]

6 minutes ago, Ryoshishokunin said:

Who do I send my chain to for the RO16?  (Esp. considering that Jejima is my opponent...)

Just be a little patient, Jejima will give us all the details soon enough. Stay tuned.

[Jejima 1,498]

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Athenayama (Portugal)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to Bench Cup knockout phase.
2	E	Asapedroryu (Belgium)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	B	Koorifuu (Spain)	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	A	Jakusotsu (Switzerland)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
5	C	Baku (England)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3	Top Seeds for Bench Saucer knockout phase
6	D	Fujiko (Poland)	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) Rolling the random die by Jejima (or someone nominated by Jejima, should Jejima or any family member of Jejima be involved in such a situation.). 
 

Edited June 27, 2024 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Here are the Octofinal match-ups for the Euro 2024 Cup.

Kimyama (Croatia) vs Asapedroryu (Belgium)
Tanetakahiro (Scotland) vs Achiyama (Slovenia)

Djodjoyoshi (Turkiye) vs Jakusotsu (Switzerland)
Ryoshishokunin (Netherlands) Jejima (Ukraine)
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Nantonoyama (Slovakia) vs Koorifuu (Spain)
Ganzohnesushi (Austria) vs Joputosu (Georgia)

Finngall (Denmark) vs Athenayama (Portugal)
Kuma Koma (Germany) vs Jarayama (Italy)

[Jejima 1,498]

The rules for how the Saucer bracket is arranged can be found in the usual place.

Basically, the two 3rd teams not progressing to the Bowl get seeded 1 and 2. The two fourth placed teams from those groups then get placed in the matches on the opposite side of the draw (see below). These two fourth placed teams are also ranked to see who faces who later. Then the remaining four fourth placed teams are ranked. The fourth ranked team will then meet the top seed. The third ranked will meet the second seed. The second ranked will meet the higher ranked of the 'other' two fourth placed teams. The first ranked will meet the lower ranked of the 'other' fourth placed teams.

It will all make sense in a second 

Bench Euros 2024 Saucer knockout bracket

Baku (England) vs 4th best of remaining four
Fourth in Group D (due to Fujiko) vs 1st or 2nd best of remaining four (depending on ranking of 4th in Groups C and D)

Fourth in Group C (due to Baku) vs 1st or 2nd best of remaining four (depending on ranking of 4th in Groups C and D)
Fujiko (Poland) vs 3rd best of remaining four

Edited June 27, 2024 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Kaba (France)	3	1	0	2	1	5	-4	3	Advance to Bench Saucer knockout phase as 'minor' seeds.
2	C	Polimasa (Turkey)	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1

Bench Euros 2024 Saucer knockout bracket

Baku (England) vs 4th best of remaining four
Kaba (France) vs 2nd best of remaining four (due to minor seed ranking)

Polimasa (Turkey) vs best of remaining four (due to minor seed ranking)
Fujiko (Poland) vs 3rd best of remaining four

[Jejima 1,498]

So, let's rank the remaining fourth placed teams...

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Krisachiyama (Albania)	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3	Advance to Bench Saucer knockout phase.
2	A	Nekonishiki (Hungary)	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3
3	E	Jomojo (Romania)	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
4	F	Bumbiachiyama (Czechia)	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0

[Jejima 1,498]

Bench Euros 2024 Saucer knockout bracket

Baku (England) vs Bumbiachiyama (Czechia)
Kaba (France) vs Nekonishiki (Hungary)

Polimasa (Turkey) vs Krisachiyama (Albania) (Mother vs son)
Fujiko (Poland) vs jomojo (Romania) (sister-in-law vs brother-in-law)

It's four members of my family, three members of Achiyama's family - and Nekonishiki. Nekonishiki is in the top half of the draw, with three young children.

[Jejima 1,498]

Hi all, (@Achiyama, @Athenayama, @Jakusotsu, @Nekonishiki Banji)

I am assigning the three refioji from the group stages and Achiyama the knock-out matches. Please let me know as soon as possible if this is a problem for anyone. Every refioji will get one Saucer match and two Cup matches. 

Bench Euro 2024 Saucer Quarterfinals

Refioji: Nekonishiki
Baku (England) vs Bumbiachiyama (Czechia)

Refioji: Athenayama
Kaba (France) vs Nekonishiki (Hungary)

Refioji: Jakusotsu
Polimasa (Turkey) vs Krisachiyama (Albania)

Refioji: Achiyama
Fujiko (Poland) vs jomojo (Romania)

 

Bench Euro 2024 Cup Octofinals

Refioji: Nekonishiki
Kimyama (Croatia) vs Asapedroryu (Belgium)
Tanetakahiro (Scotland) vs Achiyama (Slovenia)
 

Refioji: Achiyama
Djodjoyoshi (Turkiye) vs Jakusotsu (Switzerland)
Ryoshishokunin (Netherlands) vs Jejima (Ukraine)
 

Refioji: Athenayama
Nantonoyama (Slovakia) vs Koorifuu (Spain)
Ganzohnesushi (Austria) vs Joputosu (Georgia)
 

Refioji: Jakusotsu
Finngall (Denmark) vs Athenayama (Portugal)
Kuma Koma (Germany) vs Jarayama (Italy)

Edited June 27, 2024 by Jejima

[Jejima 1,498]

The rules change a little for the knockout stages, to allow for matches to be decided in '90 minutes', 'Extra time' or by 'penalties'. Please read here for explanation.

Note to refiojis. If anyone drones for the next round, you use the player's line-up for the 3rd round of the group match. Delete any teams from the line-up already eliminated, and add the first substitute (if any) to the end of the line-up.

I will publish the (reduced) squads for all players, with first substitutes added for all players
(S1) = first substitute. -number = number of teams left in the squad.