INTERNATIONAL. A German, a Brit, an Irishman, a Dutchman and a Brazilian walk into a bar. Painful I know, but after they nurse their wounds, they start to talk football…
And then there were eight, writes our Football Correspondent Hedda Ball. That’s right, there are just eight teams left in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
But in an equally dramatic contest, no fewer than 11 participants are within ten points of the lead in our Great Moodie Davitt 2018 FIFA World Cup Charity Competition. And a whole lot more are still within Harry Kane striking distance.
The leader remains Steffen Brandt, Co-Founder & Manager of Miami-based travel retail specialist InnoTRI (and former CEO of Heinemann Asia Pacific and Heinemann Americas), who has been at the top of the league for what seems an eternity… well at least since his country failed, like an exhausted Olympian swimmer, to get out of its pool.
King Power International (Thailand), which controls English Premier League club Leicester City, is the event’s official brand partner. Leicester City’s star striker, Jamie Vardy, is part of the England team which now stands just three matches from glory (or perhaps one from a return home after a Swedish triumph in the quarter-finals?).
Steffen, rumoured to be the frontrunner as next German manager (why not swap a Low for a high?) for his knowledge of football, has had his lead narrowed to just three points over Moodie Davitt Report CTO (Chief Touchline Observer) Matt Willey.
For Matt it was all gloss as his beloved England triumphed over Columbia in a penalty shoot-out yesterday. A long-time Sheffield Wednesday supporter (though he also shouts for them on Saturdays), Matt is understood to be suffering serious altitude sickness from the unexpected feeling of being near top of the table. He’s just one ahead though of Bahrain Head of Operations Domnick O’Reilly, the competition’s long-time leader.
The latter is tied with now flying Dutchman Johan Schölvinck of Market Square and Andre de Almeida of Loch Lomond Group, whose native Brazil remain one of the favourites to triumph.
Sophie Goujet of Concourse Display Management is now in sole place as the highest-place woman with 49 points, ten behind Steffen.
A big mover over the past two days was Cabeau’s Denz van der List, who surged up der list, from 15th to 11, after earlier collapsing like a punctured travel cushion from his leadership position. Expect him, like his product, to offer strong support in the next round.
Make sure you have your predictions in for Friday’s and Saturday’s quarter-final matches.
The following prize monies will be awarded to the chosen charities of the winning contestants:
1st – €3,000
2nd – €2,000
3rd – €1,000
Below is the league table from the morning of 04 July. We’ll bring you an update as the competition updates further.
HOW THE TABLE LOOKED EARLIER:
Our match prediction contest is easy to enter, and is engendering tremendous engagement within the travel retail community. It also has a strong Corporate Social Responsibility connection.
Updates are posted regularly, showing who is leading the way as the tournament progresses and reminding people to submit their predictions before each round.
For the ever-optimistic, registration can still be made here (see below for instructions):https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/
‘JUST LIKE ABC’ – EASY TO ENTER STEPS
A) Visit https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/ and register your details (after that you simply sign in each time). You will be asked at this stage to select your ultimate winner of the tournament (this can be changed up until the Knockout phase begins).
IMPORTANT: We suggest putting your full name in the FIRST NAME box (e.g. Martin Moodie) and company name in the LAST NAME box, so we can track our industry ‘leaderboard’ over the weeks of the tournament.
B) Once you have confirmed your registration (via an immediate e-mail prompt) please join The Moodie Davitt Report private league by visiting https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/Pools/Join/1231. You will need a pin number, which is – tmdrworldcup
C) Once you have done that you are entered into The Moodie Davitt Report private league. You can make your predictions at any time until kick-off for that particular match via thePREDICTIONS tab. We’ll also be putting out regular updates via www.MoodieDavittReport.com and through our e-Alert service with industry league table updates and reminders to get your predictions in.
You can enter our competition at any time but the earlier you do the better your (and your nominated charity’s) chances of winning.
If you’re having any problems registering just e-mail Declan@MoodieDavittReport.com
Rules of the game:
- You will receive 3 points for a correct score.
- You will receive 1 point for a correct result.
- In each group (and in the Knockout phases through to and including the semi-finals) you can apply a ‘Joker’ card to one match only. Use of the Joker will double any points you score on that match.
- Your prediction for the Knockout stages will include the score after extra time, but not penalties.
- You will receive extra points for the final game if you correctly predict the tournament winner.
- Leaderboard: If players finish level on points, then the player with most Correct Score points will finish higher, followed by Correct Result points, Joker points, Final points, Third-Place points, Semi-Final points, Quarter-Final points and then Last-16 points.
We’ll keep you posted on the industry league table/leaderboard as the competition proceeds.
