QATAR. Alan Mathew from UAE-based travel retail distributor V Group has hit the front in The Moodie Davitt Report readers’ competition dedicated to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, brought to you in association with Qatar Duty Free.
The contest continues to prove intensely competitive with just five points covering the ten front-runners after yesterday’s matches. And with 35 matches remaining (a potential 105 points on offer), just about everyone remains in with a chance.
Alan is on 44 points, just one ahead of Marcel DeBellis from Beler Holdings in Canada, who has been near the lead right from the start. Charles Roullet from Campari has moved up nicely into third place on 42.
Next comes our long-time leader, Ground Control owner Kevin Zajax; Graeme Stewart from Luggage-Point; and Joost Korver from Knock Out, all just a single point behind.
Just one point further back are Frédérick Besson, CEO of the acclaimed Perfumist Perfume Advisor, and Behna Deghani.
A duo of top confectionery executives complete our top ten with Lindt & Sprüngli Head of Global Division Duty Free Peter Zehnder neck and neck with Mars Wrigley Global Customer Development Head – International Travel Retail Alex Rudd. The Moodie Davitt Report Senior Editor Mark Lane lies just one point back.
Clarisse Daniels from Whyte and Mackay remains our leading woman on 36 points, just one ahead of Caroline South of Caroline South Associates. Sinead Moodie and Jess Allerton from The Moodie Davitt Report and Joanne Coleman from Whyte and Mackay are one point behind.
As reported, Qatar Duty Free is providing great prizes as excitement builds both for the competition and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 itself, which has already thrown up plenty of thrills and upset results.
Also as reported, Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has been named as Official Retail Store for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The agreement includes a licence to exclusively sell all related merchandise in the fan zones and at all eight stadiums.
QDF also just opened a FIFA store at Hamad International Airport’s magnificent new expansion, inaugurated on 10 November.
Additionally The Moodie Davitt Report is providing charity-based prizes for first, second and third individual contestants with cash donations of US$500, US$300 and US$200 paid to a charity of their choice.
The competition, open to anyone involved in the aviation and travel retail sectors (mandatory), is based on match predictions for the 32 teams in a group stage and knockout format. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 concludes on 18 December with the World Cup Final at the Lusail Iconic Stadium.
The rules are simple. Qualified readers simply need to make a score prediction in each of the matches, and are awarded points based on the accuracy of their predictions. You receive 3 points for an exact score prediction and 1 point if you predict the right result (win or draw) without getting the score correct.
You can still sign up here. Just create an account and you can immediately begin saving your score predictions. 
Predicting is simple – scroll down to select a score for each match throughout the group, knockout and final phases. Predictions will automatically save the moment you make them, while you will be able to enter or modify your scores up to ten- minutes before each match kick-off.
Form guide (with a health warning)
To help with your predictions, listed below are the FIFA official rankings for all 32 teams alongside the groups each team is playing in.
For details on how points are calculated, please visit the rules page once you have signed up.
