Rules

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The game

With the game of Herenbos WK Pool you'll become a predictor of all the matches of the tournament. You'll have to do your best to submit predictions (all before start) in order to take the win away from your friends, family or colleagues. When you have the predictions right, you'll score the most points.

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Join now

By creating an account you're participating with the game. When participating you're obligated to enter all required details and you agree upon the rules of the game as well as the terms provided.

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Deadline

You are required to submit all your predictions for the entire tournament (all tournament stages) before the start of the tournament: Until then, you're able to make changes in your predictions.

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My prediction

After logging in, you will be redirected to the 'My prediction' page. It is up to you to predict all scores of all matches before the start of the tournament. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account.

Knockout rounds

For the knockout rounds you need to select the country of whom you think will go through. It is not allowed to select a country double per whole round. If you do this, you will be rewarded with zero points. See below for some examples.

100%

When logged in, you'll see a score in the main navigation bar. This score represents the percentage you filled out on the 'My prediction' page. When you see a 100 % score, you are acknowledged that you entered all predictions. But be aware, it doesn't indicate when countries are selected double in a whole knockout round.

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Individual

As an individual you're automatically competing against all members of the pool. You'll play for the prizes described on the Prizes page. The person with the most points wins.

Companies

When you created an account, you needed to enter the company. Not only, you are competing with everybody, but you can become the winner of your company. And, to compete in the company ranking, the company needs to consist of at least 3 members, or otherwise 0 points will be given.

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Automatic Selection Round of 32

While predicting the matches, the round of 16 are automatically filled out based on the virtual ranking of the group that will be ranked by higher number of points, superior goal difference, higher of goals score and higher number of wins. This means that the six group winners, the six runners-up and the four best third-placed teams will be selected automatically for the round of 16.

The table below is used for the automatic selection of Round of 32 matchups based on a predefined scheme. For example, if the eight best third-placed teams come from groups E, F, G, H, I, J, K, and L, the first row of the table is applied, resulting in the following matches: 1A vs 3E, 1B vs 3J, 1D vs 3I, 1E vs 3F, 1G vs 3H, 1I vs 3G, 1K vs 3L, and 1L vs 3K.

There's one important note to the automatic selection, if you predict all games equal (draw), and the goal difference and points are equal, the system doesn't know what to do. In case you should overrule and select the country as you wish.

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View all combinations

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Live rankings

During the game you'll see live rankings of the next round. In these live rankings we only calculate the points for the scores of the matches and not the points for the countries. Only when all matches of the next round are finished, we are certain which countries qualify and we will add the points for the countries to the points in that round.

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Points

Points to be earned based on the scores

Based on some rules you are able to collect points for the score. The score represents the result after the regular playing time of 90 minutes. So, extra time or penalties are not taken into account. The maximum numbers of points based on the score for all matches is equal to 90 points. Here are some examples:

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Points to be earned based on the predicted countries in the knockout rounds

Next to the points for the score, you are able to collect points by predicting the countries that go through to the next round(s). So, you can earn points based on the correct position (CP), or the incorrect position (IP). For example, correct position is equal by predicting that France will be the winner of Group A. But, if another country comes first and France qualifies, but as runner-up, it will be selected as the incorrect position.

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Warning; no points earned when countries are selected double

Per knockout round it is not allowed to select a country or more countries double. A warning will be presented. But, when you did you'll be rewarded with zero points.

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Overview of the maximum number of points that can be earned per round

Per match and knockout round there are points to be collected. In this overview you'll see the maximum number of points that can be collected per round.

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Bonus Questions

For each bonus question you can get between 0 and 40 points.

1) Per yellow card difference 4 point(s) will be deducted.
For example: you've predicted 220 yellow cards, the actual amount was 226, than you'll get 40 - 24 = 16 points.

2) Per red card difference 10 point(s) will be deducted .
For example: you've predicted 10 red cards, the actual amount was 8, than you'll get 40 - 20 = 20 points.

3) Per goal difference 4 point(s) will be deducted.
For example: you've predicted 160 goals, the actual amount was 163, than you'll get 40 - 12 = 28 points.

FIFA will be used as reference: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026