2010 WORLD BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION GAME

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Edited by: rock Aug 22, 10, 22:35 #1

In 2010, after World Cup, another great sport organization World Basketball Championship will start only 7 days later.

I decided to start a prediction game which I hope we will all enjoy like we do with Polson-made football prediction games.

WBC will be hosted by Turkey from August 28 to September 12, 2010 with the participation of 24 countries. Dream team USA is the major champion candidate as usual. Let's see :)

You will find a lot of info in the links below. Teams, match dates, squads, latest news etc.

I have almost decided the rules of the prediction game. I am planning to send tomorrow evening.

I AM WAITING EVERYBODY TO JOIN THE GAME

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIBA_World_Championship

http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/p/index.html

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/fibaEven/10/FWCM/p/open NodeIDs/3818/selNodeID/3818/teaser.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIBA_World_Championship_squads

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Edited by: rock Aug 24, 10, 21:00 #2

4 days left for the start of the Championship.

Here are the rules of the prediction game ;

1- Winner of the match
True prediction : 6 points
False prediction: 0 points

2- Score Difference
( will be evaluated only for people who knew the winner of the match)

There are 5 categories
1-7
8-14
15-21
22-29
+30

True prediction : 4 points
False prediction: 0 points

3- Total score
( sum of the scores of two teams. Does not matter you knew the winner)

There are 5 categories
1 -149
150-159
160-169
170-179
+ 180

True prediction : 2 points
False prediction : 0 points

Let's give an examples ;

Matches ;

USA-Slovenia

Player 1 prediction :

USA-Slovenia : USA, 15-21 , 170-179 ( winner, score diff., total score )

Player 2 prediction:

USA-Slovenia : USA, 22-29, +180

Final score of the match :

USA-Slovenia : 101-76 ( score diff. : 25, total score : 177 )

This means;

USA-Slovenia : USA, 22-29, 170-179

Player 1 gets 8 points;

6 points from winner of the match
0 points from score difference
2 points from total score

Player 2 gets 10 points;
6 points from winner of the match
4 points from score difference
0 points from total score

You will not send your exact score prediction.

As I told above you will send ; WINNER, SCORE DIFFERENCE, TOTAL SCORE for each match.

Every player will play for all matches.

If you have any questions about the calculation please ask.

I will send the match list of first three days ( 28, 29, 30 August) tomorrow.

GOOD LUCK ALL

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Edited by: rock Aug 25, 10, 15:57 #3

What happened in 2002 and 2006 World Basketball Championships and 2009 Eurobasket championship can be an indicator for all the participants of the prediction game.

Here are the final rankings of these championships;

2002 FIBA World Championship

1 Yugoslavia
2 Argentina
3 Germany
4 New Zealand
5 Spain
6 United States
7 Puerto Rico
8 Brazil
9 Turkey
10 Russia
11 Angola
12 China
13 Canada
14 Venezuela
15 Algeria
16 Lebanon

2006 FIBA World Championship

1. Spain
2. Greece
3. USA
4. Argentina
5. France
6. Turkey
7. Lithuania
8. Germany
9. Angola
Australia
China
Italy
New Zealand
Nigeria
Serbia & Montenegro
Slovenia
17. Brazil
Japan
Lebanon
Puerto Rico
21.Panama
Qatar
Senegal
Venezuela

2009 Eurobasket Final Ranking

1 Spain
2 Serbia
3 Greece
4 Slovenia
5 France
6 Croatia
7 Russia
8 Turkey
9 Macedonia
10 Poland
11 Germany
12 Lithuania
13 Latvia
14 Israel
15 Great Britain
16 Bulgaria

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Aug 25, 10, 16:23 #4

Let's look at the groups in the 2010 World Basketball Championship (WBC) ;

GROUP A ( KAYSERİ )

ARGENTINA
SERBIA
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
ANGOLA
JORDAN

GROUP B ( İSTANBUL )

USA
SLOVENIA
BRAZIL
CROATIA
IRAN
TUNISIA

GROUP C ( ANKARA )

GREECE
TURKEY
PUERTO RICO
RUSSIA
CHINA
COTE D'IVOIRE

GROUP D ( İZMİR )

SPAIN
FRANCE
CANADA
LITHUANIA
NEW ZEALAND
LEBANON

4 teams from each group will qualify to ''round for 16'' at the end of group stage.

szarlotkaThreads: 14 Posts: 3,340 Joined: Feb 20, 07 ♂	Aug 25, 10, 16:46 #5
Nice one Rock. I will join in despite my knowledge of basketball being resticted to the time I was told I was a little too short for my Univeristy basketball team (I'm 1m 96 so I was a little surprised)! Türkçe'de "I'm going to come last" nasıl denir?

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Aug 25, 10, 18:43 #6
Thanks Szarlotka. Glad to hear that you will join. We miss you in prediction games. Meanwhile, you are tall enough to join the game :) I'm going to come last = Sonuncu olacağım in Turkish. But I don't think so. As it is basketball there is a lot of candidate for the bottom of the ranking. lol

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Aug 25, 10, 20:21 #7

It is time to share the first 2 day's fixture. ( 28-29 August 2010)

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN
ANGOLA vs SERBIA
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA
USA vs CROATIA
IRAN vs BRAZIL

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA
CANADA vs LEBANON
FRANCE vs SPAIN

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA
SERBIA vs GERMANY
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA
CROATIA vs IRAN
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE
TURKEY vs RUSSIA

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA
LEBANON vs FRANCE
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND

I will send my predictions for the first 2 days of the championship in 20 minutes.

GOOD LUCK ALL :)

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Aug 25, 10, 20:58 #8

Here are my first predictions.

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN AUSTRALIA, 22-29, 1-149
ANGOLA vs SERBIA SERBIA, 8-14, 150-159
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA ARGENTINA, 1-7, 170-179

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA SLOVENIA, +30, 170-179
USA vs CROATIA USA, 22-29, +180
IRAN vs BRAZIL BRAZIL, +30, 160-169

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA GREECE, 15-21, 160-169
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO PUERTO RICO, 1-7, +180
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY TURKEY, 15-21, 1-149

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA LITHUANIA, 8-14, 160-169
CANADA vs LEBANON LEBANON, 1-7, 150-159
FRANCE vs SPAIN SPAIN, 8-14, 1-149

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA ANGOLA, 22-29, 160-169
SERBIA vs GERMANY SERBIA, 1-7, 150-159
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA, 8-14, 170-179

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA USA, 22-29, +180
CROATIA vs IRAN CROATIA, +30, 160-169
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA BRAZIL, 22-29, 150-159

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE CHINA, 8-14, 150-159
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE GREECE, 8-14, 160-169
TURKEY vs RUSSIA TURKEY, 1-7, 150-159

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA LITHUANIA, 22-29, 160-169
LEBANON vs FRANCE FRANCE, 15-21, 150-159
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND SPAIN, 8-14, 150-159

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Aug 25, 10, 21:25 #9

My predictions
I think I am going to come last. :)
Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN AUSTRALIA, 22-29, 1-149
ANGOLA vs SERBIA SERBIA, 15-21, 1 -149
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA ARGENTINA, 8-14, 160-169

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA SLOVENIA, 22-29 170-179
USA vs CROATIA USA, 22-29, 8-14
IRAN vs BRAZIL BRAZIL, +30, 160-169

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA GREECE, 8-14, 170-179
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO ,RUSSIA, 8-14, 170-179
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY TURKEY, 15-21, 1-149

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA LITHUANIA, 15-21, 170-179
CANADA vs LEBANON CANADA, 8-14, 160-169
FRANCE vs SPAIN SPAIN, 15-21, 1-149

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA ANGOLA, 22-29, 160-169
SERBIA vs GERMANY SERBIA, 8-14, 1-149
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA, 15-21, 170-179

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA USA, 15-21, +180
CROATIA vs IRAN CROATIA, 22-20, 170-179
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA BRAZIL, +30, 160-169

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE CHINA, 8-14, 150-159
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE GREECE, 8-14, 160-169
TURKEY vs RUSSIA TURKEY, 1-7, 150-159

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA LITHUANIA, 15-21, 160-169
LEBANON vs FRANCE FRANCE, 22-29, 150-159
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND SPAIN, 22-29, 160-169

Thanks Rock,

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 25, 10, 22:02 #10
Rock, some help please. What is this 22-29 and then 160-169? I don't follow. I've never followed the NBA so don't know the system.

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Edited by: mephias Aug 25, 10, 23:13 #11

Seanus,
22-29 means the score difference. For example for result USA 99 - France 75 The difference is "99 - 75 = 24". And the 160-169 is the total and for this example it is "99 + 75 = 174"

For this example if your prediction is USA, 22-29 , 160 - 169. You will get 6 points for USA win and 4 points for correct score difference but you will not get any point for total score. So you will get 10 points for the game.

I hope it is clear.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 25, 10, 23:21 #12
Thanks, mephias :) That explains everything in a nutshell. I'm too tired at the moment to think about it so I'll send my results in either tom or Fri :)

mephiasThreads: 15 Posts: 811 Joined: Nov 14, 08 MEMBER ♂	Aug 25, 10, 23:27 #13
Seanus: Thanks, mephias :) You are welcome, it is more complex than football games if there are too many participants in the prediction game Rock will have sleepless nights :)

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Edited by: Moderator Aug 26, 10, 00:05 #14
Seanus This is not NBA system, this is my system :) Mephias Thanks for your help. And you are right calculations will be very difficult for me :) But since we can not predict the exact score like in football unfortunately I had to add sth. else. content removed

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 26, 10, 00:32 #15
Thanks, rock. When I post them, I may need the Mods to step in and let me edit so as not to complicate matters. It looks quite easy from what I can see. Predictions and laughs to follow :)

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Aug 26, 10, 12:16 #16
The first match will start at 15:00 PFtime on Saturday so you have to send your predictions before 15:00.

mephiasThreads: 15 Posts: 811 Joined: Nov 14, 08 MEMBER ♂	Aug 26, 10, 16:38 #17
I forgot to add the total score for below game USA vs CROATIA USA, 22-29, 8-14, 170-179 Thanks again Rock,

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Aug 26, 10, 16:56 #18

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN - AUSTRALIA, 22-29, 1-149
ANGOLA vs SERBIA - SERBIA, 8-14, 1-149
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA - ARGENTINA, 15-21, 160-169

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA - SLOVENIA, 15-21, 1-149
USA vs CROATIA - USA, 15-21, 170-179
IRAN vs BRAZIL - BRAZIL, 8-14, 1-149

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA - GREECE, 8-14, 150-159
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO - PUERTO RICO, 8-14, 150-159
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY - TURKEY, 8-14, 1-149

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA - LITHUANIA, 15-21, 149
CANADA vs LEBANON - CANADA, 1-7, 1-149
FRANCE vs SPAIN - SPAIN, 15-21, 150-159

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA - ANGOLA, 15-21, 1-149
SERBIA vs GERMANY - SERBIA, 8-14, 160-169
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA - ARGENTINA, 8-14, 150-159

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA - USA, 15-21, +180
CROATIA vs IRAN - IRAN, 1-7, 1-149
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA - BRAZIL, 15-21, 150-159

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE - CHINA, 15-21, 1-149
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE - GREECE, 1-7, 150-159
TURKEY vs RUSSIA - TURKEY, 1-7, 1-149

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA - LITHUANIA, 8-14,150-159
LEBANON vs FRANCE - FRANCE, 1-7, 1-149
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND - SPAIN, 1-7, 160-169

This is hard work Rock! Are there no draws? There's no score for a draw result!

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Aug 26, 10, 20:23 #19

paulinska:

This is hard work Rock! Are there no draws? There's no score for a draw result!

You are right paulinska. But I think next time it will take less time for you.

My advise is making the predictions in excel,

when yo predict exact score, you can calculate score diff. and total score by formula.

Thank you for reminding draw.

Yes, there is draw but I will evaluate final score for the matches.

cheers,

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Aug 26, 10, 20:51 #20
For everybody who is trying to make their predictions now ; As there are a lot of teams and it is group stage the first 5 days of the championship will be hard for all of us. But think that I, Mephias and Paulinska have already finished 2/5. But after group stage knock out stage comes with 16 teams, then 8, then 4 .... I trust all of you that you will not give up and have fun at last :)

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Aug 27, 10, 00:03 #21

Hmm, let's hope there won't be too many players in this game. I mean for you, with all the calculations you'll have to do... ;)

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN, AUS, 15-21, 150-159
ANGOLA vs SERBIA, SER, 15-21, 160-169
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA, ARG, 1-7, 1-149

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA, SLO, 8-14, 1-149
USA vs CROATIA, USA, 8-14, 160-169
IRAN vs BRAZIL, BRA, 8-14, 1-149

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA, GRE, 15-21, 160-169
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO, RUS, 1-7, 1-149
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY, TUR, 22-29, 160-169

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA, LIT, 8-14, 1-149
CANADA vs LEBANON, CAN, 15-21, 170-179
FRANCE vs SPAIN, SPA, 8-14, 150-159

Can I make my predictions for Sunday games on Saturday?..

Thanks for organising this game, Rock.
And good luck to all.

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Edited by: rock Aug 27, 10, 00:45 #22
Thanks Polson. Yes you can send them on Saturday. As an expert you know how difficult it could be for me but anyway I'm ready :)) Mephias told that he can help me if I needed. I am sure you will too.lol

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,814 Joined: May 9, 07 ♂	Aug 27, 10, 00:51 #23
rock: Mephias told that he can help me if I needed. I am sure you will too.lol Of course i will ;)

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Aug 27, 10, 22:13 #24

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN Aus 15-21, 160 - 169
ANGOLA vs SERBIA Serb 15-21, 160 - 169
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA Germany 22-29, 170-179

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA Slovenia 8-14, 160-169
USA vs CROATIA USA 8-14, 160-169
IRAN vs BRAZIL Brazil 8-14, 160-169

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA China 15-21, 160-169
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO Russia 8-14, 1-149
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY Turkey 1-7, 150-159

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA Lithuania 8-14, 160-169
CANADA vs LEBANON Canada 22-29 180+
FRANCE vs SPAIN Spain 8-14, 160-169

And there are my wildly inaccurate predictions as promised. Thanks for setting this up Rock. :)

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Aug 27, 10, 23:11 #25

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN 22-29, 160-169 (AUS)
ANGOLA vs SERBIA 15-21, 160-169 (Serbia)
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA 1-7, 150-159 (Argentina)

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA 8-14, 160-169 (Slovenia)
USA vs CROATIA 21-29, 170-179 (USA)
IRAN vs BRAZIL 8-14, 150-159 (Brazil)

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA (Greece) 15-21, 170-179
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO 8-14, 160-169 (Russia)
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY 22-29, 170-179 (Turkey)

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA 8-14, 160-169 (Lithuania)
CANADA vs LEBANON 22-29, 170-179 (Canada)
FRANCE vs SPAIN 22-29, 170-179 (Spain)

My, what an amateurish set of predictions. I'm hopeless when it comes to basketball but I'll hopefully get some beginner's luck :)

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 00:08 #26
Thanks PolskaDoll and Seanus. I think there are still some players join us until 15:00 pm tomorrow.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 00:11 #27
You're welcome, rock. I don't expect many points but at least I'll learn a bit more about a popular game. I know quite a few NBA stars but, as you said, this is your system.

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Aug 28, 10, 00:17 #28

Hopefully at least one of these predictions will be correct Rock :)

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN – AUSTRALIA 15-21, 1-149
ANGOLA vs SERBIA – SERBIA 15-21, 150-159
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA – ARGENTINA 8-14, 1-149

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA – SLOVENIA 22-29, 150-159
USA vs CROATIA – USA 22-29, 150-159
IRAN vs BRAZIL – BRAZIL 22-29, 150 159

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA – GREECE 30+, 160-169
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO - PUERTO RICO 8-14, 1-49
COTE D'IVOIRE vs TURKEY – TURKEY 22-29, 150-159

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA – LITHUANIA 15-21, 150-159
CANADA vs LEBANON – CANADA 8-14, 160-169
FRANCE vs SPAIN – SPAIN 15-21, 150-159

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA – ANGOLA 15-21, 160-169
SERBIA vs GERMANY – SERBIA 8-14, 1-149
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA – ARGENTINA 15-21, 160-169

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA – USA 22-29, 170-179
CROATIA vs IRAN – CROATIA 22-29, 160-169
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA – BRAZIL 22-29, 160-169

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE – CHINA 15-21, 150-159
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE – GREECE 8-14, 150-159
TURKEY vs RUSSIA – TURKEY 15-21, 150-159

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA – LITHUANIA 15-21, 150-159
LEBANON vs FRANCE – FRANCE 15-21 150-159
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND – SPAIN 22-29, 160-169

rockThreads: 5 Posts: 1,449 Joined: Jun 13, 08 ♂	Edited by: rock Aug 28, 10, 00:17 #29
Seanus: I don't expect many points Do not be so sure :) Good night. Thanks Vincent, you are very modest :)

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Aug 28, 10, 16:56 #30

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

Group A

AUSTRALIA vs JORDAN
ANGOLA vs SERBIA
GERMANY vs ARGENTINA

Group B

TUNISIA vs SLOVENIA
USA vs CROATIA
IRAN vs BRAZIL

Group C

GREECE vs CHINA
RUSSIA vs PUERTO RICO
COTE D'IVOIRE (they have a team over poland...hahaha)vs TURKEY

Group D

NEW ZEALAND vs LITHUANIA
A CANADvs LEBANON
FRANCE vs SPAIN

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Group A

JORDAN vs ANGOLA
SERBIA vs GERMANY
ARGENTINA vs AUSTRALIA

Group B

SLOVENIA vs USA
CROATIA vs IRAN
BRAZIL vs TUNISIA

Group C

CHINA vs COTE D'IVOIRE
PUERTO RICO vs GREECE
TURKEY vs RUSSIA

Group D

LITHUANIA vs CANADA
LEBANON vs FRANCE
SPAIN vs NEW ZEALAND

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