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World Cup 2026 Goal Prediction Challenge

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skaak
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19 Jun 2026, 19:11 · 2

My English is failing me here ... please help ... what does the "champion" stage mean?

a) The champion and runner up are the teams playing in the final, so there is 1 x champion and 1 x runner up team? (If this is the case, then the 2 teams playing for 3 and 4th place are in sf stage).

or

b) It is the exit "stage", e.g. champion are the two teams who play in the final and runner up are the two teams who play for third place? (Since we predict exit "stage" and since the 2nd last game is the runner up game, this seems also correct, but then no team will be in sf stage).

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skaak
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fwiw I've subbed both version - no error from the scoring system

bleh ... sample sub shows one champ and one runner up so let me go with a ...

19 Jun 2026, 19:20
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meganomaly
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Hi @skaak Apologies for any confusion! champion and runner-up labels were a bit cheeky - noted :) So in final results you should have 1 champion, 1 runner-up and 2 teams with label sf.