[ HWCI World Cup Pool ]

Monday, August 14, 2023 [Late 7/14/24]
Issue #9.2.2 "Host Joins Euro Party" 
[[ View our Blog! ]|[ Follow @HWCI_Pools ]|[ Join Facebook Group ]| Mini-Updates | Dailies: Aug 11-12 ]

AUSSIES OUTLAST FRANCE, JOIN UEFA'S ENG, SWE, AND ESP
Kds911-2 leads himself by 3 and 4 pts but CarinJennings-IsGOAT has best chance to win pool

CALGARY TOWER, CALGARY, AB, CANADA (smt) --  1B-Australia finally won the 10-round PSO with 1F-France, 7-6 after playing to a nil-nil draw.  They were the only non-UEFA team to make the semifinals as 1D-England rallied to beat 1H-Colombia 2-1, 1G-Sweden barely survived 1C-Japan (who missed a PK), 2-1, and 2C-Spain scored the game-winner in Extra Time (111') to beat 1E-Netherlands, 2-1.

10 got 3 of the 4 semifinalists correct while 7 got none.  Tom J has the top 3 entries with Kds911-2 in 1st (113 pts), Kds911 in 2nd (110), and Kds911-3 in 3rd (109).  Ten entries are alive with CarinJennings-IsGOAT (4th, 108) with the best chance to win the pool (37.5%).  Kds911-2 is the only entry guaranteed to finish at least tied for 4th (though will lose the tiebreaker for 4th if ENG beats SWE in final and total goals tiebreaker is 5 or less).  5 can win the pool.

The best way to keep up with the pool is to follow @HWCI_Pools on Twitter or visit the #hwciWWC hashtag (you don't need Twitter account to view) often for daily updates.  Less often will be our Facebook group page (post comments or organize viewing parties) and then these newsletters every 4 days or so.

   Ins & Outs - [60 Matches/13 Ties] - Goals: 154 (2.57/match) [Own: 8 (5-CRC>ESP 21', 15-MAR>GER 54', 15-MAR{2}>GER 79', 19-IRL>CAN 45'+5, 34-PHI>NOR 48', 46-ITA>RSA 32' | 49-ESP>SUI 11', 50-NOR>ESP 15'), Subs: 15 (6-JPN 90'+11{pk}, 8-DEN 90' {gw}, 14-ITA 87' {gw}, 15-GER 90', 20-ESP 69', 20-ESP{2} 85', 22-NGA 72' {gw}, 27-ARG 79' {gt}, 30-SWE 90'+5, 37-JPN{2} 82', 39-ENG 77', 40-DEN{2} 90'+10, 45-SWE 90' {pk} | 57-ESP{3} 111' }gw}, 58-JPN{3} 87'), 90+/120+: 10 (6-JPN +11 {pk}, 22-AUS +10, 30-SWE +5, 31-COL+7 {gw}, 34-NOR +5, 38-ZAM +3, 35-AUS +4 {pk}, 40-DEN +10, 46-RS +2 {gw} | 57-NED +1), Extra Time: 1 (- | 57-ESP 111' {gw})]... Scoring First: 41-6-3 [10 Nil-Nil ties (4-NGAvCAN, 11-FRAvJAM, 18-SUIvNOR, 33-SUI{2}vNZL, 36-IRLvNGA{2}, 41-PORvUSA, 44-JAM{2}vBRA | 52-SWEvUSA{2}, 54-ENGvNGA{3}, 59-AUSvFRA{2}); 12-RSAvSWE 1:2, 19-IRLvCAN 1:2, 22-AUSvNGA 2:3, 46-ITAvRSA 2:3, 43-PANvFRA 3:6 | 60-COLvENG 1:2]... Leading at Half: 31-0-2 [27 ties (21 scoreless); -]... Shutout: 53 [1-NOR, 2-IRL, 4-CAN, 4-NGA, 3-PHI, 5-CRC, 9-VIE, 6-ZAM, 7-HAI, 8-CHN, 10-POR, 11-FRA, 11-JAM, 14-ARG, 15-MAR, 13-PAN, 16-KOR, 17-NZL, 18-SUI, 18-NOR{2}, 21-CRC{2}, 20-ZAM{2}, 24-VIE{2}, 25-DEN, 26-HAI{2}, 30-ITA, 29-PAN{2}, 32-KOR{2}, 33-SUI{2}, 33-NZL{2}, 34-PHI{2}, 37-ESP, 35-CAN, 36-IRL{2}, 36-NGA{2}, 41-POR{2}, 41-USA, 42-VIE{3}, 40-HAI{3}, 45-ARG{2}, 44-JAM{2}, 44-BRA, 48-COL | 51-RSA, 52-SWE, 52-USA {2}, 54-ENG, 54-NGA{3}, 53-DEN{2}, 56-JAM{3}, 55-MAR{2}, 59-AUS, 59-FRA{2}]... PK: 19/25 [1-nzl (x) 90', 2-AUS 52', 4-can (s) 50', 3-SUI 45', 5-esp (s) 34', 9-usa (s) 44', 6-JPN <retake> 90'+11, 7-ENG <retake> 29', 16-COL 30', 26-CHN 74', 31-GER 89', 34-NOR 53', 38-ZAM 31', 35-CAN 90'+4, 39-CHN{2} 57', 40-DEN 21', 46-ITA 11', 45-SWE 90', 43-FRA 37', 43-FRA{2} 52', 43-PAN 64', 48-mar (s) 45'+4 | 57-ESP{2} 81', 58-SWE{2} 51', 58-jpn{2}(x) 76']... Extra Time: 4 [52-SWEvUSA 0:0 (0:0), 54-ENGvNGA 0:0 (0:0), 57-ESPvNED 2:1 (1:1), 59-AUSvFRA 0:0 (0:0)]... PSO: 3 (28/43) [52-USA:SWE 7.0 (4:5 {GGGhlGp:GGhsGGG}), 54-ENG:NGA 4.5 (4:2 {lGGGG:lhGG}), 59-FRA:AUS 10.0 (6:7 {sGGGpGGGsp:GsGGpGGGsG})]... Red Card (GF/GA): 6 [4-NGA R 90'+8 (0/0), 6-ZAM 2Y 90'+7 (0/1), 11-JAM 2Y 90'+2 (0/0), 26-CHN R 29' (1/0), 34-PHI R 67' (0/1) | 54-ENG R 87' (0/0)]...  Multiple Goals: 16 [Smith 2 (9-USA), Miyazawa 2 (6-JPN), Popp 2 (15-GER), Borges 3 (13-BRA), Hermoso 2 (20-ESP), Redondo 2 (20-ESP), Ilestedt 2 (30-SWE), Haug 3 (34-NOR), Miyazawa{2} 2 (37-JPN), Raso 2 (35-AUS), Brugts 2 (42-NED), Roord 2 (42-NED), James 2 (39-ENG), Caruso 2 (46-ITA), Diani 3 (43-FRA) | Bonmati 2 (49-ESP), 55-Le Summer 2 (55-FRA)]... Goal Line Tech: 4 [9-USA xG 85' | 50-NOR xG 90'+1, 52-SWE G PK7, 58-JPN xG 87']... VAR (-Reversal(Taken Away), +Reversal(Added), =Confirmed, xNo Call): 47 [ 1-NOR xHB= 52', 1-NOR xHB+{pk+NZL} 87', 2-IRL xHB= 45', 4-NGA xFoul+{PK+CAN} 48', 4-NGA Y-{R+} 90'+6, 3-PHI xFoul+{PK+SUI} 43', 9-VIE xFoul+{PK+USA} 41', 9-USA Off-{g+} 45'+7, 6-JPN xOff+{g-} 21', 6-JPN xOff+{g-} 49', 6-ZAM xOff+PK-Y= 51', 6-ZAM xEnc+{retake PK+JPN} 90'+10, 7-HAI xFoul+Foul-{PK-} 17', 7-HAI xHB+{PK+ENG} 26', 7-HAI xEnc+{retake PK+ENG} 28', 10-NED Off-{g+} 13', 20-ESP Off-{g+} 70', 20-ESP Off-{g+} 85', 27-RSA Off-{g+} 30', 26--CHN Y-{R+} 28', 26-CHN Off-xFoul+{PK+} 72', 26-xFoul+Box-{n/a} 76', 26-HAI Foul-{PK-} 90'+2, 29-PAN HB-{PK-} 90'+2, 34-PHI xFoul+{PK+NOR} 50', 34-PHI xR+ 63', 38-CRC xOff+{Foul-PK-} 55', 35-AUS Off-{g+} 9', 35-AUS xOff+{g-} 34', 35-CAN xFoul+{PK+AUS} 90'+2, 42-NED Off={xG=} 67', 39-ENG xOff+{g-} 45'+5, 39-ENG xHB+{PK+CHN} 54', 40-DEN xOff+{g-} 4', 40-DEN xF+{g-} 83', 46-RSA xHB={xPK=} 34', 46-ITA xOff={g=} 74', 43-PAN xHB+{PK+FRA} 49', 43-PAN Off-{g+} 87', 47-GER xOff+{g-} 57' | 54-NGA Foul-{PK-} 31', 54-ENG Y-{R+} 84', 57-ESP xOff+{g-} 37', 57-ESP Foul-{PK-} 62', 57-NED xHB+{PK+ESP} 78', 58-JPN xHB+{PK+SWE} 48', 59-AUS xEnc+{retake PK+FRA} PK9]... 58%+ Poss (w/in contest): 22 [3-SUIvPHI (65/24) W, 5-ESPvCRC (64/18) W, 9-USAvVIE (59/23) W, 7-ENGvHAI (63/23) W, 12-SWEvRSA (59/27) W, 11-FRAvJAM (60/24) D, 15-GERvMAR (59/22) W, 13-BRAvPAN (61/25) W, 17-NZLvPHI{2} (59/24) L, 20-ESP{2}vZAM (63/23) W, 24-PORvVIE{2} (61/24) W, 25-ENG{2}vDEN (59/27) W, 34-NORvPHI (60/25) W, 37-ESP{3}vJPN (68/21) L, 42-NEDvVIE{3} (67/21) W, 39-ENG{3}vCHN (67/20) W, 43-FRA{2}vPAN{2} (61/24) W, 44-BRA{2}vJAM{2} (63/20) L, 47-GER{2}vKOR (60/24) D | 49-ESP{4}vSUI (62/27) W, 51-NED{2}vRSA{2} (61/26) W, 55-FRA{3} (65/22) W]... Zero SOG (Shots): 8 [3-PHI (3), 5-CRC (1), 9-VIE (0), 6-ZAM (0), 41-POR (5), 42-VIE{2} (5), 44-JAM (4) | 55-MAR (1)]... 20+ Shots (S/SOG/G): 17 [5-ESP (46/14/2(1 og)) W, 9-USA (26/7/3) W, 6-JPN (26/11/5) W, 13-BRA (33/9/4) W, 21-JPN {2} (25/11/2) W, 20-ESP{2} (22/13/5) W, 22-AUS (27/7/2) L, 24-POR (28/9/2) W, 30-SWE (20/7/5) W, 29-JAM (20/4/1) W, 34-NOR (30/12/5(1 og)) W, 42-NED (43/17/7) W, 43-FRA (27/9/6) W | 49-ESP{3} (25/10/5) W, 52-USA{2} (21/12/0) D(L), 57-ESP{4} (26/9/2) W, 59-FRA{2} (20/5/0) D(L)]... Breaks (>30 min): 0 [-]... Regions (Teams/R16/QF/SF/F/C): UEFA (12/8/5/3) 25-13-11, AFC (6/2/2/1) 9-11-2, CONCACAF (6/2/-) 3-11-6, CAF (4/3/-) 5-6-4, CONMEBOL (3/1/1/-) 4-5-2, OCEANIA (1/-) 1-1-1... Match Order of Play: RR: 1-2 | 4-3-5 | 9-6-7-8 | 12-10-11 | 14-15-13 | 161-17-18 | 21-20-19 | 23-24-22 | 27-25-26 | 30-28-29 | 32-33-34A-312 | 37-38C-35-36B | 41-42E-39-40D | 45-46G-43-44F | 47-48H | R16: 49-50 | 51-52 | 54-53 | 56-55 | QF: 57-58 | 59-60 | SF: 61 | 62 | 3rd: 63 | F: 64 ]...  

   SIDES 'N KICKS:  first-time WWC teams finished 5-19-1 (PHI, VIE, ZAM, IRL, HAI, POR, MAR [R16], PAN) (1 win due to two debutantes playing each other PORvVIE)... JPN's Hinata Miyazawa still leads golden boot race with 5 goals...  ESP is only non-group winner in semis... +12 stoppage added to end of ESPvNED regulation... Lauren James (ENG) received a 2-match ban for stomping on a player in the Round of 16, meaning she will also miss the semifinal..

Locally in AUS/NZL, on Friday, 18 got ESP and 16 SWE in the semifinals but no one got both as 34 went 1-1 (cause, USA should be in the semis, right?); no change at the top with Kds911-2 still leading with 99 points with More$ 98 and Lavelle Lover 97; but it's ShrimpOnTheBarbie (13th-Tied, 90) with the best chance to win the pool at 28.1% while Kds911-2 moves closer to money (71.9%); More$ is 2nd but can't win the pool while ShrimpOnTheBarbie is tied for 13th and can win the pool; Flying Elvi is tied for 13th and is eliminated while Sebastian is tied for 30th (83) and can still win 2nd; Tiny Destroyer is still last (58)... on Saturday, AUS's win guaranteed Kds911-2 at least a tie for 4th place as 18 picked AUS to make the semis; 26 picked ENG as 13 both both games correct while 16 got none; two lost FRA as their champ; 10 got 3 of 4 semifinalists while 7 got none of the teams correct; Tom J's three entries are the top 3:  Kds911-2 still leads with 113 pts with Kds911 second with 110 pts (but can't finish higher than 4th), and Kds911-3 third with 109 pts;  7 other entries are still alive and five can still win the pool; CarinJennings-IsGoat (4th, 109) has the best chance to win the pool (37.5%); More$ is 7th (105) but is eliminated while The Naomi Girma Era is tied for 12th and can finish 2nd; the aforementioned Kds911 can't win the pool while Tiocfaidh Ár Lá!!! is 11th (103) but can still win it all; Tiny Destroyer clinched last with 58 pts...

---
Catching up on sleep and work but great pit stop in Calgary on the way home from Ottawa...
Scott

© 1998-2023 HWCI Productions
HWCI circa 1990