Euro 2020 Prediction Cup - Round 1

Hoops & Dreams Euro 2020 Prediction Cup

Welcome to the Hoops & Dreams Euro 2020 Prediction Cup! This is extremely simple, free and easy to play along with so do join in. It won't take you more than 2 minutes to submit your entries once you have read the rules.

For regular players there are some slight differences to the cups we have played throughout the season to test how it works.

But there are still 5 rounds to make it through and if your predictions aren't good enough you will be out!

If you are a new player or new member of the site feel free to play along, just make sure you can commit to playing in all of the 5 possible rounds in this Cup should you make it that far as Round 3 onwards are head to head clashes. You can see the deadlines for each round in advance below, should you make it through. The predictions will come once a week should you make it through.

If you are not already a member of the forum you will need to register to play for free by clicking here: Register For Hoops & Dreams


The format of our Euro 2020 Prediction Cup will be as follows:

Round 1: Everybody enters (open to anybody) with just the top 12 scorers overall going through to Round 2.

Round 2/Last 16: The 12 remaining players will be placed into 2 groups of 6, with the top 4 from each group going through

Round 3/Quarter Finals: 8 players in 4 head to head ties

Round 4/Semi Finals: 4 players drawn into 2 matches

Round 5/Final - final of the remaining 2 players

The Scoring and Deadlines

Each round involves predictions on 4 matches (apart from the final). To increase the scoring chances each match will now have full predictions.

Round 1 will be based on 4 first round matches - deadline 11 June

Round 2 will also be based on 4 first round matches - deadline 18 June

The Quarter Finals will be based on 4 last 16 matches - deadline 26 June

The Semi Finals will be based on the 4 Quarter Finals - deadline 02 July

Our Final will be based the 2 semi finals - deadline 06 July



Remember, if you make it through the subsequent rounds will come thick and fast, so only enter if you are going to keep checking in!

Here is how Round 1 will score:

When predicting a scoreline you get 6 points for the correct score, 3 points for a correct result.

When predicting a first scorer this is worth 6 points, with 1 back up point if they don't score first but score at any time.

A first goal time is chosen from 6 time brackets with 3 points awarded if you are correct. Predicting the team who will score first is worth 1 additional point.

As a form of goal difference you also need to predict how many bookings will occur in all 4 games as a total in each round. The more wrong you are, the more points added to your goal difference. The aim is to be as close as possible... the lower your goal difference the better. This will be used to separate any joint scores and will carry over throughout the competition.

If things are still level I count the amount of exact scores, first goal scorers and highest score in a single match so these are used as further deciders.

That is it, simple to play, hard to be correct! 64 points is the maximum score in Round 1.

To take part follow these steps:

* Just copy the section below between the dotted lines
* Click 'reply' anywhere on this page and paste the template
* Amend to enter your predictions for all 4 matches
* Click 'Create Post'.

Just do please make sure you can continue to play for the rest of the knockout cup before entering (please don't enter if you are likely to leave us hanging in later rounds!)

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Match 1:

Turkey * V * Italy

First Goal Scorer: *

First Goal Time:
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
(Delete all but the chosen time)

Team to score first: *

Match 2:

Wales * V * Switzerland

First Goal Scorer: *

First Goal Time:
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
(Delete all but the chosen time)

Team to score first: *

Match 3:

England * V * Croatia

First Goal Scorer: *

First Goal Time:
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
(Delete all but the chosen time)

Team to score first: *

Match 4:

Scotland * V * Czech Republic

First Goal Scorer: *

First Goal Time:
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
(Delete all but the chosen time)

Team to score first: *

Goal Difference: Total Number of Bookings In The Above 4 Games = *

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The deadline for entries is 7pm on Friday 11 June before the opening match