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Day 22 - Final Scoreboard

The Euro 2024 Tipster finally comes to an end. Christian claims first place with a total of 231 points from 51 matches. Ferdi, new to the Tipster, and second bottom on Day 5, takes second place, with 206 points. Two other newcomers, Chris and Markus, finished in joint 3rd place with 200 points each. 5th place went to Ben with 197 points, 5 ahead of Axel in 6th on 192 points. 7th place was shared by Craig and Tino with 186 points each. Ralph finished in 9th place with 181 points. Joris ended on 177 points, 1 point ahead of Thorsten, who in turn was 1 point ahead of 2022 winner André. Franzi claimed 13th place, 1 point ahead of El-Hinny, who finished 2 points ahead of 2006 winner Franz. 2018's victor Ozren fell to 16th place with 159 points, 3 ahead of 2020 winner Robert in 17th place. Newcomer Christine ended strongly with 151 points, ahead of Cup Finalist Soeren on 147 points. Not last and not least was Joe with 143 points in 20th place. During the knock-out matches

Tipster Cup: Final Report

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The Final of the Tipster Cup took place between Soeren and Christian. Soeren tipped Spain to beat England 3:1, giving him 5 points for the Correct Winner. Christian tipped 2:1 for Spain, giving him 10 points for the Correct Score. Soeren tipped Olmo to score first, while Christian tipped Morata. Both were wrong, and gain no points. Neither of them tipped the closest Time. At full-time, the score is: Soeren 5 - Christian 10 As a result, Christian wins the Tipster Cup! Congratulations Christian! Tipster Cup Winner in 2022 and 2024.

Game 51 Report: Spain - England

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Spain beat England 2:1, with Nico Williams scoring the first goal in the 47th minute. Congratulations to Christian, Christine, Ferdi, and Joe, who all tipped Spain to win 2:1 and gain 10 points each. Axel, Franz and Markus tipped a 1-goal Spanish victory and earn 7 points each for the correct Margin. A further 11 people tipped Spain to win and earn 5 points each. Only two people tipped England to win. Franz, Franzi and Thorsten tipped Williams to score the first goal and collect 3 points each. The closest Time was tipped by Ben and Simon, both 2 minutes out, for 3 points each. With only one game today, Christian, Christine, Ferdi, Franz and Joe were today's winners, with 10 points each. A special mention goes to Chris and to Franzi, who were the the only people to tip Spain to win Euro 2024 before the tournament began. Correct Score: Christian, Christine, Ferdi, Joe Correct Margin: Axel, Franz, Markus Corr

Game 51 Tips: Spain - England

Name Score Scorer Time Points Alex 2:0 Álvaro Morata 35 5 Amir x:x x 999 0 André 2:0 Álvaro Morata 35 5 Axel 3:2 Rodri 12 7 Ben 2:0 Fabián Ruiz 45 8 Chris 3:0 Álvaro Morata 13 5 Christian 2:1 Álvaro Morata 18 10 Christine 2:1 Dani Olmo 22 10 Craig x:x x 999 0 El-Hinny 4:1 Dani Olmo 2 5 Ferdi 2:1 Dani Olmo 20 10 Franz 3:2 Nico Williams 67 10 Franzi 1:1 Nico Williams 19 3 Joe 2:1 Lamine Yamal 29 10 Joris 2:0 Dani Olmo 25 5 Markus 3:2 Harry Kane 14 7 Ozren 3:1 Ferran Torres 13 5 Paul x:x x 999 0 Ralph 3:1 Álvaro Morata 15 5 Robert 0:1 Jude Bellingham 56 0 Simon 1:2 Harry Kane 45 3 Soeren 3:1 Dani Olmo 25 5 Thorsten 3:1 Nico Williams 27 8 Tino 3:1 Álvaro Morata 32 5

Statipstics - part ii

Correct Scores: Markus and Christian both tipped the Correct Score in 8 of the 50 matches during this Tipster. Ben, Craig and Ferdi tipped the Correct Score 7 times each. Amir managed it just once, and Christine twice. For comparison, in the 2022 World Cup, two people failed to tip the correct Score in any of the 64 matches. Correct Margin: Franzi gained 7 points from 9 matches; Axel, El-Hinny and Ozren tipped the Correct Margin in 8 matches; Alex, Amir and Paul managed this just once, but also didn't tip all 50 matches. Being Right: Christian tipped the right Winner in 28 matches. Ben, Chris, Ferdi and Markus tipped the right Winner in 27. André and Joris were right in 26 matches. Paul and Simon tipped the correct Winner in just 13 matches. Scorer: The first Scorer was tipped in 6 matches by Chris, and in 5 by Christian. Axel, Franzi, Joe, Robert and Tino achieved this 4 times each. Simon did not tip the Correct Scorer in any game, although he did miss 17 matches. T

Statipstics - part i

Here are some Tipster statistics ("statipstics") for the curious or bored... Of the 50 matches before the final of Euro 2024: Correct Score: The Correct Score was tipped in 28 matches. At 56%, this is only slightly lower than the 57% success rate from Euro 2020. The match with the most tips for the correct Score was Germany - Denmark , with 8 people tipping 2:0 for Germany. At Euro 2021, the match with the most tips for the correct Score was England - Denmark , and in the 2018 World Cup, Denmark were also involved in one of the two matches with the most tips for the correct Score. Correct Margin: The Correct Margin was tipped in 36 matches (72%, which is the highest percentage since I've been keeping records). Nine people correctly tipped England to beat Slovakia, as well as France to beat Belgium, by one goal. Correct Outcome: There were 3 matches for which nobody tipped the correct Outcome: Belgium - Slovakia , Georgia - Czechia , and Georgia - Portugal . This i

Day 21 Scoreboard

After 3 weeks of Tipster fun, Christian moves into un unassailable position at the top of the table: 25 points clear with just one game to go. 2nd-placed Ferdi and 3rd-placed Chris both tipped Netherlands - England to draw 1:1 and gained zero points today, remaining on 196 and 195 points respectively. This allowed Markus to catch up with them, and with 193 points, there are are just 3 points separating 2nd place from 4th place. 5th-placed Ben with 189 is only 8 points ahead of 8th-placed Tino on 181. In 9th place, Ralph has 176 points, 11 ahead of El-Hinny in 14th place with 165 points. Franz, in 15th place, has 158 points, 16 ahead of Cup-Finalist Soeren in 18th place with 142 points. There was no clear winner today, with six people scoring 10 points from today's game. The winners from the Semi-Finals were Joe and Markus, who both gained a very impressive 20 points from the two matches. Just one game to go, with a potential 16 points still to be won....