HiveBuzz World Cup Contest - Recap of Day 12

Here are the results after twelve days of competition

Well, now you know the song: another day... surprises... losing favorites... disappointed punters... the ranking upside down...

TLDR; after beating Germany, Japan defeats Spain and goes to the round of 16, just like Morocco. Germany is eliminated, as is Belgium. Nothing surprising, is it?

We feel like we've been copying and pasting since the beginning of the competition. So, no hassle, let's get straight to the results.

Participants

We now have 526 registered participants who will share the 7047 HIVE from the prize pool.

If you want to join and participate, please read the announcement and the contest rules here before making your bet!

Matches

Teams	Valid bets	Team A	Tie	Team B	Winner
Qatar vs Ecuador	309	61	62	186	Ecuador
England vs Iran	352	346	4	2	England
Senegal vs Netherlands	371	5	21	345	Netherlands
USA vs Wales	385	182	107	96	-
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia	397	395	0	2	Saudi Arabia
Denmark vs Tunisia	397	375	19	3	-
Mexico vs Poland	405	173	85	147	-
France vs Australia	405	385	6	14	France
Morocco vs Croatia	402	18	43	341	-
Germany vs Japan	404	366	20	18	Japan
Spain vs Costa Rica	411	375	23	13	Spain
Belgium vs Canada	387	344	21	22	Belgium
Switzerland vs Cameroon	399	206	100	93	Switzerland
Uruguay vs Korea Republic	420	314	62	44	-
Portugal vs Ghana	417	371	26	20	Portugal
Brazil vs Serbia	415	385	7	23	Brazil
Wales vs Iran	412	309	79	24	Iran
Qatar vs Senegal	423	50	49	324	Senegal
Netherlands vs Ecuador	413	324	48	41	-
England vs USA	424	379	22	23	-
Tunisia vs Australia	398	131	151	116	Australia
Poland vs Saudi Arabia	411	241	104	66	Poland
France vs Denmark	411	364	25	22	France
Argentina vs Mexico	421	351	36	34	Argentina
Japan vs Costa Rica	404	365	27	12	Costa Rica
Belgium vs Morocco	414	365	41	8	Morocco
Croatia vs Canada	418	303	62	53	Croatia
Spain vs Germany	409	236	65	108	-
Cameroon vs Serbia	391	96	70	225	-
Korea Republic vs Ghana	397	177	101	119	Ghana
Brazil vs Switzerland	412	389	17	6	Brazil
Portugal vs Uruguay	420	285	97	38	Portugal
Netherlands vs Qatar	414	393	10	11	Netherlands
Ecuador vs Senegal	418	240	116	62	Senegal
Iran vs USA	421	90	77	254	USA
Wales vs England	421	12	17	392	England
Australia vs Denmark	411	47	63	301	Australia
Tunisia vs France	418	2	15	401	Tunisia
Poland vs Argentina	418	26	37	355	Argentina
Saudi Arabia vs Mexico	416	85	65	266	Mexico
Croatia vs Belgium	413	227	78	108	-
Canada vs Morocco	415	49	55	311	Morocco
Japan vs Spain	411	29	18	364	Japan
Costa Rica vs Germany	410	24	15	371	Germany

Contest distribution and ranking

We are progressing in this World Cup and the ranking is slowly becoming clearer among the participants.

Here is a breakdown by the number of badges:

badges	owners
27	1
26	6
25	17
24	23
23	45
22	50
21	44
20	52
19	36
18	27
17	35
16	27
15	12
14	16
13	11
12	11
11	10
10	5
9	4
8	9
7	3
6	8
5	6
4	11
3	9
2	8
1	13

Here are the top 25 players. Remember that the sooner you make your bets, the higher you will find yourself in the ranking compared to other players who have the same score as you.

Rank	Name	Badges
1	@soluce07	27
2	@goliathus	26
3	@jats-0	26
4	@justfavour	26
5	@onlyhive	26
6	@javierariascbb	26
7	@andyblack	26
8	@akinolawilly	25
9	@axel-mccornstack	25
10	@bonobogologolo	25
11	@furiousfighter	25
12	@lazybug	25
13	@loonatic	25
14	@mk992039	25
15	@shitsignals	25
16	@stewie.wieno	25
17	@viniciotricolor	25
18	@h3m4n7	25
19	@cajiro	25
20	@yorra	25
21	@tibaire	25
22	@sodom-lv	25
23	@torrealba2719	25
24	@valchiz	25
25	@agrante	24

Lo and behold, we have a new leader. Congratulations to @soluce07 who climbed to first place. He who complained yesterday of always being late to bet, his insight is now being rewarded.

Following him, 5 participants who have the same score and who are fighting for the top of the ranking: @onlyhive, @andyblack, @jats-0, @justfavour,@javierariascbb and @goliathus.

We had never seen that! It may be hot for the rest of the competition!

If you are not listed above, you can check the Ranking Page to find out how far you are from the top.