HiveBuzz World Cup Contest - Semifinals - Recap of Day 1

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Here are the results of the first day of the semifinals

We are slowly approaching the end of the World Cup and everyone is impatient to know who will play in the final.

The first semi-final is now over and we know that Argentina is now the finalist. But let's wait for the match result between France and Morocco to see who will be their opponent.

In the meantime, here are the results of our contest.

Participants

We now have 531 registered participants who will share the 7052 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 - Knock-out phase

Teams	Valid bets	Team A	Team B	Winner
Netherlands vs United States	161	127	34	Netherlands
Argentina vs Australia	221	202	19	Argentina
France vs Poland	382	348	34	France
England vs Senegal	377	340	37	England
Japan vs Croatia	385	187	198	Croatia
Brazil vs Korea Republic	386	372	14	Brazil
Marocco vs Spain	379	42	337	Marocco
Portugal vs Switzerland	396	351	45	Portugal
Croatia vs Brazil	368	24	344	Croatia
Netherlands vs Argentina	373	102	271	Argentina
Marocco vs Portugal	363	51	312	Marocco
England vs France	374	95	279	France
Agentina vs Croatia	353	252	101	Agentina

PS: You can check the results of all group stage matches in this post.

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	badges	owners
38	3	19	8
37	5	18	7
36	8	17	11
35	12	16	6
34	23	15	9
33	33	14	7
32	26	13	4
31	33	12	6
30	30	11	3
29	41	10	5
28	33	9	3
27	25	8	9
26	27	7	2
25	25	6	5
24	13	5	6
23	12	4	7
22	10	3	7
21	11	2	7
20	12	1	12

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 with the same score.

Rank	Name	Badges
1	@soluce07	38
2	@onlyhive	38
3	@andyblack	38
4	@jats-0	37
5	@mk992039	37
6	@viniciotricolor	37
7	@cajiro	37
8	@sodom-lv	37
9	@azj26	36
10	@bonobogologolo	36
11	@furiousfighter	36
12	@goliathus	36
13	@lazybug	36
14	@speedtuning	36
15	@stewie.wieno	36
16	@javierariascbb	36
17	@arc7icwolf	35
18	@bigbanginfinity	35
19	@engilhramn	35
20	@guurry123	35
21	@littlesorceress	35
22	@mcoinz79	35
23	@thedoc07	35
24	@tobywalter	35
25	@vasilev89	35

It gets really tense in the lead pack. We have three participants (@soluce07, @onlyhive and @andyblack) who are neck and neck with the same number of badges. The slightest mistake in the next three matches could be fatal because behind them, there are five participants (@jats-0, @mk992039, @viniciotricolor, @cajiro and @sodom-lv) who are ready to take their place with only a gap badge.