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Pop World Cup 2014: Tournament Review
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— 14 Jul 2014 Tom 15 comments

AWARDS
ENGLAND are the winners of the Pop World Cup 2014. Congratulations to manager Ronald and the team: Disclosure, Natalia Kills, Mutya Keisha Siobhan, AlunaGeorge, Years & Years, Foals, and Katy B and Jessie Ware.
Nigeria (managed by Cis) ar[…]

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The Pop World Cup 2014 Final: England v Nigeria
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— 8 Jul 2014 Tom 18 comments

At last! The anthems are sung, the teams are on the pitch, and the Macarena Stadium in Los Del Rio is about to play host to the greatest event in global pop, the Pop World Cup Final. Joining us are.. YOU, in the comment(ary) box and the voting poll &[…]

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PWC14 Third-Place Match: Chile v Iran
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— 3 Jul 2014 Tom 10 comments

Welcome back, my friends, to the competition that is about to end. Rather behind schedule – not quite a month! – but when the football world cup has been this entertaining who can blame us? There are two matches to go. On Monday we’[…]

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PWC14 Semi-Final: England v Iran
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— 10 Jun 2014 Tom 16 comments

??? ??? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? – for those of you not fluent in Farsi that is (er, according to Google Translate) “Eight years of hurt never stopped me dreaming”. Yes, Iran – managed by Wichita Lineman – are back in the se[…]

PWC14 Semi-Final: Chile v Nigeria
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— 4 Jun 2014 Tom 17 comments

Four more games to go in this Pop World Cup, and our first semi-final sees lartsaegis’ Chile face off against Cis’ Nigeria. Nigeria got here with a win over Ghana, and as defending champions will be used to the pressure at this level. Chi[…]

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PWC14 Quarter-Final: Iran v South Korea
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— 28 May 2014 Tom 19 comments

Chile, Nigeria and – as of this afternoon – England are through to the Pop World Cup semi-finals. One more team will join them – Wichita Lineman’s Iran, who thumped Switzerland in the second round, or Iain Mew’s South Ko[…]

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PWC14 Quarter-Final: Croatia v England
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— 23 May 2014 Tom 10 comments

Our third quarter-final – and the last two European teams left in the competition. Croatia (managed by intothefireuk) are a team with momentum on their side, sneaking through Group A at the last second and then seeing off the Netherlands in the[…]

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PWC14 Quarter-Final: Ghana v Nigeria
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— 21 May 2014 Tom 11 comments

The last two African teams remaining in the tournament clash in our second quarter-final. Ghana (managed by Jonathan Bogart) made it here by beating Algeria, while defending champions Nigeria (managed by Cis) saw off France. The winner faces either J[…]

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PWC14 Quarter-Final: Chile v Japan
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— 19 May 2014 Tom 21 comments

Welcome back to the Pop World Cup, and to the first of our four quarter finals. Chile (managed by lartsaegis) reached here via what turned out to be the narrowest Round of 16 win, against Cameroon. Japan (gaffer: Patrick St Michel) saw off Uruguay mo[…]

PWC14: Quarter-Finals Draw
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— 18 May 2014 Tom 1 comment

The Quarter-Finals of the Pop World Cup are now all decided.
Chile v Japan
Croatia v England
Nigeria v Ghana
Iran v South Korea
Well done all the managers – that’s a pretty wide selection of global pop there, and some very intriguing clas[…]

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