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PWC14: Group H Finale (South Korea, Algeria, Belgium, Russia)
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— 22 Apr 2014 Tom 13 comments

Welcome to the final group stage game in the Pop World Cup! I’m sorry it’s been so delayed – the result is that we’ll have a truncated voting time: you have UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON to get your votes in on this. So let’s s[…]

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PWC14: Group G Finale (USA, Portugal, Ghana, Germany)
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— 15 Apr 2014 Tom 11 comments

Welcome to the final Group G game! Let’s see how things stand.
USA (managed by The Lex), Portugal (managed by Weej) and Ghana (managed by Jonathan Bogart) all have 4 points, and the barest whisker of percentile difference between them. So it&#8[…]

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PWC14: Group F Finale (Nigeria, Iran, Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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— 13 Apr 2014 Tom 10 comments

Welcome to the final Group F game. Let’s see how things stand.
Pretty straightforwardly, as it happens, since both the earlier results in this group ran exactly the same way. Nigeria (managed by Cis) are through on 6 points, Bosnia-Herzegovina […]

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PWC14: Group E Finale (France, Honduras, Switzerland, Ecuador)
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— 9 Apr 2014 Tom 9 comments

Welcome to the Group E finale! Here’s how things stand.
France (managed by Jessica) have qualified with 6 points, and will top the group unless they come last here.
Honduras (managed by Kat) have 3.5 points. They will definitely qualify if they[…]

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— 5 Apr 2014 Tom 2 comments

I have finally compiled Hazel and my posts about Young Avengers (and matters related) into a series – you should be able to see it there at the side when you open this post.
This post – which I’m writing weeks after Hazel put her fi[…]

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PWC14: Group D Finale (Uruguay, England, Costa Rica, Italy)
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— 3 Apr 2014 Tom 15 comments

Welcome to the Group D finale! Here’s how things stand.
Uruguay (managed by Matthew) have 5 points. A win or second place will certainly see them through – even with other results qualification is still possible.
England (managed by Ronal[…]

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PWC14: Group C Finale (Japan, Cote D’Ivoire, Greece, Colombia)
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— 31 Mar 2014 Tom 18 comments

Welcome to the final Group C match. Let’s see how things stand.
This group is a 3-way scrap. Japan (managed by Patrick St Michel) sit precariously on top with 4 points and a strong %-point difference. Cote D’Ivoire (managed by Garry) also[…]

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PWC14: Group B Finale (Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Chile)
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— 26 Mar 2014 Tom 13 comments

Welcome to the Group B finale. Let’s see how things stand.
Actually, this is a game where I wish I’d picked a less permutation-filled scoring system. Summary: everything to play for.
AUSTRALIA (Matt) have 4 points. A win or second-place m[…]

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PWC14: Group A Finale (Cameroon, Brazil, Croatia, Mexico)
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— 24 Mar 2014 Tom 23 comments

Welcome to our last Group A game. Let’s see how things stand.
Cameroon (managed by Chris) have QUALIFIED from the group with 5.5 points. Either they or Brazil will now top the group.
Brazil (managed by Matt DC) have 4.5 points. Anything other t[…]

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PWC14: Group H Match 2 (South Korea, Belgium, Russia, Algeria)
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— 19 Mar 2014 Tom 13 comments

Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch – except when it holds up a vital second group game in the Pop World Cup! In this case the rogue canine was cleverly disguised as a market research conference – sorry everyone. Bac[…]

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