World Cup 2022 Predictions

[hughy]

Interesting to see what other people are thinking.


Winners:
Runners Up:
Third Place:
Golden Boot:
Golden Glove:
Golden Ball:
Most Assists:
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD):
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD):
Dark Horses (team):
Most Disappointing Team:
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever):
Tournament's Most Disappointing player:
Your Country's Top Goal scorer:
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever):
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player:
Outlandish Prediction:

 

[andy00900]

Winners: Argentina
Runners Up: Denmark
Third Place: Brazil
Golden Boot: Raphinha
Golden Glove: Martinez
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Eriksen
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Brazil
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Qatar
Dark Horses (team): Denmark
Most Disappointing Team: England
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Damsgaard
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Mbappe
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Kane
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Trent
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: Foden
Outlandish Prediction: Denmark make the final

 

[Marty]

Winners: Brazil
Runners Up: Germany
Third Place: Argentina
Golden Boot: Richarlison
Golden Glove: Martinez
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Messi
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Netherlands
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Qatar
Dark Horses (team): Denmark
Most Disappointing Team: France
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Højbjerg
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Mbappe
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Kane
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Pickford
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: Maguire
Outlandish Prediction: A France group stage implosion 2002-style

 

[pjspur1961]

Winners: Argentina
Runners Up: France
Third Place: Brazil
Golden Boot: Kane
Golden Glove: Alisson
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Messi
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Argentina
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Canada
Dark Horses (team): Uruguay
Most Disappointing Team: Portugal
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Bentancur
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Ronaldo
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Kane
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Rice
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: Mount
Outlandish Prediction: Portugal go out with 0 wins and no goals for Ronaldo

 

[tototoner]

Winners: Argentina
Runners Up: Belgium
Third Place: Brazil
Golden Boot: Messi
Golden Glove: Martinez
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: de Bruyne
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Argentina
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Qatar
Dark Horses (team): Uruguay
Most Disappointing Team: France
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Gavi
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Lewandowski
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Memphis
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Gakpo
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: de Ligt
Outlandish Prediction: Denmark to finish ahead of France in group

 

[jimbo]

Winners: Argentina
Runners Up: Spain
Third Place: Brazil
Golden Boot: Raphinha
Golden Glove: Martinez
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Messi
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Brazil
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Qatar
Dark Horses (team): USA; Portugal
Most Disappointing Team: England
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Aaronson
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Mbappe
Outlandish Prediction: USA to make QFs

 

[nailsy]

Winners: Argentina
Runners Up: Brazil
Third Place: England
Golden Boot: Neymar
Golden Glove: Martinez
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Junior
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Brazil
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Tunisia
Dark Horses (team): USA
Most Disappointing Team: Portugal
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Musiala
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Nunez
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Kane
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Maguire by being ok.
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: Sterling
Outlandish Prediction: USA to make the semi finals.

Edit - Updated after Benzema was ruled out .

 

[Spursh]

Winners: Brazil
Runners Up: Spain
Third Place: Argentina
Golden Boot: L Martinez
Golden Glove: Allison
Golden Ball: Messi
Most Assists: Messi
Best Group-Stage Team (most Group Stage points/GD): Argentina
Worst Group-Stage Team (fewest Group Stage points/GD): Australia
Dark Horses (team): Denmark
Most Disappointing Team: Belgium
Tournament's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Valverde
Tournament's Most Disappointing player: Lukaku
Your Country's Top Goal scorer: Kane
Your Country's Most Surprising player (over-achiever): Trippier
Your Country's Most Disappointing Player: Sterling
Outlandish Prediction: Uruguay to finish first above Portugal

 

[nailsy]

Some decent predictions in here...and a few that were very wrong .

 

[Marty]

Some decent predictions in here and a that were very wrong .

Yep my France/Denmark predictions were ... does Nostradamus have an opposite equivalent?

 

[fortworthspur]

I hate to say it, but this is turning out to be a great knock-out stage. Other than Germany everyone good is advancing.

 

[nailsy]

@hughy Did you forget to do your predictions in your own thread?

 

[hughy]

@hughy Did you forget to do your predictions in your own thread?

Yep. Completely forgot and then remembered it a week after the tournament started and thought I'd get away without anyone noticing.

Thanks nailsy mate.

 

[nailsy]

Yep. Completely forgot and then remembered it a week after the tournament started and thought I'd get away without anyone noticing.

Thanks nailsy mate.

It's something I'd usually do ?. I run a Fantasy League at work and every week I send out a reminder to everyone to get their transfers in before the deadline and every week I forget to do my own transfers.