HiveBuzz World Cup Contest - Round of 16 - Recap of Day 2

Here are the results of the second day of the knockout phase

Finally, a day with expected results confirmed in the field. The majority of participants in our competition must be relieved at the end of this first day of the round of 16.
_{PS: text copy/pasted/edited from yesterday ;)}

After the crazy days of the group stage, will we be doomed to duller days from now on, hence our lazy copy/paste above? This day was quite expected in terms of results and was easy to predict. Would the surprises be over in this World Cup? Hmm, tomorrow could see their return... we'll see...

Meanwhile, France and England have qualified for the quarter-finals.

Participants

We now have 528 registered participants who will share the 7049 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	Tie	Team B	Winner
Netherlands vs United States	161	127	0	34	Netherlands
Argentina vs Australia	221	202	0	19	Argentina
France vs Poland	382	348	0	34	France
England vs Senegal	377	340	0	37	England

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
32	2	16	13
31	9	15	10
30	18	14	11
29	17	13	5
28	40	12	6
27	40	11	6
26	38	10	2
25	35	9	3
24	37	8	9
23	39	7	5
22	27	6	8
21	20	5	8
20	26	4	6
19	11	3	8
18	14	2	6
17	11	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	32
2	@onlyhive	32
3	@bonobogologolo	31
4	@furiousfighter	31
5	@jats-0	31
6	@loonatic	31
7	@mk992039	31
8	@viniciotricolor	31
9	@javierariascbb	31
10	@sodom-lv	31
11	@andyblack	31
12	@akinolawilly	30
13	@ashikstd	30
14	@axel-mccornstack	30
15	@azj26	30
16	@goliathus	30
17	@justfavour	30
18	@kpreddy	30
19	@lazybug	30
20	@mcoinz79	30
21	@speedtuning	30
22	@stewie.wieno	30
23	@vasilev89	30
24	@kenechukwu97	30
25	@h3m4n7	30

As for the intro, there is not much to say today. No change in the top of the ranking given the ease of prediction.

The first three are always the same. Congratulations to @soluce07, @onlyhive and @bonobogologolo.

See you tomorrow.

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