How the predictions work
Nobody has ever won this. Whoever tops the board this weekend takes $250 and goes down as the first name on it — the first champion of the first tournament, before anyone else knew this existed. Call the scores, watch the games, argue in the rooms.
Playing
Predict the score of any match before it kicks off. You can change your mind as many times as you like until then. Once a match starts, picks lock and everyone's becomes visible at once — so nobody can wait and copy.
You can join at any point. Miss Saturday morning and you can still pick Saturday afternoon; later rounds are worth more, so the board is never settled early.
Points
You get the best result you qualify for, not the sum.
- 10Exact scoreYou said 3–1, it finished 3–1
- 6Right winner and marginYou said 2–0, it finished 3–1
- 4Right winnerYou said 4–1, it finished 3–1
- 2Right total goalsYou said 1–3, it finished 3–1
- 0Nothing right
Predicting a draw counts the same way — the exact score is worth 10, any other draw is worth 6, because calling the draw is the hard part.
Later rounds count more
- ×1Group stage
- ×1.5Quarter-finals
- ×2Semi-finals
- ×3Final
An exact score in the final is worth 30. Someone who starts on Sunday can still win.
Ties
Settled in this order, automatically:
- Most exact scores
- Most matches predicted
- Whoever committed earliest on average
- Oldest account
The prize, and the one rule
$250 to whoever is top of the board once the final is scored. Free to enter — there is no fee, no stake and nothing to buy.
If two people finish level on points, the tiebreakers decide it in this order: most exact scores, then most matches predicted, then whoever committed earliest. Those are the same tiebreakers the board has always used, so you can see where you stand before the final rather than after it.
You need an account, and it needs a real name we can contact you on. One person, one account — anyone found running several forfeits the prize.
Betting or taking wagers on anything here — matches, predictions, the leaderboard — means a permanent ban. Not a warning, not a suspension. That includes running a pool, collecting money for a pot, or advertising odds in the rooms or the feed. Report it if you see it.
This is not negotiable and it is not about being strict for the sake of it. Young people use Wasif Lay, gambling regulations exist for good reasons, and one person doing this would put the whole platform at risk.
The boring part
Wasif Lay is not affiliated with, endorsed by or run by the tournament organisers. Match times and results are entered by hand and can be corrected if they are wrong — corrections rescore everyone fairly. Matches can be added, moved or removed as the schedule changes. The $250 is offered free to enter, with no stake and no consideration of any kind — it is a prize for predicting well, not a wager.
Anything unclear or unfair, email wasiflay@gmail.com and it gets looked at.