2018 FIFA World Cup™

The 2018 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.Hosted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), it was the 20th and final ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and the 42nd consecutive time the World Snooker Championship had been held at the venue. The fixtures are set for the opening stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup after Friday's draw at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow revealed the lineups for each of the eight groups. All 32 teams now.

FIFA, in conjunction with its integrity partners and in particular with its service provider Sportradar, identify and analyse betting behaviour and patterns across a number of international and domestic football competitions around the globe, including the recent FIFA World Cup™ in Russia.

Following the conclusion of the 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup, an analysis of betting turnover was carried out by FIFA and Sportradar. This analysis found that total global betting turnover for the tournament was an estimated €136 billion and no match manipulation behaviour was detected.

The average match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia had an estimated global betting turnover of €2.1 billion with the final, between Croatia and France, generating an estimated €7.2 billion in betting turnover worldwide. Croatia had the highest average betting turnover per match, and in all likelihood, would have been a very profitable team for bookmakers globally with:

• Opening odds of around 34.0
• Being the underdog in their victories against Argentina and England
• Round of 16, Quarter and Semi Final matches all being decided during extra time or by penalty shootout. Since bookmakers settle all match winner bets based upon the result after 90 minutes, the three draws in those matches would have been the least favoured by bettors

Besides various measures taken by FIFA to prevent and address potential situations of risk associated with match manipulation prior and during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, the competition was closely monitored for any instance of suspicious betting patterns around matches, in order to preserve fairness for fans, players and the tournament itself. Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System monitored over 550 betting operators worldwide, generating some alerts during the competition, which are easily explained by markets adjusting the opening odds after the first match or two were played.

Following an in-depth, qualitative analysis of the overall volume and movement odds within the betting market, no matches at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia were found to be suspicious of match manipulation or betting fraud.

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  What is the World Cup?

  updated April 21, 2018

  It’s the culmination of an elimination style soccer tournament contested over four years between virtually every country in the world.

  Who makes up the competing teams?
  The teams are made up from a country’s best players across the world, a kind of all-star team for each country.

  How did the teams get here?
  Finishing top or near the top of regional competitions held throughout the four years, the six regions are North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania (New Zealand area).

  When is the tournament?
  It spans about 30 days starting in mid June.

  Where is “The Final” held?
  In stadiums throughout the country of Russia.

  What does the winning team get?
  35 million dollars for their countries soccer organization.

  Who should you pull for?
  Your home country, the favorites (Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Spain), the underdogs (New Zealand, Panama, Algeria, Iran), Teams with the best players (Argentina-Lionel Messi, Brazil-Neymar, Portugal-Cristiano Rinaldo, Uruguay-Luis Suarez), Teams with the best story: Bosnia-Herznagovnia (first tournament for this country that suffered through the ravages of the Bosnia-Serbia-Croatia War in the 1990’s) Iran (their players have been told not to trade their jerseys with the opposing teams at the end of a game (a soccer tradition) so as to save money).

  World Cup Links for Pick Research & favorite videos

  “Soccer is America’s Sport of the Future. As it has been since 1972.” – Men in Blazers

  Links for World Cup info:

  Fox Sports World Cup Site – USA TV network for the 2018 World Cup

  My favorite soccer websites:

  Video of USA’s greatest moment in World Cup history thus far

  Great video of crowd reaction to USA’s greatest moment in World Cup history

  Great video of crowd reaction to USA’s women’s World Cup win against Brazil in 2011

  My favorite World Cup commercial video all-time

  Funny video on FIFA and the World Cup

  What is soccer?

  Posted 2014
  My starting eleven for Ghana Monday June 16, 2014 5:00 PM Central Time

  Soccer requires 22 players on the pitch (playing field), 11 for each team.

  One goalie – the player directly in front of the net/goal who can use his hands to block the other teams attempts to kick the ball into the net/goal.

  Four defenders – players spread across the pitch in front of the goalie who inhibit the other team from advancing the soccer ball close to or into the net/goal.

  Five mid-fielders – players in front of the four defenders charged with protecting their own goal as well as attacking the opposing teams goal box.

  One striker (forward) – plays in front of the midfielders close to the opposing teams goal and tries to facilitate the soccer ball going into the opposing teams goal.
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  World Cup Intro

  Posted 2014
  Contents:

  1. Introduction-Tournament Format
  2. Participants with links to their wikipedia page
  3. Tournament Prize money
  4. Tournament Schedule
  5. Soccer terms/rules/glossary
  6. Web links to soccer history, Would Cup history and Top 50 players in the 2010 World Cup
  7. Most successful World Cup Teams/Nations
  8. Interesting World Cup facts & most popular sports

  The FIFA World Cup tournament final with 32 teams from 6 continents occurs every four years.

  The 3 year qualification process for the World Cup Final begins almost immediately after the last final. Two hundred plus countries’ national soccer teams (all-star teams) compete. After over 800 matches 32 teams are left for the 30 day final tournament.

  The last December before the June/July final the 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. The top 7 seeds based on the FIFA World rankings and the host nation are drawn from the first pot, placing a top seed in each group. The remaining teams…
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