2025/2026 Decathlon: Event Summary: Soccer
Status: Locked
EPL complete 5/24UCL Knockouts LPP complete (22, Idiots OWA)
World Cup Group LPP thru 6/17 (6, Greatpoint)
RULES: SOCCER
| Q1 English Premier League The EPL is comprised of 20 teams; these teams have been seeded and you must select five teams totaling no more than 30 seed points. The EPL season is a home-and-home round robin; each team will play 38 games. There are no playoffs altho 4-6 teams will receive berths in the UEFA Champions League or the Europa League at the conclusion of the season. Furthermore, 3 teams will be relegated to the EFL Championship. Your five teams will earn points as follows: ...3 points for every EPL* win ...1 point for every EPL* draw ..20 point bonus for the champion ..12 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the 2027 UEFA Champions League ...8 point bonus for a group stage berth** in the 2027 Europa League ..10 point penalty for any team that is relegated * During the EPL season, teams will play friendlies and in tournaments; points are not awarded for those wins/draws ** Points are only awarded for a group stage berth in either the UCL or UEL (a qualifying round berth earns no points) Picks are not due until after each team plays two games. Picks will lock Aug30 4a Pacific. Q2 UEFA Champions League Knockouts 16 teams remain in the Champions League. They've been bracketed and in an effort to boost their frequent flyer miles, they will play home and home series each leg (except the championship is a single game at mostly neutral site Budapest). We've seeded them, you must pick 4 totaling 27 seed points max. Your 4 teams will earn points as follows: ...5pts: Game Victory* ...1pt: Game Tie ...3pts: Round Advance* ...5pts: Semifinal Berth ...7pts: Finals Berth ..15pts: Championship Note that teams will play 2 games vs the same opponent in each of the first three rounds and our scoring reflects the difference between game results and round results. * The Championship game does count as a game victory, but does not count as a round advance. Picks will lock at the first knockout kickoff: Tue Mar10 ~945a Pacific Q3 World Cup Group Stage The World Cup has a new format this year - 12 groups of 4 teams will each play a round robin. The top two from every group and the top 8 3rd place finishers advance to the knockout bracket where they play single elimination until one team is crowned World Cup Champion. We have seeded each team according to our secret sauce; you must pick 7 teams within a budget of 44 seed points. Your teams will earn points as follows: ...5pts: Group Stage Victory ...1pt: Group Stage Tie ...8pts: Advance to Knockouts ...7pts: Knockout Victory ...5pts: Fourth Place Bonus ..10pts: Third Place Bonus ..20pts: Runnerup Bonus ..40pts: Champion Bonus Picks will lock at the first kickoff: Thu Jun11 12n Pacific Q4 World Cup Knockouts We will repick the knockouts round of 16 |
POINT RECAP: SOCCER
| English Premier League |
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| Burnley (1) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 12 | |
| Sunderland (1) | 27 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 62 | |
| Wolverhampton (1) | 47 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 10 | |
| Brentford (2) | 33 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 53 | |
| Fulham (2) | 76 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 52 | |
| Leeds (2) | 24 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 47 | |
| West Ham United (2) | 21 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | 29 | |
| Bournemouth (3) | 42 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 65 | |
| Crystal Palace (3) | 59 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 45 | |
| Everton (3) | 49 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 49 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion (4) | 42 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 53 | |
| Nottingham Forest (4) | 53 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 44 | |
| Aston Villa (5) | 42 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -0 | 77 | |
| Newcastle (5) | 75 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 49 | |
| Manchester United (6) | 16 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -0 | 83 | |
| Tottenham (6) | 82 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 41 | |
| Chelsea (7) | 139 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0 | 52 | |
| Manchester City (9) | 79 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -0 | 90 | |
| Arsenal (10) | 162 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 15 | -0 | 112 | |
| Liverpool (10) | 187 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | -0 | 72 | |
| Champions League Knockouts |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Last Place Picks (complete) | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Galatasaray (1) | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen (2) | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Atalanta (2) | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sporting Lisbon (3) | 94 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bodø/Glimt (4) | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Newcastle (5) | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chelsea (5) | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tottenham (5) | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Atletico Madrid (6) | 89 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Real Madrid (7) | 59 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Liverpool (8) | 43 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| PSG (8) | 39 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 67 | |
| Manchester City (8) | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barcelona (9) | 63 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Bayern Munich (9) | 128 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| Arsenal (10) | 167 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 39 | |
| World Cup Group Stage |
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| Last Place Picks (thru 6/17) | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Iran (1) | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tunisia (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Australia (1) | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| DR Congo (1) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| South Africa (1) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cape Verde (1) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Saudi Arabia (1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Panama (1) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uzbekistan (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Qatar (1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| New Zealand (1) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Haiti (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curacao (1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jordan (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bosnia (2) | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Algeria (2) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Egypt (2) | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ghana (2) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Czech Republic (2) | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| South Korea (2) | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Senegal (3) | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sweden (3) | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Scotland (3) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Canada (3) | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ivory Coast (3) | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paraguay (3) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Croatia (4) | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turkey (4) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ecuador (4) | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Austria (4) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Morocco (5) | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| USA (5) | 54 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Japan (5) | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Uruguay (5) | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mexico (5) | 63 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Switzerland (5) | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Belgium (6) | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Norway (6) | 24 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Colombia (6) | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Germany (7) | 90 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Netherlands (7) | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brazil (8) | 83 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Portugal (8) | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Argentina (8) | 96 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| England (9) | 85 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Spain (10) | 178 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| France (10) | 156 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
LEADERBOARD: SOCCER