Rules

Welcome to the 1st HWCI Club World Cup pool based on our successful HWCI NCAA pools.  The World Cup will take place in the USA from June 14 to July 13 (Pool starts June 19).  You will choose the winners of the 48 (32 for CWC) round-robin games, the 16 teams who will advance to the Round of 16 and the winners of each match after that- 79 (63 for CWC) choices plus total goals tiebreaker in all and all before the first match (2nd group stage matches for CWC) is played!

A World Cup schedule with dates and Round of 16 bracket can be found on FIFA’s official website at https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/club-world-cup/usa-2025.  Rules on how to enter are on the next page.  A list of everyone’s picks and updated standings will soon be found on our website at www.HWCI.com/worldcup. 

Here is a quick look at the pool:

WHAT:             1st HWCI ClubWorld Cup Soccer Betting Pool (16th Overall Soccer Pool, 46th Overall Pool)

FEE:                $10.00 per entry (max 3 entries per person)

DEADLINE:      9:00 a.m. PDT on Thursday, June 19, 2023 (Web Entry | Mail Postmarked Wednesday)

WHO:               Anyone with ten bucks!  Invite friends!  No more than three entries per person.

REFERRAL:     If you participated last time, refer five people to enter and get a free entry with one paid

SOC STAT:      France is the defending World Cup champion.

INFO:               HWCI World Cup Pool:  1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022

                        HWCI EURO Pool:  2012 | 2016 | 2021  | 2024

                        HWCI Women’s World Cup Pool:  2015 | 2019 2023      HWCI Special Pool: MLS is Back 2020

PRIZES:           All money from fees will go into pot for 1st through 4th place prizes and maybe a Bonus Prize.  Winners will be determined by points, not correct number of games (see Points section).

 

POINTS:          48 Round Robin matches=        1 point each (32 for CWC)

                        16 Round of 16 picks=              3 points each

                        8 Quarterfinal picks=                 5 points each

                        4 Semifinal picks=                     7 points each

                        2 Final picks=                           9 points each

                        1 World Cup champ pick=         14 points

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                        Total possible points=                196 (same as our NCAA pool) (180 for CWC)

PAYMENT:
  • PayPal  [see box below] or Venmo (@smt0222)
  • Mail a check to:  (see pdf form for mailing address)
  • Pay the person who referred you
  • Payment due June 22nd unless prearranged earlier
ENTER:       
  • Via Web Entry [preferred] [available soon!]
  • Email or fax using this form (Send Page 3 -- take a photo and email it)
    • Via Email to worldcup(at)hwci.com
    • Via Mail (see pdf form for mailing address)
CONTACT:   




Paying

You can now pay with Google Wallet or Venmo.  Or...


PayPal is the most popular and established method of transferring funds between independent parties over the internet. Personal accounts are free. To pay $10.00 via PayPal, you have to Send Money (eCheck or PayPal funds; no Credit Cards) to hwci(at)hotmail.com and choose a PERSONAL reason (e.g., "Gift"). But, to make things more convenient, if you prefer sending a credit card payment, you can now send $10.87 (3.49% + 52¢ PayPal fees) per entry to smt0222(at)yahoo.com (which is a Premier account).


$10.87  - Credit Card Card Payments Only



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