RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

SoccerQuiniela.com allows Quiniela administrators to customize some of the rules before the tournament starts to allow you to make it “your own”. Check out the General Rules and the Settings and Customization so you can spice it up a notch or two.

GENERAL RULES

• Each Quiniela will have one (1) Administrator only and an unlimited amount of Participants. The Administrator counts as a participant.
• Quinielas can be created up to two (2) hours before the start of the tournament (scheduled kick off time of the first match).
  Settings for the Quiniela can be modified until this deadline as long as no participant fees have been paid by the administrator or any other participant.
• Participants are allowed to join a Quiniela up to the start of the tournament (scheduled kick off time of the first match).
• Prediction Entries and modifications will be accepted up to the scheduled kick off time of each match.
• Prediction Entries from all Quiniela Participants will be available to every Quiniela Participant after the match scheduled kick off time.
• Points will be granted as follows (Default Point Awards) when predictions match Results and Home/Away Goals:
  • Match Outcome (winner/loser, tie): +3 points
  • Home Goals: +2 extra points
  • Away Goals: +2 extra points
  • If Match Outcome is not predicted correctly, Home Goals and Away Goals extra points are forfeited.
  • Elimination Matches (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place, and final): the Match Result used for point calculations is the final score before penalty kicks (including overtime if present).
    Point award examples:
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [0-2], Points: +0
      [Prediction does not match Match Outcome].
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [3-4] or [0-1], Points: +0
      [Prediction does not match Match Outcome, Home/Away Goals points forfeited].
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [3-4], Points: +0
      [Prediction does not match Match Outcome, forfeits Home Goals points].
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [2-0], Points: +3
      [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) but unsuccessful Home or Away Goals (+0)].
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [3-0] or [2-1], Points: +5
      [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) and one of Home or Away Goals (+2)].
    • Prediction: [3-1], Match Result: [3-1], Points: +7
      [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) as well as Home and Away Goals(+4)].

SETTINGS AND CUSTOMIZATION

Quiniela settings are configured when it is created by the administrator. Customization options are part of this process and can be modified up until one (1) hour before the first match of the tournament scheduled kick off time.

CUSTOM RULES

• Don’t like our default Point Awards structure? Change it!
• Prize structure: you get to decide how many Quiniela Table positions earn a Prize at the end of the tournament (up to 5), and how to distribute the Pool Funds.
• Want to add some sizzle? add the Penalty Kicks Bonus Points (+3 default) when correct Penalty Kicks score is predicted. Applies only on exact Home and Away Goals prediction and excludes any goals scored during regulation time and overtime.
  Bonus Points award examples:
  • Prediction: [1-1] + [4-3], Match Result: [0-0] + [2-5], Points: +3
    [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) but unsuccessful Home or Away Goals (+0), Penalty Kicks Bonus missed (+0)].
  • Prediction: [1-1] + [4-3], Match Result: [0-0] + [4-3], Points: +6
    [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) but unsuccessful Home or Away Goals (+0), Penalty Kicks Bonus hit (+3)].
  • Prediction: [1-1] + [4-3], Match Result: [1-1] + [3-4], Points: +7
    [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) as well as Home and Away Goals (+4), Penalty Kicks Bonus missed (+0)].
  • Prediction: [1-1] + [4-3], Match Result: [1-1] + [5-3], Points: +7
    [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) as well as Home and Away Goals (+4), Penalty Kicks Bonus missed (+0)].
  • Prediction: [1-1] + [4-3], Match Result: [1-1] + [4-3], Points: +10
    [Prediction matches Match Outcome (+3) as well as Home and Away Goals (+4), Penalty Kicks Bonus hit (+3)].

TIE BREAKERS

When any two or more players have scored the same number of points at the end of the competition in a Quiniela, Tie Breakers provide a means of deciding the final table standings.

TIE BREAKERS AND PRIZE AWARDS

• In case of a Point Tie in the final Quiniela Table, the Tie Breakers for Table Standings  and Prize distribution in order of importance are:
  1. Total number of Match Outcome successful predictions.
  2. Total number of successful goal predictions (both home and away).
  3. Total number of successful Penalty Kicks goal predictions (when the Penalty Kicks Bonus is enabled).
• In case of Table Standings tie, Table Positions will be shifted accordingly and Prizes will be awarded equally among all Quiniela Position Participants.
  • If two or more Participants tie in a Standing Position, the following Standing Positions shift according to the number of tied Participants.
    Example: There is a triple tie on Second Place, the following Standing Position will be 5th place.
  • Prizes for tied and shifted positions are aggregated and distributed equally among tied Participants.
    Example: There is a triple tie on Second Place, each Participant will be awarded the total sum of Prizes for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place divided by 3.

Make sure to check our Glossary of Terms for more information.