Sailing
Scoring system
Regatta prediction
The following point distribution is used to calculate the points for the regatta prediction of the first 6 sailing teams.
Distribution
Place
Points
1
8
Points
2
6
Points
3
4
Points
4
3
Points
5
2
Points
6
1
Point
For each sailing team in your regatta prediction, you'll get the minimum of the actual result and your prediction.
Some examples:
- If the sailing team you predicted to win the regatta (8 points) ends up on 4th place (3 points), you'll get 3 points.
- If the sailing team you predicted on 2nd place of the regatta (6 points) ends up on 2nd place (6 points), you'll get 6 points.
- If the sailing team you predicted on 6th place of the regatta (1 point) wins the regatta (8 points), you'll get 1 point.
Regatta result • Example 1
Place
Result
Prediction
Points
1
Great Britain
Australia
4
2
Canada
New Zealand
0
3
Australia
Great Britain
4
4
Denmark
Spain
0
5
Switzerland
USA
0
6
France
Denmark
1
Regatta result • Example 2
Place
Result
Prediction
Points
1
New Zealand
New Zealand
8
2
Great Britain
Australia
2
3
USA
Great Britain
4
4
Spain
Canada
1
5
Australia
Spain
2
6
Canada
FRANCE
0
Point scoring matrix
Sailing
Predictions
1
2
3
4
5
6
Place 1
8
6
4
3
2
1
Place 2
6
6
4
3
2
1
Place 3
4
4
4
3
2
1
Place 4
3
3
3
3
2
1
Place 5
2
2
2
2
2
1
Place 6
1
1
1
1
1
1
Place 7-...
0
0
0
0
0
0
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