Inaugural Quadrennial HWCI UEFA European Championship Soccer Tournament Pool
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Rules
Welcome to the first-ever HWCI EURO pool based on our successful HWCI NCAA (18 years) and World Cup (4 times) pools.  The 2012 EURO will take place in Poland and Ukraine from June 8 to July 1.  You will choose the winners of the 24 round-robin games, the 8 teams who will advance to the Quarterfinals and the winners of each match after that- 40 choices in all and all before the first match is played (including total goals tiebreaker -- total goals in semifinals and final (3 matches))!  Use this pdf form as a guide to enter your picks.
A EURO schedule with dates and Quarterfinal bracket can be found on FIFA’s official website at http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012.  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 http://www.HWCI.com/euro. 
Here is a quick look at the pool:
WHAT:              1st HWCI EURO Soccer Betting Pool (5th overall soccer pool, 23RD OVERALL HWCI POOL)
FEE:                 $10.00 per entry
DEADLINE:   9:00 a.m. PDT on Friday, June 8, 2012
                        (if by mail, then postmarked by Thursday night)
WHO:               Anyone with ten bucks!  Invite friends!  No more than three entries per person.
REFERRAL:      If you participated in any of our pools, refer five people to enter and get a free entry with one paid
SOC STAT:       Spain is the defending EURO champion.
INFO:             1998 HWCI World Cup Pool:  www.HWCI.com/worldcup/1998
                        2002 HWCI World Cup Pool:  www.HWCI.com/worldcup/2002
                        2006 HWCI World Cup Pool:  www.HWCI.com/worldcup/2006
                        2010 HWCI World Cup Pool:  www.HWCI.com/worldcup/2010
PRIZES:           All money from fees will go into pot for 1st through 3rd (maybe 4th) place prizes and maybe a Bonus Prize.  Winners will be determined by points, not correct number of games (see Points section).
POINTS:       24 Round Robin matches=         2 points each (you can now pick ties!)
                        8 Quarterfinal picks=                 5 points each
                        4 Semifinal picks=                     7 points each
                        2 Final picks=                           9 points each
                        1 EURO champ pick=                14 points
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                        Total possible points=               148
PAYMENT:       If by eCheck or PayPal funds (must choose personal reason, such as “gift”), PayPal (send $10.00 to “hwci[at]hotmail.com”)
                                If by credit card, PayPal (send $10.61 ($10 plus 61¢ PayPal fees) to “smt0222[at]yahoo.com”) [preferred]
                                Mail a $10 check: contact worldcup[at]hwci.com for address
                                Pay the person who referred you
                                Payment due June 10th unless prearranged earlier
ENTER:         Via Web (www.HWCI.com/euro) [preferred – but online entry form won’t be up until June 1st]
                        Via Email (scan/take photo/manually enter picks on this form) to worldcup[at]hwci.com
                        Via Fax (720-368-0816)
                        Via Mail -- contact worldcup[at]hwci.com for address
CONTACT:        worldcup[at]hwci.com
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