Interesting final predictions by some of you.

Round of 16
30th June
Uruguay	W	Quarter Finals
Portugal		6th July
		Uruguay
30th June		France	W
France	W			Semi Finals
Argentina				10th July
				France
2nd July				Brazil	W
Brazil	W
Mexico		6th July				Final
		Brazil	W			15th July
2nd July		Belgium				Brazil	W
Belgium	W					Spain
Japan
1st July
Spain	W
Russia		7th July
		Spain	W
1st July		Croatia
Croatia	W
Denmark				11th July
				Spain	W
3rd July				England
Sweden						Third Place
Switzerland	W	7th July				France	W
		Switzerland				England
3rd July		England	W
Colombia
England	W

Some of these are really tough and can go to either team, I'll probably have to edit a lot. Scores for tomorrow:

Uruguay 1 - 1 Portugal (Uruguay goes to QF by penalties, my heart > my brain)

France 2 - 1 Argentina 

I admit I forgot about that, I remembered this and the fact that Uruguay seems like a team that would miss less than Portugal

I thought I was going against the grain by predicting Switzerland to beat Sweden, but according to betting odds they are actually the favourite.

I was also right when I said Poland would certainly beat Japan. Sweden are a pesky team, that's the game I'm looking forward to the most since it's pretty even. If Mexico could actually top their group for once they would have a better matchup. In their Round of 16 streak they finished second 5 times facing Germany, Argentina, Argentina, Netherlands and Brazil afterwards. The two times they managed to finish first they got Bulgaria and the United States.

Sweden without zlatan behehehe glorious

Nö, ich mein‘s ernst. Interesting predictions. If I’m not mistaken, people here predict as world champions: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Columbia, Croatia, England, France, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay. All over the place, no clear favorite this time.

I‘m still surprised that so many people here thought Germany would defend the title. It‘s next to impossible to defend the World Cup, the pressure is just too much today. I can enjoy the tournament more now that they are already out. I have no doubt anyway that Germany would have lost to Brazil in the next round or to Belgium in quarter final at the latest. And hey, we already have our fourth star (won in Brazil of all countries, it can‘t get better than that), no need yet for a fifth, every ~20 years is okay for me. I hope Löw resigns next week (as well as a few of the 2014 champions such as Khedira and Müller).

I for one never make predictions but here are my hopes:

If we get a 1st time champion, I hope it will be Belgium* (then I hope for Columbia, then Portugal, then Croatia)

If we get a 2nd time champion, I hope it will be France (then England; Spain would be okay as well if Ramos wasn‘t part of the team)

If we get a 3rd time champion, I hope it will be Argentina (Uruguay would be okay as well if Suarez wasn‘t part of the team)

If we get a 6th time champion, this would be a bit boring, but I think every WC title for Brazil is deserved by default

A World Cup win for any other country - SUI/MEX/JAP/SWE/RUS/DEN - would be a surprise almost on the level of Greece@EURO2004.

(*this would be a bitter outcome for many Dutch fans, but hey, your team missed 3 chances over the last 4 decades; and never forget, your fantastic Euro champion team of 1988 with van Basten and Gullit was not only Europe’s but the world’s best national team of that year)

I messed up the final prediction

France V Croatia

France Champions

I’ll be optimistic with these predictions this time around. I hope I’ll end up being right.

Advancing to quarterfinals:

France
Uruguay
Brazil
Belgium
Spain
Croatia
Switzerland
Colombia

Advancing to semifinals:

France
Brazil
Spain
Colombia

Third place: France
Winner: Brazil

I'm changing my predictions because I think I overestimated Columbia last time...

Round of 16
30th June
Uruguay (2)	W	Quarter Finals
Portugal (1)		6th July
		Uruguay 1	W
30th June		France 0
France (2)	W			Semi Finals
Argentina (1)				10th July
				Uruguay (1)
2nd July				Belgium (2)	W
Brazil (2)	W
Mexico (1)		6th July				Final
		Brazil (1)				15th July
2nd July		Belgium (2)	W			Belgium (2)	W
Belgium 3	W					England (1)
Japan 1
1st July
Spain (2)	W
Russia (0)		7th July
		Spain 2	W
1st July		Croatia 0
Croatia 2	W
Denmark 1				11th July
				Spain 1
3rd July				England 2	W
Sweden 2						Third Place
Switzerland 1	W	7th July				Spain 1
		Sweden 0				Uruguay 2	W
3rd July		England 2	W
Colombia 1
England 2	W