Opening game

And the World Cup begins... Russia won against Saudi Arabia, as predicted by Achilles, the deaf cat, and Cabeça de Macaco. In total, 84 bets, including that of the Macaco predicted that Russia would win and that Saudi Arabia would score zero goals. They are now all placed in first place in our current standings. See here.

Achilles, the deaf cat, is preparing for the next prediction

Let's see how Achilles fares as the competition progresses. Be careful Achilles! Don't expose your heel or the Macaco is going to randomly throw bananas at it and outpredict you.

Bolão da Copa 2018 launched!

Continuing the tradition initiated in 2006, the dearest World Cup prediction game is back!

What is it about?
It's about predicting the outcome of each of the upcoming World Cup matches. You get points for predicting the right winner, the exact score, etc. Each participant pays a fee to submit a prediction, and at the end of the tournament the pot is split between the best 3 predictions (60% to the best, 30% to second best, 10% to the third).

Every day we produce and share the standings so you can track your progress...

The standings and other materials such as occasional fun readings from undercover envoys, are published in our blog at http://bolaomacaco.blogspot.com.

How to participate?

If you wish to take part, download this Excel file. Then follow the instructions included in the file to submit your predictions. (after you open the file, Excel may ask you to "enable edit", look for a yellow message on top of the Excel window)

Be sure to fill in all information, save the file, and send it to bolaomacaco@gmail.com before the deadline on June 14 2018 at 7am Moscow time (midnight of June 13 in New York).

The cost per participation is USD 12 or EUR 10 or BRL 45.
You can pay in person to one of the 3 Bolao Delegates (Facundo in Turkey, Rolf in Spain/Germany, Paulinho in Brazil), or email bolaomacaco@gmail.com for bank transfer instructions.

Can I invite others?

Yes of course. Feel free to invite friends and family.

Any questions? Let us know!

Have a happy Bolão!
Your loyal BMC

~ Bolão Master Committee ~