iCM Forum Film World Cup - Season 3 - Records and Statistics

[Mario Gaborović]

The tournament started on January 1st, 2018. This is how it works:
- Round 1: 48 countries will be divided into 12 groups of 4 countries. #1 and #2 from each group proceed. Each match lasts for 4 weeks. Matches overlap 1.5 weeks.
- Round 2: 24 countries will be divided into 8 groups of 3 countries. #1 from each group proceeds. Each match lasts for 3 week. Matches overlap 1 week.
- Quarter finals, semi finals, 3rd place match and final: Countries compete one on one. Winner proceeds.
- Each match lasts for 2 weeks. Matches overlap 0.5 weeks.

There are few restrictions:
- The film must have <1000 checks on iCM.
- The film must be no longer than 3 hours.
- You may only use 1 film per director throughout the entire tournament.

Complete line-up of films here:
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+ ... /joachimt/

Voters are obliged to watch all four films from a specific group in order to vote by a ranking system (1-4). The countries that end at 1st and 2nd place proceed to the next round. The ranking of the match will be decided using these rules:
- Ranked by lowest average ranking.
- In case of a tie between two movies, head-to-head determines the winner (how many people thought A>B and how many thought B>A).
- In case there's still a tie after the previous rule or there is a tie between three or four movies, most #1-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? Fewest #4-votes determines the winner.
- Still a tie? The match will have a 3 day extension (except when the tie is only between #3 and #4).

ROUND 1:
GROUP A: 1. Croatia 82-59, 2. Burkina Faso 79-62, 3. Russia 62-79, 4. Iran 59-82
GROUP B: 1. China 86-43, 2. Spain 76-53, 3. Finland 48-81*, 4. Malaysia 48-81
GROUP C: 1. Romania 88-38, 2. Hungary 78-48, 3. Uruguay 68-58, 4. South Korea 18-108
GROUP D: 1. France 90-45, 2. India 73-62, 3. Mali 66-69, 4. Serbia 41-94
GROUP E: 1. Czechia 75-48, 2. Bolivia 71-52, 3. Australia 53-70, 4. Latvia 47-76
GROUP F: 1. Japan 93-36, 2. Lebanon 64-65, 3. Turkey 52-77, 4. Sweden 49-80
GROUP G: 1. England 80-43, 2. Hong Kong 69-54, 3. Bulgaria 51-72, 4. Argentina 46-77
GROUP H: 1. Georgia 79-41, 2. Taiwan 69-51, 3. Portugal 53-67, 4. Morocco 39-81
GROUP I: 1. Poland 77-34, 2. USA 67-44, 3. Peru 41-70, 4. Netherlands 37-74
GROUP J: 1. Greece 78-33, 2. Mexico 73-38, 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 40-71, 4. Thailand 31-80
GROUP K: 1. Switzerland 67-50, 2. Brazil 57-60, 3. Vietnam 55-62*, 4. Italy 55-62
GROUP L: 1. Germany 73-35, 2. Austria 51-57, 3. Dominican Republic 49-59, 4. Canada 43-65

ROUND 2:
GROUP A: 1. USA 48-30, 2. France 41-37, 3. Taiwan 28-50
GROUP B: 1. Greece 54-20, 2. Spain 29-45, 3. Brazil 28-46
GROUP C: 1. Germany 40-20, 2. Hungary 38-22, 3. Lebanon 12-48
GROUP D: 1. Burkina Faso 43-19, 2. Georgia 30-32, 3. Mexico 20-42
GROUP E: 1. England 51-19, 2. China 36-34, 3. Bolivia 18-52
GROUP F: 1. Poland 40-28, 2. Czechia 31-37*, 3. India 31-37
GROUP G: 1. Japan 39-29, 2. Austria 32-36, 3. Switzerland 31-37
GROUP H: 1. Croatia 44-14, 2. Romania 31-27, Hong Kong 12-46

QUARTERFINALS:
Greece - Poland 19-15
Germany - England 17-18
Japan - Burkina Faso 25-8
Croatia - USA 12-19

SEMIFINALS:
Greece - USA 8-27
England - Japan 20-21 AET

FINAL:
USA - Japan 12-25


* Positive head-to-head record against the country behind

Final standings:
01. Japan 8-0 203-105
02. USA 6-2 171-119
03. England 6-1 169-100
04. Greece 6-1 159-95
05. Germany 5-1 130-73
06. Poland 5-1 132-80
07. Croatia 5-1 138-92
08. Burkina Faso 4-2 130-106
09. Romania 4-1 119-65
10. France 4-1 131-82
11. China 4-1 122-77
12. Georgia 4-1 109-73
13. Czechia 4-1 106-85
14. Hungary 3-2 116-70
15. Switzerland 3-2 98-87
16. Spain 3-2 105-98
17. Austria 3-2 83-93
18. Mexico 2-3 93-80
19. India 2-3 104-99
20. Taiwan 2-3 97-101
21. Bolivia 2-3 89-104
22. Hong Kong 2-3 81-100
23. Brazil 2-3 85-106
24. Lebanon 2-3 76-113
25. Uruguay 1-2 68-58
26. Mali 1-2 66-69
27. Vietnam 1-2 55-62
28. Italy 0-3 55-62
29. Dominican Republic 1-2 49-59
30. Portugal 1-2 53-67
31. Russia 1-2 62-79
32. Australia 1-2 53-70
33. Iran 0-3 59-82
34. Bulgaria 1-2 51-72
35. Turkey 1-2 52-77
36. Canada 0-3 43-65
37. Latvia 0-3 47-76
38. Sweden 0-3 49-80
39. Argentina 0-3 46-77
40. Finland 1-2 48-81
41. Malaysia 0-3 48-81
42. Peru 1-2 41-70
43. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-2 40-71
44. Netherlands 0-3 37-74
45. Morocco 0-3 39-81
46. Serbia 0-3 41-94
47. Thailand 0-3 31-80
48. South Korea 0-3 18-108

[Mario Gaborović]

Newly set records

- Splash Splash Love (KOR) is film with the worst performance with the vote ratio of 18/108 (0.167). It also holds the worst performance against another film in terms of vote margin, and that's 3-39 (-36) versus Pădurea spânzuraților (ROM). In addition to this, Pădurea spânzuraților received most consecutive votes against another film (33) in the said match.

- Morocco became a country with most losses (5) without a single victory in the iCM World Cups.

- J. Lee Thompson became a director with most wins (5, all for England) in the ICM World Cups, as well as highest margin versus his opponents as he didn't lose once. All other directors have three wins in total, or less.

- Splash Splash Love (KOR) is the first and so far the only TV series used in the iCM World Cup.

- The oldest ever film: Ingeborg Holm (SWE) from 1911.

- The newest ever film: Splash Splash Love (KOR), first aired on December 13, 2015.

- The most-checked film ever at the time of revealed nomination: Belle Epoque (ESP) (947).

Decade performance overview (wins vs losses between films from different decades):

Spoiler

1910s 0-3
1920s 2-0
1930s 0-2
1940s 3-0
1950s 8-3
1960s 31-11
1970s 5-14
1980s 13-17
1990s 13-3
2000s 11-21
2010s 7-19

Participation data
64 people voted in at least 1 match.

24 people voted in every match

72allinncallme
Angel Glez
Armoreska
beavis
clemmetarey
Cocoa
edward5
filmbantha
hurluberlu
joachimt
jvv
klaus78
Lilarcor
Mario Gaborović
mjf314
Muellwind
Nathan Treadway
Renegade
Smoover
tarr
tommy_leazaq
weirdboy
zhangalan
zuma
burneyfan (25)
Fergenaprido (25)
metaller (24)
Mate_cosido (23)
Gorro (22)
funkybusiness (21)
Mochard (21)
Gershwin (18)
wasabi (18)
jdidaco (16)
sebby (14)
XxXApathy420XxX (14)
RBG (11)
toro913 (11)
sacmersault (10)
Nopros (9)
PeacefulAnarchy (9)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (8)
cayado-coro (7)
Lonewolf2003 (7)
Daviddoes (6)
blocho (5)
monty (5)
pitchorneirda (4)
sortile9io (4)
maxwelldeux (3)
Pgonzalez (3)
connordenney (2)
lynchs (2)
musikurt (2)
allisoncm (1)
Cinepolis (1)
cinewest (1)
Cynical Cinephile (1)
frbrown (1)
matthewscott8 (1)
nimimerkillinen (1)
perceval (1)
SpinningTop (1)
TajSamKojiJesam (1)

Participation graph:

[Armoreska]

5 wins in 2 matches? Pretty good considering there weren't many 3-movie rounds (two?) and only 1 with 4.

[Mario Gaborović]

5 wins in 2 matches? Pretty good considering there weren't many 3-movie rounds (two?) and only 1 with 4.

His film was always placed first in the group (first time in a batch of 3, the second time in a batch of 4).

[Mario Gaborović]

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[Armoreska]

I see the stats are already up to date

I got a few. One person - Metaller - lost their perfect participation record.

91/91

Angel Glez 91
Armoreska 91
Cocoa 91
joachimt 91
jvv 91
klaus78 91
Mario Gaborovic 91
mjf314 91
tommy_leazaq 91
zhangalan 91

S2+S3 perfect (beside those 10 above)

beavis
clemmetarey
Smoover
weirdboy

Perfect participation in single season on the rise:
S1 - 14
S2 - 19
S3 - 24

Monty and Tommy_Leazaq are 2nd & 3rd manager to make SFs twice
Sortile9io still the only repeat finalist
Tommy_Leazaq has managed it both times with a non-major country (Egypt, Greece)

Japan is the only country that keeps making QFs (3rd,5th,1st)
USA made finals twice and lost both
Spain and Japan are also two-time semifinalists and medalists (as shown on the next slide)
Burkina Faso (WC3, 8th) and Chile (WC1, 8th) made QFs with their only appearance

[sortile9io]

Updated medal table:

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan	1	0	1	2
Italy	1	0	0	1
Poland	1	0	0	1
USA	0	2	0	2
Spain	0	1	1	2
England	0	0	1	1

[blocho]

Mario, do you have individual country records for all three seasons combined? I'd also love to see a breakdown by runtime. If you don't have these stats, let me know and I'll compile them.

[Mario Gaborović]

Mario, do you have individual country records for all three seasons combined? I'd also love to see a breakdown by runtime. If you don't have these stats, let me know and I'll compile them.

Coming up in 20 minutes.