G - Switzerland: 30
D - Portugal: 20
D - Ghana: 16
D - England: 20
M - Ecuador: 38
M - Brazil: 36
M - France: 35
M - Ukraine: 31.5
F - Italy: 60
F - Argentina: 55
F - Germany: 55
Overall: 396.5
World Cup Hippo ran its very own fantasy football game this summer called Der Spiel. This game had a unique format […]

World Cup Hippo designed its very own fantasy football game for Germany 06, Der Spiel. Under the innovative Der Spiel format, participants selected the nations that they thought would be the high performers at this year’s World Cup - then organised them into a transnational über-team. 
In the quest to top the Der Spiel league, 85 managers painstakingly selected […]

Eagle-eyed football fans will have noticed that the World Cup held aloft by victorious team captains in the present age is somewhat different to the version lifted by Bobby Moore back in 1966. The reason being that Brazil, having won the original Jules Rimet trophy for the third time in 1970, were allowed to keep it permanently. […]

You know the score, drink a glass of cherryade* every time one of the following happens. This is the second part of this article, to read the first click here.
A player:

attempts a stupid trick that goes wrong
attempts a stupid trick that goes right, but gets the player nowhere
makes a diving motion to the referee when […]

Humans love football, humans compete to survive, all humans need water to survive, water is a component of virtually every drink in the world - it was therefore inevitable that these elements would eventually meld and mutate into… The World Cup Hippo Drinking Game! You know the score, drink a glass of cherryade* every time […]

WCH’s Fantasy Football has now been launched! Der Spiel is a unique fantasy football experience. Simply select the nations that you think will be the high performers at this year’s World Cup - then organise them into a transnational über-team. First prize is an amazing Nicky Butt jigsaw! Click on the following link to register […]

What you will need: Several bottles of cherryade* and a large packet of Twiglets.
Time and location: Living room in front of a telly for the Ivory Coast v Argentina game on 10th June.
How to play: Every time that ITV commentator Clive Tyldesley refers to midfielder Juan Riquelme as “Argentina’s Quarterback” - drink one glass of cherryade.
And then: After 20 […]