QATAR. The Moodie Davitt Report readers’ competition dedicated to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, brought to you in association with Qatar Duty Free, is heating up ahead of the final round of games in the group stage.
With each team having played two matches, Aussie food & beverage sector specialist, Ground Control owner Kevin Zajax is at the top alongside Behna Dehghani on 33 points.
There is a four way tie directly below with Marcel DeBellis from Beler Holdings in Canada, Johan Schölvinck from Market Square Consult, Alby Tsang from Airport Authority Hong Kong and Graeme Stewart from Luggage-Point all keeping up the pressure on 31 points.
But look at that chasing pack. Just ten points cover the first 66 entrants.
The top women in the field to date are Clarisse Daniels from Whyte and Mackay and Caroline South of Caroline South Associates, both just six points behind Kevin Zajax. Next comes The Moodie Davitt Report’s own Sarah Genest, one point behind.
As reported Qatar Duty Free is providing great prizes as excitement builds both for the competition and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 itself, which has already thrown up plenty of thrills and upset results.
Also as reported, Qatar Duty Free (QDF) has been named as Official Retail Store for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The agreement includes a licence to exclusively sell all related merchandise in the fan zones and at all eight stadiums.
QDF also just opened a FIFA store at Hamad International Airport’s magnificent new expansion, inaugurated on 10 November.
Additionally The Moodie Davitt Report is providing charity-based prizes for first, second and third individual contestants with cash donations of US$500, US$300 and US$200 paid to a charity of their choice.
The competition, open to anyone involved in the aviation and travel retail sectors (mandatory), is based on match predictions for the 32 teams in a group stage and knockout format. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 concludes on 18 December with the World Cup Final at the Lusail Iconic Stadium.
The rules are simple. Qualified readers simply need to make a score prediction in each of the matches, and are awarded points based on the accuracy of their predictions. You receive 3 points for an exact score prediction and 1 point if you predict the right result (win or draw) without getting the score correct.
You can still sign up here. Just create an account and you can immediately begin saving your score predictions. 
Predicting is simple – scroll down to select a score for each match throughout the group, knockout and final phases. Predictions will automatically save the moment you make them, while you will be able to enter or modify your scores up to ten- minutes before each match kick-off.
Form guide (with a health warning)
To help with your predictions, listed below are the FIFA official rankings for all 32 teams alongside the groups each team is playing in.
For details on how points are calculated, please visit the rules page once you have signed up.
