The Euros is finally upon us and what better way to kick things off than a free competition where you predict the results of the games through out the tournament. The 1st 2nd and 3rd get prizes as well as the best Hive player in the knockout stages.

This will be an open competition and entrants can enter at any time. But the early bird does indeed catch the worm. The Euro's starts tomorrow so get your match predictions into me for the first round. Judging from some feedback here I think it might be better to do the matches in groups so you can do your predictions for a number of matches in the first run of games rather than keeping an eye out for my post every day. That way you will be in and not worry about seeing my latest post. It saves me alot of work as well. Those of you that have already entered. I have your first selection for Germany vs Scotland. All of you chose Germany. Those of you that have not entered yet. The fixture list for the first round of games is below. The home team are the favourites as per bookies odds. Please comment below your selections for each fixture whether it is going to be a win or a draw

For example German vs Scotland: Germany to win
Spain vs Croatia : Draw

You can copy and paste the below run of fixtures in the comments and just comment beside them what your predictions are :

Friday 8pm: Germany vs Scotland
Saturday 2pm: Switzerland vs Hungary
Saturday 5pm: Spain vs Croatia
Saturday 8pm: Italy vs Albania
Sunday 2pm : Netherlands vs Poland
Sunday 5pm : Denmark vs Slovenia
Sunday 8pm : England vs Serbia
Mon 2pm : Ukraine vs Romania
Mon 5pm : Belgium v Slovenia
Mon 8pm : France vs Austria
Tues 5pm: Turkey vs Georgia
Tues 8pm : Portugal vs Czech Rep

Scoring For the Group Stages

The scoring for the group stages is as follows. The away team who are the underdogs in every match are awarded 3 points for a win as opposed to the home team (favourites to win) who get 1 point. A draw gets you 2 points.

Scoring In The Knockout Stages

In recent competitions after the group stages it was a foregone conclusion on who won the whole competition as the group stages took up the most games and predictions. So I have altered this so that the knockout stages could be a game changer for those that do well in the group stages may not necessarily have a good knockout stage. Please see below the scoring for the Knockout Stages

But let me deal with all that. All you have to do is make your predictions. So why not join in for a bit of fun. Copy and paste the below fixtures in the comments and who you think is going to win or draw.

Prizes

@talesfrmthecrypt is so startled that Pakistan got beat by the USA in cricket that he got a brain freeze and has pledged 100 Hive to the cause we now have a prize pool of over 300 Hive to giveaway. Thanks a million.

Rules

• Only 1 entry per user . I know all your alt accounts guys.
• Entry will be open the whole way through the contest but the predictions must be before the match has kicked off. I will not accept a prediction with Germany 0-0 against Scotland in the 30 minute for example. That match will be voided from your list if this happens. I'm not looking at anyone in particular. Shout out to @deniskj just at random here.

Entries so Far

Entries are hotting up. Not one person has backed Scotland yet. Not even the Scottish. Most of you are playing safe but there is more points to be scored if the underdog wins. Remember that. So there we have it. The last call for the competition tonight. If you miss it , don't worry. I will still be taking entrants and there are plenty of points to be scored in the knockout format.

Best of luck to all contestants.