Take on the World Cup Challenge! Vs THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Take on the World Cup Challenge! Vs Opening match: 14th June 2018 Russia vs Saudi Arabia Kick off 4pm The average weekly wages of Russia’s squad is £1.4m and Saudi Arabia’s is £670K. ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Who would win the tournament? How far would England get? THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 If the winner of each match in the World Cup is based on who has the higher average weekly wage for their squad: Who would win this game? Who would win the tournament? How far would England get? Tell the children to look at their group cards to work it out. ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 How it works… To qualify for the last 16: Only the top two teams go through from each group. The winner of Group A will play second place of group B and vice versa. Repeat this for the other groups. ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Let’s have a go with group A and B THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Let’s have a go with group A and B ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Quarter finalists: Spain and Portugal ! THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Quarter finalists: Spain and Portugal ! Group A Egypt £850k Russia £1.4m Saudi Arabia £670K Uruguay £2.47m Group B Iran £360K Morocco £1.11m Portugal £3.68m Spain £5.47m Russia £1.4m Portugal £3.68m Uruguay £2.47m Spain £5.47m Who would be the winner of group A? Who would be the winner of group B? The children must first order the groups from the highest earnings to the lowest. Meaning that: Uruguay - (1st) will play Portugal – (2nd) - Portugal will beat Uruguay (MATCH 49) Spain (1st) will play Russia (2nd) – Spain will beat Russia (MATCH 51) *** make reference to the Asterix as the match numbers are important for the next phase. *Winners of A plays second of B (Match 49) *Winners of B plays second of A (match 51) ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Now work out the other quarter finalists using the same strategy… THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Now work out the other quarter finalists using the same strategy… ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Group C Australia £650k Denmark £1.22m France £5.21m Peru £560K THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Group C Australia £650k Denmark £1.22m France £5.21m Peru £560K Group D Argentina £5.04m Croatia £2.58m Iceland £740K Nigeria £1.38m Who would be the winner of group C? Who would be the winner of group D? The children must first order the groups from the highest earnings to the lowest. Meaning that: France - (1st) will play Croatia – (2nd) - France will beat Croatia (MATCH 50) Argentina (1st) will play Denmark (2nd) – Argentina will beat Denmark (MATCH 52) Quarter finalists: France and Argentina *Winners of C plays second of D (Match 50) *Winners of D plays second of C (match 52) ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Group E Brazil £5.8m Costa Rica £630K Serbia £1.62m Switzerland £1.6m THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Group E Brazil £5.8m Costa Rica £630K Serbia £1.62m Switzerland £1.6m Group F Germany £4.87m Mexico £1.57m South Korea £640K Sweden £1.27m Who would be the winner of group A? Who would be the winner of group B? The children must first order the groups from the highest earnings to the lowest. Meaning that: Brazil - (1st) will play Mexico – (2nd) - Brazil will beat Mexico (MATCH 53) Germany (1st) will play Serbia (2nd) – Germany will beat Serbia (MATCH 55) Quarter finalists; Brazil and Germany *Winners of E plays second of F (Match 53) *Winners of F plays second of E (match 55) ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Group G Belgium £5.22m England £4.19m Panama £150K Tunisia £440K THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Group G Belgium £5.22m England £4.19m Panama £150K Tunisia £440K Group H Columbia £1.89m Japan £1.03m Poland £1.69m Senegal £1.67m Who would be the winner of group A? Who would be the winner of group B? The children must first order the groups from the highest earnings to the lowest. Meaning that: Belgium - (1st) will play Poland – (2nd) - Belgium will beat Poland (MATCH 54) Columbia (1st) will play England (2nd) – England will beat Columbia (MATCH 56) Quarter finalists: Belgium and England *Winners of G plays second of H (Match 54) *Winners of H plays second of G (match 56) ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Now work out who is in the semi-finals: 49 plays 50 (Match 57) THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Now work out who is in the semi-finals: 49 plays 50 (Match 57) 53 plays 54 (Match 58) 55 plays 56 (Match 60) 51 plays 52 (Match 59) (49) Portugal vs (50) France (Match 57) (53) Brazil vs (54) Belgium (Match 58) (55) Germany vs (56) England (Match 60) (51) Spain vs (52) Argentina (Match 59) ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Now work out who is in the final: 57 plays 58 59 plays 60 THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 Now work out who is in the final: 57 plays 58 59 plays 60 *Winners play in the final *Losers play in the third place play off (57) France vs (58) Brazil (60) Germany vs (59) Spain Third place play off France vs Germany ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018 THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 … and the winner is…. Brazil ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018

Could you have predicted this at the start? THE WORLD CUP Russia 2018 How far did England get? Could you have predicted this at the start? Can the children think of any other questions? ©School Improvement Liverpool Limited 2018