Posted September 16, 20195 yr Welcome to the World Cup of Sportspeople! With the Women's Football World Cup in full swing just finished and the Men's World Cup being a resounding success last year, we'll be following on with a tournament, not of countries, but of the sports-men and women themselves. This contest is designed to select the greatest sportspeople from each continent through a number of rounds, selecting the best of the best, and pitting them together to show who we really think is the best sportsperson of them all! We're finally at the Finals! This is the Group Stage, where the best of the best battle it out to be in the Final Final. The 100 qualifiers have been split into 10 groups. All 100 who made it to this stage will be in the countdown, but only half will make the Final Ranking. - You must rank all 10 sportspeople, from 1st to 10th. - Each sportsperson has been given a short description of their major achievements to make it easier for you to make up your mind. There is also a list of the names in the first post without the descriptions/flags - The top three sportspeople in each group will advance directly through to the Final. The sportspeople in positions 4 to 7 will face off against each other in the Playoffs, whilst the bottom three athletes will be automatically eliminated. Group 10 Franz Beckenbauer (Germany - Football - Captained Germany to a World Cup victory in 1974, European Footballer of the Year twice) Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia - Athletics - World Record holder for indoor 1500m, outdoor 1500m, indoor 3000m, indoor 5000m and indoor mile, IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2015) Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco - Athletics - Outdoor 1500m, 200m and mile World Record holder, two Olympic Golds and 4 World Championship golds) Jairzinho (Brazil - Football - Won 1970 World Cup with Brazil, winning the Silver boot) Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina - Motor Racing - Won 5 championships, 24 Grand Prix wins) Jonah Lomu (New Zealand - Rugby - Scored 37 international tries, 63 caps) Paolo Maldini (Italy - Football - Won 26 trophies with AC Milan, captained Italy for 8 years) Pele (Brazil - Football - Scored 650 goals in 694 League matches, won three World Cups, all-time leading goalscorer for Brazil) Steve Redgrave (England - Rowing - Won five Olympic golds and 9 Wold Championships) Zico (Brazil - Football - Won South American Footballer of the Year three times, Brazilian top scorer five times) The deadline is 23:59 Sunday 22nd September. Get voting!
September 16, 20195 yr Author Copy-paste list: Franz Beckenbauer Genzebe Dibaba Hicham El Guerrouj Jairzinho Juan Manuel Fangio Jonah Lomu Paolo Maldini Pele Steve Redgrave Zico
September 17, 20195 yr Pele Maldini Redgrave El Guerrouj Zico Beckenbauer Dibaba Fangino Jairzinho Lomu
September 17, 20195 yr 10- Pele 9- Steve Redgrave 8- Jonah Lomu 7- Franz Beckenbauer 6- Hicham El Guerrouj 5- Zico 4- Juan Manuel Fangio 3- Paolo Maldini 2- Jairzinho 1- Genzebe Dibaba
September 17, 20195 yr 10- Pele 9- Juan Manuel Fangio 8- Franz Beckenbauer 7- Jonah Lomu 6- Paolo Maldini 5- Zico 4- Steve Redgrave 3- Hicham El Guerrouj 2- Jairzinho 1- Genzebe Dibaba
September 17, 20195 yr 1st Pele 2nd Steve Redgrave 3rd Juan Manuel Fangio 4 - Franz Beckenbauer 5 - Jonah Lomu 6 - Paolo Maldini 7 - Hicham El Guerrouj 8 - Jairzinho 9 - Zico 10 - Genzebe Dibaba
September 20, 20195 yr Author 1. Pele 2. Franz Beckenbauer 3. Paolo Maldini 4. Genzebe Dibaba 5. Steve Redgrave 6. Hicham El Guerrouj 7. Jonah Lomu 8. Juan Manuel Fangio 9. Zico 10. Jairzinho
September 20, 20195 yr 1st Pele 2 Steve Redgrave 3 Franz Beckenbauer 4 Genzebe Dibaba 5 Paolo Maldini 6 Jonah Lomu 7 Hicham El Guerrouj 8 Zico 9 Juan Manuel Fangio 10 Jairzinho
September 21, 20195 yr 1 Pele 2 Steve Redgrave 3 Paolo Maldini 4 Juan Manuel Fangio 5 Jonah Lomu 6 Hicham El Guerrouj 7 Franz Beckenbauer 8 Zico 9 Jairzinho 10 Genzebe Dibaba
September 23, 20195 yr Author Results 1. Pele 2. Steve Redgrave 3. Franz Beckenbauer 4. Paolo Maldini 5. Jonah Lomu 6. Juan Manuel Fangio 7. Hicham El Guerrouj 8. Zico 9. Genzebe Dibaba 10. Jairzinho This one was fairly clear cut, we finally get an Oceania qualifier make it through the first round as well!
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