READY for the FINAL 8? Prize Pool is Fully PAID

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY - ALL PRIZE MONEY IS IN

So we can now all relax and wait who of the eight remaining teams will make it. The Charity Amount is secured so I am just saying May the Best Team Win - on the bidder side we have an exciting scenario - who will win the Fight - who will soon organise a huge World Cup Party? I heard some rumours it could become an event hotter than Steemfest someone called Hive account@twinner claimed in a chat - I only heard by others. Are these rumours true?

BTW - if anyone on Steemit wants to donate any more money to the pot we will not say no as well! Please check the Final Eight Teams and let me know your predictions - who will make it to the Semi Finals?

Team	Owner	Bid	Paid?
Belgium	Hive account@shaka	30 SBD	Yes
Brazil	Hive account@theaustrianguy	25 SBD	Yes
Croatia	Hive account@twinner	8.001 SBD	Yes
England	Hive account@infobunny	25.02 SBD	Yes
France	Hive account@rondras	26 SBD	Yes
Russia	Hive account@uwelang	25 SBD	Yes
Sweden	Hive account@schlees	5 SBD	Yes
Uruguay	Hive account@twinner	13.131 SBD	Yes

Thanks to all these people below for contributing to the prize pool - you ROCK!

The Team owners are fix now - fingers crossed for all!

Since yesterday the Steemit Charity World Cup Contest for the Football World Cup 2018 has completed all team auctions - the following list shows the final owners per team, their contribution to the prize (charity) pool and whether they paid already.

Many thanks to all bidders and good luck for everyone! It will be exciting to see who of the Steemians in the Leaderboard will win one of the three prizes.

Team	Owner	Bid	Paid?
Argentina	Hive account@rondras	30 SBD	Yes
Australia	Hive account@hanshotfirst	5 SBD	Yes
Belgium	Hive account@shaka	30 SBD	Yes
Brazil	Hive account@theaustrianguy	25 SBD	Yes
Colombia	Hive account@manncpt	5.3 SBD	Yes
Croatia	Hive account@twinner	8.001 SBD	Yes
Denmark	Hive account@limesoda	25 SBD	Yes
England	Hive account@infobunny	25.02 SBD	Yes
France	Hive account@rondras	26 SBD	Yes
Germany	Hive account@alexvan	26 SBD	Yes
Iceland	Hive account@pollux.one	25 SBD	Yes
Iran	Hive account@alexvan	25 SBD	Yes
Japan	Hive account@skyleap	25 SBD	Yes
Mexico	Hive account@shaka	30 SBD	Yes
Nigeria	Hive account@redpalestino	30 SBD	Yes
Portugal	Hive account@kati1971	26 SBD	Yes
Russia	Hive account@uwelang	25 SBD	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Hive account@redpalestino	25 SBD	Yes
Senegal	Hive account@skyleap	5 SBD	Yes
Serbia	Hive account@berndpfeiffer	25 SBD	Yes
Spain	Hive account@shaka	30 SBD	Yes
Sweden	Hive account@schlees	5 SBD	Yes
Switzerland	Hive account@shaka	30 SBD	Yes
Uruguay	Hive account@twinner	13.131 SBD	Yes

The prize pool total is SBD 524.452

This was a good community effort raising a good amount where 50% goes to charities active on the Steem Blockchain. All bidders paid - so here the final allocation.

• First Place (World Champion): 30% of the pot (157.33 SBD - rounded )

• Second Place: 15% of the pot (78.66 SBD - rounded)

• Third Place: 5% of the pot (26.22 SBD - rounded)

• The other 50% of the total basket wich means 262.226 SBD will be paid to Charity.

The charities we support are Hive account@papilloncharity from South Africa and Hive account@steemarity from Austria. Also the winning Steemians can feel free to donate their amount to a charity – but that is not a requirement. For now tis means each charity will receive 131.113 SBD

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