Winner: ITALY (Congrats to Phil) 100 Euro

Disgrace: France, Zidane and Billy 40 Euro

3rd: Germany (Fearghal) 10 Euro

Just plain crap: ghana( Rob) 10 Euro

Prize update: Gob decided to temporaily wager the money on France winning last night. He assured me he'd put it back after they won. He's not answering his phone......



Italy beat France 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup after an absorbing 1-1 draw in Berlin.

Fabio Grosso scored the winning penalty after France's David Trezeguet missed.

Playing his last game before retiring, Zinedine Zidane's career ended in disgrace after he was sent off for crazily headbutting Marco Materazzi.

Zidane had put France ahead early on with a coolly-taken chipped penalty, before Materazzi levelled with a header from an Andrea Pirlo corner.

The result caps an incredible period for Italian football, with the domestic game embroiled in a corruption scandal similar to 1982 when they last won the World Cup.

only turned on my phone on sunday to hear that i got sweden.
i never even got a chance to cheer for them. :(

Sweepstake Teams!

Paul - Holland (Portugal 1, Holland 0) --OUT!
Gerry - Brazil (France 1, Brazil 0) --OUT!
Billy - France
Dave - Sweden (Germany 2, Sweden 0) --OUT!
Caro - England - (Portugal 3, England 1 [penalties]) --OUT!
Justine - Ukraine (Italy 3, Ukraine 0) --OUT!
Dee - Australia (Italy 1, Australia 0) --OUT!
Karen - Portugal (France 1, Portugal 0) --Pending Playoffs
Rob -Ghana (Brazil 3, Ghana 0) --OUT!
Jen - Switzerland (Ukraine 3, Switzerland 0 [penalties]) --OUT!
Phil - Italy
Dermot - Argentina (Germany 4, Argentina 2[penalties]) --OUT!
Fearghal - Germany (Italy 2, Germany 0) --Pending Playoffs
Gob - Spain (France 3, Spain 1) --OUT!
Allyson - Ecuador (England 1, Ecuador 0) --OUT!
Dennis - Mexico (Argentina 2, Mexico 1) --OUT!

Sweepstake: Names

Players in:

1. Gob - Paid
2. Paul - Paid
3. Dave - Paid
4. Rob - Paid
5. Phil - Paid
6. Gerry - Paid
7. Fearghal - Paid
8. Dermot - Paid
9. Allyson - Paid
10. Karen - Paid
11. Billy - Paid
12. Dee - Paid
13. Jen
14. Caroline - Paid
15. Justine - Paid
16. Dennis