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Puzzle #194: Can you work out the results of all the matches played?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, World Cup table? Plus the answer to puzzle #193

16 November 2022

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#194 World Cup table

set by Rob Eastaway

It is time for the men’s Football World Cup. Countries in eight groups of four will play each other in a round robin, with the top two in each group qualifying for the last 16.

The final tables of the group stage provide ready-made puzzles because it is often possible to figure out the results of a group’s matches just from the information in a table. For example, the following is the final table from one of the groups in the 2018 World Cup. Can you figure out the results of all…

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