TC16 (Out) @ lay-by in GS 3312
TC17 (In) @ bridge over Motorway

Welcome to the fanstasy World Cup. This was just like the real World Cup in terms of teams, format and playing schedule. Here are the tables and results.

The results of some of the group matches were:

Brazil 3 Scotland 3; Norway 0 Scotland 1; Brazil 2 Norway 1; Cameroon 5 Italy 1; Chile 8 Cameroon 2; Italy 6 Austria 5; France 5 Denmark 2; Saudi Arabia 9 France 2; Denmark 2 Saudi Arabia 3; Nigeria 2 Spain 1; Bulgaria 2 Nigeria 1; Spain 3 Bulgaria 1; Mexico 3 Holland 1; South Korea 3 Mexico 0; Holland 2 South Korea 1; Iran 2 Germany 2; USA 4 Iran 3; Germany 3 USA 0; England 9 Romania 1; Tunisia 2 Romania 2; Croatia 5 Argentina 4; Argentina 0 Jamaica 1; Croatia 3 Japan 0;

When the results of all the matches are listed in the order that they were played, coincidentally(?) this gave a perfect puzzle for this route card. In listing the results, the country alphabetically first was always the 'Home' team. When the kick-off time and date for matches was the same (the third matches in each of the groups), the listed order was alphabetically on the 'Home' team.

All the group results are interpreted in a particular way. The Round 2 results are interpreted in a different way. The Quarter Finals results yield a single, but again a different type of clue. The Semi Finals results yield a single, but another different type of clue. The remaining matches yield four clues of yet another type.

Route Checks:
1) GS of most Westerly point on route
2) GS of most Southerly point on route
3) Number of gradient arrows crossed
4) Number of public telephones passed
5) Number of times the route joins a white road from a yellow road
6) Highest SH on route
7) Lowest SH on route
8) Number of times the route crosses or joins an A road
9) Third SH on route
10) Third from last SH on route