Andy and Christopher had their Italian cherries popped this year after playing in Papozze, and although they finished away from the top two places, people tend to level up after attending such tournaments.
I think Andy will be the decisive factor in this world cup. Last year he went to the competition more like a tourist and less like a player (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Apart from Dagh and Gianluca who are not attending, he is the only one with proven capability to disqualify Gianni. Their matchups (apart from the ones in Copenhagen) are almost always close. I am going to predict that he will succeed, and then open up the way for Fabio's first title. So for the top four, I am guessing:
1. Fabio F
2. Andy G
3. Gianni T
4. Christopher D
For the rest of the quarter finalists, Thor had some amazing results in his first competition, clean victories against the likes of Ektoras, Mario, Sandro, Oliver and Steve. I am thinking that Oliver will fight hard to enter the semis for the first time, but chances are still against him. John was quite difficult to beat last year, even after such a long absence, so I have no reason to believe he will be any less strong in Dublin. Alessandro is better than Sandro these days.
5. Thor S
6. Oliver St
7. John H
8. Alessandro V
For the Silver Cup, I don't see Rodolfo in the list yet! So I'm gonna go with Klaus.
17. Klaus
Finally, I think Dino is still the favorite for the Shirt of Shame.
He will most likely lose to one of the newbies, I'm gonna say Joseph.
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