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# World Cup in Business Central: predictions and results ⚽🥅

[Read the post](https://gerardorenteria.blog/2026/06/11/world-cup-in-business-central-predictions-and-results-%e2%9a%bd%f0%9f%a5%85/) · Gerardo Renteria (Gerardo Renteria) · 2026-06-11 · 1336 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> A World Cup prediction extension for Business Central that lets users share forecasts, track matches imported from a JSON source, register predictions, and compete on a leaderboard with automatic scoring based on exact scores or correct outcomes.

## Key points

- Extension imports World Cup matches from public JSON sources and displays date, time, round, group, teams, stadium, and results
- Users enter predictions for each match and earn points automatically: 3 for exact score, 1 for correct outcome
- Leaderboard ranks users by total points and tracks exact hits and correct outcomes across all predictions
- Role Center widget visualizes World Cup matches and results; setup page configures the external data source URL
- Solution includes tables for matches and predictions, pages for calendar and forecasts, codeunits for import and scoring logic, and control add-in for visual display

## Quotes

- "The extension setup allows the source URL to be configured." (Shows how the solution provides flexibility for connecting to different external data sources)
- "The scoring logic is simple: 3 points for an exact score prediction. 1 point for predicting the correct match outcome." (Explains the core gamification mechanism that motivates user engagement)
- "The leaderboard brings all predictions together into a general ranking that makes it easy to see who is leading." (Describes how the extension creates social competition and user engagement through visible rankings)

## AL objects mentioned

As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

- table "GDRGWCMatch"
- page "GDRGWCMatchList"
- table "GDRGWCPrediction"
- page "GDRGWCPredictionList"
- codeunit "GDRGWCPredictionMgt"
- table "GDRGWCLeaderboard"
- page "GDRGWCLeaderboard"
- table "GDRGWCSetup"
- page "GDRGWCSetup"
- codeunit "GDRGWCImport"
- page "GDRGWorldCupScoresPart"
- other "GDRGWorldCupScoresViewer.ControlAddIn"

Not found in BC28-30: table "GDRGWCMatch", page "GDRGWCMatchList", table "GDRGWCPrediction", page "GDRGWCPredictionList", codeunit "GDRGWCPredictionMgt", table "GDRGWCLeaderboard", page "GDRGWCLeaderboard", table "GDRGWCSetup", page "GDRGWCSetup", codeunit "GDRGWCImport", page "GDRGWorldCupScoresPart".

## Context

- Features: Match import from external JSON, User predictions per match, Automatic point calculation, Leaderboard ranking, Match filtering and refresh, Role Center widget, External data source configuration, Competitive scoring system

Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.