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2018 UEFA Champions League Final
Match programme cover
Event
2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid
Liverpool
3
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Date
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
Venue
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
Man of the Match
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee
Milorad Mažić (Serbia)[2]
Attendance
61,561[3]
Weather
Sunny
20 °C (68 °F)
37% humidity[4]
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The 2018 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on 26 May 2018,[5] between Spanish side and defending champions Real Madrid, who had won the competition in each of the last two seasons, and English side Liverpool.[6][7]
Real Madrid won the final 3–1 for their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title, becoming the first team to achieve three back-to-back titles since Bayern Munich defeated Saint-Étienne in the 1976 European Cup Final; it was additionally their fourth title in five seasons. They also earned the right to play the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and to enter the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup. They also qualified to enter the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League,[8] but since they already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017–18 Czech First League, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.[9]
Contents
1 Teams
2 Venue
3 Background
4 Road to the final
5 Pre-match
5.1 Ambassador
5.2 Ticketing
5.3 Opening ceremony
5.4 Related events
5.5 Incidents
6 Match
6.1 Officials
6.2 Summary
6.3 Details
6.4 Statistics
7 Post-match
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Teams[edit]
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.
Team
Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid 15 (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Liverpool 7 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2007)
Venue[edit]
The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev hosted the final
The NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium was announced as the final venue on 15 September 2016, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Athens, Greece.[5] This was the sixth European Cup/Champions League final hosted at an Eastern European venue following those in 1973 in Belgrade,[10] Yugoslavia, the 1983, 1994 and 2007 finals hosted by Athens,[11][12][13] Greece as well as the 2008 final in Moscow, Russia.[14]
The Olimpiyskiy Stadium was built in 1923 and it has been renovated three times, most recently in 2011 in preparation for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament.[15] The stadium was used as a venue in the 1980 Summer Olympics for its football event and the aforementioned European Championship,[16] including the final match, which saw Spain beat Italy by the record-breaking score of 4–0 on the way to their third title.[17] Its current capacity is 70,050 and it is used by the Ukraine national football team, Dynamo Kyiv, and major domestic matches like the Ukrainian Cup.[18][19]
Background[edit]
Defending champions Real Madrid reached a record 16th final after a 4–3 aggregate win against German side Bayern Munich, knocking them out of the competition for the second consecutive season. This was Real Madrid's third consecutive final, and fourth final in five tournaments with an opportunity to win a record 13th title. Previously they won finals in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016 and 2017; and lost in 1962, 1964 and 1981. This was also their 20th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions, having also played in two Cup Winners' Cup finals (losing in 1971 and 1983) and two UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1985 and 1986). Real Madrid are only the third team since the competition's rebranding as the Champions League to reach three consecutive finals after Milan in 1995 and Juventus in 1998. They are the first team in the Champions League era, and the fourth overall, to win three straight finals, a feat only achieved by the Real Madrid side of the 1950s, as they went on to win a record five successive finals, as well as the Ajax and Bayern Munich squads of the 1970s in 1973 and 1976, respectively.[20]
Liverpool reached their eighth final, their first since 2007, after a 7–6 aggregate win against Italian side Roma.[21] They have won the final on five occasions (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005), and have lost twice (1985 and 2007). This was also their 13th final in UEFA seasonal competitions, having played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (losing in 1966) and four UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (winning in 1973, 1976 and 2001; and losing in 2016).[22] Liverpool were the first team since Bayern Munich in 2011–12 to reach the final having qualified for the competition through the play-off round. This was also the most recent occasion the final featured an English team (Chelsea).[23] Liverpool were the most recent team to defeat Real Madrid in a European Cup Final, winning 1–0 in Paris in 1981.[24]
Besides the 1981 final, the two teams have played each other four times in the Champions League era. Liverpool won both matches in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League round of 16, while Real Madrid won both matches in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage.[25]
Road to the final[edit]
Further information: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Real Madrid
Round
Liverpool
Bye Qualifying phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Play-off round 1899 Hoffenheim 6–3 2–1 (A) 4–2 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
APOEL 3–0 (H) Matchday 1 Sevilla 2–2 (H)
Borussia Dortmund 3–1 (A) Matchday 2 Spartak Moscow 1–1 (A)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (H) Matchday 3 Maribor 7–0 (A)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 (A) Matchday 4 Maribor 3–0 (H)
APOEL 6–0 (A) Matchday 5 Sevilla 3–3 (A)
Borussia Dortmund 3–2 (H) Matchday 6 Spartak Moscow 7–0 (H)
Group H runners-up
Pos
Team
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Pld
Pts
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Tottenham Hotspur 6 16
2
Real Madrid 6 13
3
Borussia Dortmund 6 2
4
APOEL 6 2
Source: UEFA
Final standings Group E winners
Pos
Team
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Pld
Pts
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Liverpool 6 12
2
Sevilla 6 9
3
Spartak Moscow 6 6
4
Maribor 6 3
Source: UEFA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain 5–2 3–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Round of 16 Porto 5–0 5–0 (A) 0–0 (H)
Juventus 4–3 3–0 (A) 1–3 (H) Quarter-finals Manchester City 5–1 3–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Bayern Munich 4–3 2–1 (A) 2–2 (H) Semi-finals Roma 7–6 5–2 (H) 2–4 (A)
Pre-match[edit]
Ambassador[edit]
Andriy Shevchenko was named as the ambassador for the final.
The ambassador for the final was former Ukrainian international Andriy Shevchenko, who won the UEFA Champions League with Milan in 2003.[26]
Ticketing[edit]
With a stadium capacity of 63,000 for the final, a total of 40,700 tickets are available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 17,000 tickets each and with 6,700 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 15 to 22 March 2018 in four price categories: €450, €320, €160, and €70. The remaining tickets are allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.[27][28]
Opening ceremony[edit]
English singer Dua Lipa performed at the opening ceremony preceding the final.[29] Jamaican rapper Sean Paul joined her as a special guest to perform their collaborative song, "No Lie".[30]
show
Dua Lipa 2018 UEFA Champions League Final Opening Ceremony Setlist
"One Kiss"
"No Lie" (with Sean Paul)
"Be the One"
"IDGAF"
"New Rules"
Related events[edit]
The 2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was held two days earlier, on 24 May 2018, at the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium between Wolfsburg and Lyon, Lyon emerging victorious 4–1.[31] This was also the last time that the host city for the men's Champions League final was also automatically assigned the Women's Champions League final.[32]
The annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 24–27 May 2018 at the Kiev city centre.[33]
Incidents[edit]
In late May, The New York Times reported that some fans with allocated tickets had returned them after having trouble finding flights to and accommodation in Kiev. Locals in Kiev began offering free accommodation for fans affected by cancelled hotel and apartment arrangements.[34] Several charter flights arranged for Liverpool fans were cancelled, leaving fans with tickets stranded and leading to an unsuccessful search for alternative solutions by the club and city government.[35][36] Other airlines offered flights to Kiev from airports in Liverpool and Manchester, using assigned slots at Kiev's airports.[37]
On 24 May, a group of Liverpool fans were attacked in a restaurant by 20 masked hooligans.[38]
Match[edit]
Officials[edit]
On 7 May 2018, UEFA announced that Serbian Milorad Mažić would officiate the final. Mažić has been a FIFA referee since 2009, and gained UEFA's elite referee status in 2013. He was joined by his fellow countrymen, with Milovan Ristić and Dalibor Đurdević as assistant referees, Nenad Đokić and Danilo Grujić as additional assistant referees, and Nemanja Petrović as reserve assistant referee. The fourth official for the final was Frenchman Clément Turpin.[2]
Summary[edit]
Gareth Bale entered the match as a substitute in the 61st minute and scored two goals for Madrid
The match began with Liverpool's kickoff and the team's successive attacks to counter Madrid's slower, possession-based buildup. In the 23rd minute, a low shot by Trent Alexander-Arnold went through a defender's legs and forced a late save by Keylor Navas. Two minutes later, Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was injured competing for the ball with Sergio Ramos, who had locked Salah's arm resulting in a fall.[39][40] Due to a dislocated shoulder, Salah was substituted four minutes later for Adam Lallana.[41] Madrid's Dani Carvajal was substituted in the 37th minute with a hamstring injury after an unsuccessful backheel.[42] Minutes later, Karim Benzema's goal was disallowed after he was determined to be offside while finishing a shot started by Cristiano Ronaldo's header. The first half ended scoreless, with Madrid dominating possession but Liverpool having more chances to score.[39][41]
The second half began with a shot by Isco, who hit the crossbar. In the 51st minute, Benzema scored the match's first goal by deflecting a throw by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius back into the net. Liverpool equalised four minutes later with a tap-in by Sadio Mané, who finished a header by Dejan Lovren after a corner kick by James Milner from the right.[43] Gareth Bale was substituted in for Isco in the 61st minute and scored Madrid's second goal two minutes later, using an acrobatic bicycle kick to finish a cross by Marcelo from the left.[44] Liverpool pressed for a second equalising goal, with a shot by Mané that hit the goal post and calls for a penalty for an alleged handball, but were also losing possession to Madrid. Ronaldo had a chance to score his first goal of the match during a counterattack in the 73rd minute, but was tackled by Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson in the penalty box. Bale scored his second goal of the match in the 83rd minute on a 40-yard (37 m) shot that swerved in front of Karius and went through his hands and into the net. A second chance on goal for Ronaldo in the 93rd minute of play was interrupted by a pitch invader, who was captured by stadium stewards.[39][41]
Details[edit]
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw, which was held on 13 April 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[45]
26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)21:45 EEST
Real Madrid
3–1
Liverpool
Benzema 51'
Bale 64', 83'
Report
Mané 55'
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 61,561[3]
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Real Madrid[4]
Liverpool[4]
GK 1 Keylor Navas
RB 2 Dani Carvajal 37'
CB 5 Raphaël Varane
CB 4 Sergio Ramos (c)
LB 12 Marcelo
CM 10 Luka Modrić
CM 14 Casemiro
CM 8 Toni Kroos
AM 22 Isco 61'
CF 9 Karim Benzema 89'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes:
GK 13 Kiko Casilla
DF 6 Nacho 37'
DF 15 Theo Hernández
MF 20 Marco Asensio 89'
MF 23 Mateo Kovačić
FW 11 Gareth Bale 61'
FW 17 Lucas Vázquez
Manager:
Zinedine Zidane
GK 1 Loris Karius
RB 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
CB 6 Dejan Lovren
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk
LB 26 Andrew Robertson
CM 7 James Milner 83'
CM 14 Jordan Henderson (c)
CM 5 Georginio Wijnaldum
RF 11 Mohamed Salah 31'
CF 9 Roberto Firmino
LF 19 Sadio Mané 82'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Simon Mignolet
DF 2 Nathaniel Clyne
DF 17 Ragnar Klavan
DF 18 Alberto Moreno
MF 20 Adam Lallana 31'
MF 23 Emre Can 83'
FW 29 Dominic Solanke
Manager:
Jürgen Klopp
Man of the Match:
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)[1]
Assistant referees:[2]
Milovan Ristić (Serbia)
Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)
Fourth official:[2]
Clément Turpin (France)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Nenad Đokić (Serbia)
Danilo Grujić (Serbia)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Nemanja Petrović (Serbia)
Match rules[46]
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Statistics[edit]
First half[47]
Statistic
Real Madrid
Liverpool
Goals scored
0 0
Total shots
5 9
Shots on target
0 1
Saves
1 0
Ball possession
65% 35%
Corner kicks
2 2
Fouls committed
2 10
Offsides
4 1
Yellow cards
0 0
Red cards
0 0
Second half[47]
Statistic
Real Madrid
Liverpool
Goals scored
3 1
Total shots
7 3
Shots on target
5 1
Saves
0 2
Ball possession
58% 42%
Corner kicks
7 3
Fouls committed
3 8
Offsides
3 2
Yellow cards
0 1
Red cards
0 0
Overall[47]
Statistic
Real Madrid
Liverpool
Goals scored
3 1
Total shots
12 12
Shots on target
5 2
Saves
1 2
Ball possession
62% 38%
Corner kicks
9 5
Fouls committed
5 18
Offsides
7 3
Yellow cards
0 1
Red cards
0 0
Post-match[edit]
Postage stamp of Ukraine, 2018
Captain Sergio Ramos hoisting the European Champion Clubs' Cup as Real Madrid celebrate winning the final
Real Madrid became the first team since Bayern Munich in 1974–76 to win three consecutive UEFA Champions Leagues or European Cups.[44] The title was Madrid's 13th, another Champions League record, and their fourth in five years.[44] Real Madrid's victory was the fifth consecutive title for a Spanish side in the Champions League, becoming the longest run for the trophy to be held by teams from the same country since English sides won six consecutive titles between 1977 and 1982.[48]
Manager Zinedine Zidane became the first to win three consecutive Champions League titles and matched Carlo Ancelotti's record of Champions League era wins.[49] Five days after the final, Zidane announced that he would step down as manager in favour of a "different voice".[50] Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to win the Champions League five times, surpassing the record set by Clarence Seedorf in 2007 and by Andrés Iniesta in 2015.[51]
Gareth Bale became the first substitute to score two goals in a Champions League final and was named man of the match.[52][53] His first goal received acclaim as one of the best in Champions League history and was compared to Ronaldo's bicycle kick goal against Juventus in the quarter-final and manager Zinedine Zidane's goal in the 2002 final.[39][54]
Sergio Ramos's tackle on Mohamed Salah received mixed reactions from the press and fans on whether the injury was the result of a deliberate blow or an accident.[55] Egyptian fans responded with anger on social media, including insults that became trending topics on Twitter.[56] A Change.org petition calling on UEFA and FIFA to punish Ramos for the challenge received 400,000 signatures within two days.[57] A separate incident involving Ramos and Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius raised questions after a video showed him allegedly elbowing Karius in the face prior to his first goalkeeping error.[58][59] UEFA declined to take action against Ramos for the incident with Karius.[60] After an examination, on 4 June 2018, physiatrist Ross Zafonte at the Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement that Karius suffered a concussion during the match and that, according to him, it was possible the concussion would affect the player's performance.[61]
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp lost his sixth of seven major finals, including Champions League and league cups.[43] After the match, Loris Karius tearfully apologised to Liverpool supporters who remained in the stands and stated that his mistakes "lost the team the final".[62] After the match, Karius received online death threats and hate messages directed at him and his family.[63]
See also[edit]
Association football portal
Ukraine portal
2018 UEFA Europa League Final
2018 UEFA Super Cup
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External links[edit]
UEFA Champions League (official website)
UEFA Champions League history: 2017/18
2018 UEFA Champions League final: Kyiv, UEFA.com
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Groundhog Day 2013 in Punxsutawney featuring Phil
Punxsutawney Phil is the name of a groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. On February 2 (Groundhog Day) each year, the town of Punxsutawney celebrates the legendary groundhog with a festive atmosphere of music and food. During the ceremony, which begins well before the winter sunrise, Phil emerges from his temporary home on Gobbler's Knob, located in a rural area about 2 miles (3 km) south-east of town. According to the tradition, if Phil sees his shadow and returns to his hole, he has predicted six more weeks of winter-like weather. If Phil does not see his shadow, he has predicted an "early spring."[1] The date of Phil's prognostication is known as Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada, and has been celebrated since 1887. Punxsutawney Phil became an international celebrity thanks to the 1993 movie Groundhog Day.
A select group, called the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, takes care of Phil year-round and also plans the annual ceremony. Members of the Inner Circle are recognizable by their top hats and tuxedos. The Vice President of the Inner Circle prepares two scrolls in advance of the actual ceremony, one proclaiming six more weeks of winter and one proclaiming an early spring. At day break, on February 2, Punxsutawney Phil awakens from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob, is helped to the top of the stump by his handlers, and explains to the President of the Inner Circle, in a language known as "Groundhogese", whether or not he has seen his shadow. The President of the Inner Circle, the only person able to understand Groundhogese through his possession of an ancient acacia wood cane, then interprets Phil's message, and directs the Vice President to read the proper scroll to the anxiously anticipating crowd gathered on Gobbler's Knob and the masses of "phaithful phollowers" tuned in to live broadcasts around the world.
The Inner Circle scripts the Groundhog Day ceremonies in advance, with the decision on whether or not Phil will see his shadow made beforehand. The Inner Circle maintains kayfabe throughout the year, never acknowledging the ruse, and its criteria for whether or not spring will arrive early is a trade secret.[2] The Stormfax Almanac has made note of the weather conditions on each Groundhog Day since 1999; the Almanac has recorded 12 incidents in a 20-year span in which the Groundhog was claimed to have seen his shadow while the sky was cloudy or there was rain or snow coming down, and one case in which the groundhog did not see his shadow despite sunshine.[3]
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1 Punxsutawney Phil lore
2 In media and popular culture
3 Past predictions
3.1 Predictive accuracy
3.2 Residence
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
Punxsutawney Phil lore[edit]
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog who may or may not see his shadow.
The practices and lore of Punxsutawney Phil's predictions are predicated on a light-hearted suspension of disbelief by those involved. According to the lore, there is only one Phil, and all other groundhogs are impostors.[4] It is claimed that this one groundhog has lived to make weather prognostications since 1886, sustained by drinks of "groundhog punch" or "elixir of life" administered at the annual Groundhog Picnic in the fall.[4] In this respect, Punxsutawney Phil is unique; the lifespan of a groundhog in the wild is roughly six years.[5]
According to the Groundhog Club, Phil, after the prediction, speaks to the club president in "Groundhogese", which only the current president can understand, and then his prediction is translated for the entire world.[4]
The Groundhog Day celebration is rooted in a Celtic and Germanic tradition that says that if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on February 2, the Pagan holiday of Imbolc (known among Christians as Candlemas), winter and cold weather will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says, spring will come early. In Germany, the tradition evolved into a myth that if the sun came out on Candlemas, a hedgehog would cast its shadow, predicting snow all the way into May.[6] When German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania, they transferred the tradition onto local fauna, replacing hedgehogs with groundhogs.
Each year two scrolls are prepared by the vice president of the Inner Circle: one says early spring and one says six more weeks of winter. These scrolls are placed during the ceremony on the stump and after Phil is awoken by the crowd, Phil communicates in Groundhogese to the President who is then directed by Phil to the proper scroll and forecast.
In media and popular culture[edit]
Miniature replica at MRRV, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh
Phil and the town of Punxsutawney were portrayed in the 1993 film Groundhog Day. The actual town used to portray Punxsutawney in the film is Woodstock, Illinois.
In 1995, Phil flew to Chicago for a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which aired on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1995.[7]
Phil was the main attraction in "Groundhog Day", the April 10, 2005 episode of the MTV series Viva La Bam. In the episode, street skater Bam Margera holds a downhill race in honor of Punxsutawney Phil at Bear Creek Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania.
In March 2013, a Butler County, Ohio prosecutor named Michael Gmoser made international headlines after issuing an indictment against the groundhog by e-mail calling for the death penalty for "misrepresentation of early spring, an Unclassified Felony, and against the peace and dignity of the State Of Ohio".[8][9] On that day, the maximum temperature of the day within the region was close to a record low, with snow having fallen, and temperatures were predicted to remain below seasonal averages for at least the next several days.[10] No such indictment was made against Ohio prediction groundhog Buckeye Chuck, who also failed to see his shadow.[11] The prosecutor later stated that he would consider a pardon because Phil's handler (Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle) was taking the blame for the mistake, "because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's 'groundhog-ese'". Deeley noted that the indictment had "generated more publicity than a $10,000 ad campaign".[12]
On February 11, 2015, the Merrimack Police Department in New Hampshire issued an arrest warrant for Punxsutawney Phil for having failed to disclose the extreme amounts of snow that would ensue after Groundhog Day.[13]
In 2016, Punxsutawney Phil was again a character in Groundhog Day the Broadway musical version of the Groundhog Day movie. In the musical the groundhog takes on a more mythical incorporation, as if it is more involved in the main character's predicament.
March 21, 2018 Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Pennsylvania issued an arrest warrant for Punxsutawney Phil for deception, citing that winter was only supposed to last 6 more weeks which would have ended on March 16th. The county suffered a snowstorm on the second day of spring.[14]
Past predictions[edit]
Past predictions (130 total)
Long winter - 103 (79.23%)
Early spring - 18 (13.85%)
No record - 9 (6.92%)
Year
Prediction[15]
1887–1888 "Long winter"
1889 No record
1890 "Early spring"
1891–1897 No record
1898 "Long winter"
1899 No record
1900–1901 "Long winter"
1902 "Early spring"
1903–1933 "Long winter"
1934 "Early spring"
1935–1941 "Long winter"
1942 "War clouds have blacked out parts of the shadow."[16]
1943 No appearance
1944–1949 "Long winter"
1950 "Early spring"
1951–1969 "Long winter"
1970 "Early spring"
1971–1974 "Long winter"
1975 "Early spring"
1976–1982 "Long winter"
1983 "Early spring"
1984–1985 "Long winter"
1986 "Early spring"
1987 "Long winter"
1988 "Early spring"
1989 "Long winter"
1990 "Early spring"
1991–1994 "Long winter"
1995 "Early spring"
1996 "Long winter"
1997 "Early spring"
1998 "Long winter"
1999 "Early spring"
2000–2006 "Long winter"
2007 "Early spring"
2008–2010 "Long winter"
2011 "Early spring"
2012 "Long winter"
2013 "Early spring"
2014–2015 "Long winter"
2016 "Early spring"
2017-2018 "Long winter"
Predictive accuracy[edit]
As of 2018, Punxsutawney Phil has made 132 predictions, with an early spring (no shadow) predicted 18 times (13.63%). The Inner Circle, in keeping with kayfabe, claims a 100% accuracy rate, and an approximately 80% accuracy rate in recorded predictions (claiming in turn that whenever the prediction is wrong, the person in charge of translating the message must have made a mistake in his interpretation).
Most estimates of the groundhog's accuracy have given results somewhere between 35% and 40%.[17]
Residence[edit]
Phil resides in a special enclosure at the town library.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Groundhog.org FAQ". Groundhog.org. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
Jump up ^ "Punxsutawney Phil, Poor Richard make Groundhog Day predictions". The Evening Sun. Hanover, PA. February 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015. Despite the German legend, Phil's handlers don't wait to see if he sees his shadow - as he likely would not have on such an overcast day. Instead, the Inner Circle decide on the forecast ahead of time(...)
Jump up ^ Stormfax. "Groundhog Day History from Stormfax®". www.stormfax.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Fun Facts". The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
Jump up ^ Marmota monax (Linnaeus); Woodchuck Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.. Pick4.pick.uga.edu. Retrieved on 2014-06-10.
Jump up ^ "Groundhog Day, Hedgehogs and Candlemas". www.bellaonline.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
Jump up ^ Pulling, Anne Frances (2001). Around Punxsutawney (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7385-0530-5.
Jump up ^ "Punxsutawny Phil sentenced to DEATH: Ohio court indicts famous groundhog with misrepresentation of Spring after cold weather continues". Daily Mail. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Prosecutor indicts groundhog for misrepresentation of early spring". WHIO-TV. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Simpson says Friday sun before Sunday snow". WHIO-TV. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Prediction groundhog faces 'death'". 3 News NZ. March 25, 2013.
Jump up ^ Mandak, Joe (March 25, 2013). "Pa. groundhog's handler taking blame for forecast". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Jump up ^ Police want to take Punxsutawney Phil into custody, USA Today, February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
Jump up ^ Earl, Jennifer. "Punxsutawney Phil 'wanted' by Pennsylvania police for deception". Fox News.
Jump up ^ "Groundhog Day". Stormfax Weather Almanac. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Punxsutawney Phil celebrates 125th birthday". The Punxsutawney Spirit.
Jump up ^ "Groundhog Forecasters versus the U.S. Temperature Record". NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
Further reading[edit]
Potter, Sean (2008). "February 2, 1886: The First Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania". Weatherwise. 61 (1): 16–7. doi:10.3200/WEWI.61.1.16-17.
Moutran, Julia Spencer (1987). The story of Punxsutawney Phil, "the fearless forecaster". Avon, Connecticut: Literary Publications. ISBN 978-0-9617819-0-3.
Benesh, Julie Ellen (2011). Becoming Punxsutawney Phil: Symbols and metaphors of transformation in Groundhog Day (PhD Thesis). Fielding Graduate University.
Aaron, Michael A.; Boyd, Brewster B.; Curtis, Melanie J.; Sommers, Paul M. (2001). "Punxsutawney's Phenomenal Phorecaster" (PDF). The College Mathematics Journal. 32 (1): 26–29. doi:10.2307/2687216. JSTOR 2687216. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-13.
External links[edit]
Gobbler's Knobb Tradition
Groundhog.org. the official site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
The Oddities of Groundhog Day. Onward State.
Visiting Phil at Punxsutawney Library
Coordinates: 40°56′10″N 78°57′14″W / 40.93611°N 78.95389°W / 40.93611; -78.95389
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