Task: World Cup group stage
C#: using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Linq.Enumerable;

namespace WorldCupGroupStage
{
    public static class WorldCupGroupStage
    {
        static int[][] _histogram;

        static WorldCupGroupStage()
        {
            int[] scoring = new[] { 0, 1, 3 };

            _histogram = Repeat<Func<int[]>>(()=>new int[10], 4).Select(f=>f()).ToArray();

            var teamCombos = Range(0, 4).Combinations(2).Select(t2=>t2.ToArray()).ToList();

            foreach (var results in Range(0, 3).CartesianProduct(6))
            {
                var points = new int[4]; 

                foreach (var (result, teams) in results.Zip(teamCombos, (r, t) => (r, t)))
                {
                    points[teams[0]] += scoring[result];
                    points[teams[1]] += scoring[2 - result];
                }

                foreach(var (p,i) in points.OrderByDescending(a => a).Select((p,i)=>(p,i)))
                    _histogram[i][p]++;
            }
        }
      
       
       
       static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> CartesianProduct<T>(this IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> seqs) => 
            seqs.Aggregate(Empty<T>().ToSingleton(), (acc, sq) => acc.SelectMany(a => sq.Select(s => a.Append(s))));
        
       static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> CartesianProduct<T>(this IEnumerable<T> seq, int repeat = 1) => 
            Repeat(seq, repeat).CartesianProduct();

       static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> Combinations<T>(this IEnumerable<T> seq) => 
            seq.Aggregate(Empty<T>().ToSingleton(), (a, b) => a.Concat(a.Select(x => x.Append(b))));

       static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> Combinations<T>(this IEnumerable<T> seq, int numItems) => 
            seq.Combinations().Where(s => s.Count() == numItems);

        private static IEnumerable<T> ToSingleton<T>(this T item) { yield return item; }

        static new string ToString()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            var range = String.Concat(Range(0, 10).Select(i => $"{i,-3} "));
            sb.AppendLine($"Points      : {range}");

            var u = String.Concat(Repeat("─", 40+13));
            sb.AppendLine($"{u}");

            var places = new[] { "First", "Second", "Third", "Fourth" };
            foreach (var row in _histogram.Select((r, i) => (r, i)))
            {
                sb.Append($"{places[row.i],-6} place: ");
                foreach (var standing in row.r)
                    sb.Append($"{standing,-3} ");
                sb.Append("\n");
            }

            return sb.ToString();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Write(ToString());
            Read();
        }
    }
}

VB: Imports System.Text

Module Module1

    Dim games As New List(Of String) From {"12", "13", "14", "23", "24", "34"}
    Dim results = "000000"

    Function FromBase3(num As String) As Integer
        Dim out = 0
        For Each c In num
            Dim d = Asc(c) - Asc("0"c)
            out = 3 * out + d
        Next
        Return out
    End Function

    Function ToBase3(num As Integer) As String
        Dim ss As New StringBuilder

        While num > 0
            Dim re = num Mod 3
            num \= 3
            ss.Append(re)
        End While

        Return New String(ss.ToString().Reverse().ToArray())
    End Function

    Function NextResult() As Boolean
        If results = "222222" Then
            Return False
        End If

        Dim res = FromBase3(results)

        Dim conv = ToBase3(res + 1)
        results = conv.PadLeft(6, "0"c)

        Return True
    End Function

    Sub Main()
        Dim points(0 To 3, 0 To 9) As Integer
        Do
            Dim records(0 To 3) As Integer
            For index = 0 To games.Count - 1
                Select Case results(index)
                    Case "2"c
                        records(Asc(games(index)(0)) - Asc("1"c)) += 3
                    Case "1"c
                        records(Asc(games(index)(0)) - Asc("1"c)) += 1
                        records(Asc(games(index)(1)) - Asc("1"c)) += 1
                    Case "0"c
                        records(Asc(games(index)(1)) - Asc("1"c)) += 3
                End Select
            Next

            Array.Sort(records)
            For index = 0 To records.Length - 1
                Dim t = records(index)
                points(index, t) += 1
            Next
        Loop While NextResult()

        Console.WriteLine("POINTS       0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9")
        Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------------------------------")
        Dim places As New List(Of String) From {"1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th"}
        For i = 0 To places.Count - 1
            Console.Write("{0} place", places(i))
            For j = 0 To 9
                Console.Write("{0,5}", points(3 - i, j))
            Next
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next
    End Sub

End Module