Questions tagged [tie-breaker]
Questions about tiebreakers, a rule or method for deciding the winner of tied teams or players after a competition. Questions using this tag should also be tagged with the specific sport(s) in question.
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How far down the list of tiebreakers has FIFA gone for the World Cup?
According to Wikipedia, FIFA uses the following list of tiebreakers when deciding who qualifies to participate in the World Cup (i.e. who gets to compete in the World Cup at all, not who qualifies ...
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Does strength of victory include teams a team has tied?
In figuring the NFL's strength of victory tie-breaker, what about teams a team has tied? In other calculations, a tie is counted as half a victory.
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A player doesn't want to take a kick during kicks from the penalty mark
I happened to see the final of Women's football at Tokyo Olympics between Canada and Sweden. Since there were quite a few saves and misses during kicks from the penalty mark, I have a hypothetical ...
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NFL strength of schedule in deciding playoffs and draft picks
Why is a lower strength of schedule percentage better than a higher one when determining a playoff spot or a draft pick?
I would expect that a stronger schedule wins out over a weaker one.
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How do Southeastern Conference football records compare for divisional tiebreakers?
In the SEC (Southeastern Conference) for NCAA football, division tiebreaker rule 1.B states the following:
B. Records of the tied teams within the division;
In this context, precisely how do “...
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How to decide winner in football if match ties in extra time?
In Cricket if the Super Over also ends in a tie, the winner is typically decided by the number of boundaries scored throughout the match.
So how they decide the winner in football if match tie in ...
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Have any professional sporting tiebreaks been decided by a coin toss (or equivalent)?
In most professional sporting events that involve some form of ranking system to determine an overall winner, or progression into later stages, there are a series of tie-breaker rules to determine a ...
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What happens if kicks from the penalty mark are drawn indefinitely?
In football, what is the rule when both the team score equally indefinitely in kicks from the penalty mark?
Do they keep going and going or will they toss or something to decide the winner?
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What is the highest strength of victory that can be attained by an NFL team?
A follow-up to the question What is “Strength of Victory”?:
I was trying to find the theoretical maximum of a team's strength of victory (SOV) after an NFL regular season is complete. Certainly, just ...
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Is Djokovic - Federer 2019 the first Wimbledon match to have a tiebreak in the final set?
Right now, a tiebreak is being played in the Wimbledon 2019 men's final between Djokovic and Federer. This is different from how it was before; in past Wimbledon tournaments, players were required to ...
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Group Stage Qualification Conundrum
We've had a bit of a situation in a tournament and I just wondered how other people would have solved it. See attached image for details. We had 3 teams who were very equal on many/all of the ...
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In a ranking system, what value is conventional for scores/set/points quotient when the divisor is 0?
For instance, in volleyball they use set quotient or points quotient as tie-breakers. They are simply the result of sets/points won divided by sets/points lost. But what if sets/points lost is 0? What ...
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Tennis tiebreak in doubles
What are the rules for a tiebreak in doubles tennis, particularly with service? What are the similarities and differences between a doubles tiebreak and a singles tiebreak?
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Why were MLS-style tiebreakers discontinued?
In the 1980s and 1990s the NASL and MLS used an unusual kind of penalty shoot-out to decide drawn games.
The system used was like that used in hockey: starting from 35 yards out, an attacking player ...
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Fifa World Cup 2018 Group F Qualification Scenarios
With Germany winning 2-1 against Sweden yesterday, the group F qualification scenarios have become complex.
In the next round of group games, if Germany beat South Korea 1-0, Sweden beat Mexico 1-0. ...
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What will be the standing of teams in a situation, where 3 teams have equal points and tournament rules don't specify tie-breakers between 3 teams?
A league of 8 teams playing with each other 2 times, 3 teams have equal points.
A vs B: 2-0, 2-1
C vs A: 2-0, 2-1
B vs C: 6-2, 1-2
Goal difference:
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C -12
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What would happen in a tie in a Cricket World Cup final?
Would the ICC take the T20 approach and take a super over? Or have one of those bowl-out things that used to be used as T20 tie-breakers?
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Would Ireland qualify for the 2019 Cricket World Cup if their game against Afghanistan ended in a tie?
The BBC website seems to say that Zimbabwe would qualify instead of Ireland, but surely if it was a tie, it would go down to net run rate between the two teams?
A BBC results table here indicates ...
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Tiebreakers for best loser in a single elimination playoff [duplicate]
In an instance where three teams were beaten by 3:1, 4:2 and 5:3, which team qualifies as best losers?
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A strange kick from the penalty mark scored: should a goal be given? [duplicate]
During October 2017, a football game in Thailand went to twenty (20) rounds of sudden death in kicks from the penalty mark.
The twentieth kick for the team going first hit the crossbar and deflected ...
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Tie-breakers in the group
The ranking of each team in each group shall be determined as follows:
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b) goal difference in all group matches;
c) greatest number of goals ...
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MLB tiebreaker: 1977
What were the tie-breaker procedures back in the 1970's in case 3 American League teams were tied for their division lead at season's end?
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Why are Raiders stand higher than Chiefs after week 1?
Each have one win. According to tiebreaking procedures, it should be:
H2H record (not applicable)
Record within division (not applicable)
Record in common games (not applicable)
Record within ...
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Tying relegation rules EPL vs EFL
Could someone confirm the following discrepancy which appears to be a difference between EPL and EFL relegation rules in event of a tie on points, goal-difference, and goals-scored?
From potentially ...
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Tie breaker rules during penalty shootouts, when the lighting is poor
In a league tournament, the points and goals were equal between two teams. A playoff game was scheduled, but this ended in a draw. Kicks from the penalty mark were used to separate the teams, but it ...
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Why doesn't Wimbledon have final set tie break?
Wimbledon is the only tennis grand slam that doesn't have a final set tie break. This means that there is no maximum number of games in the 5th set (for men). Famously John Isner and Nicolas Mahut ...
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Who will qualify for semi-final?
I wonder which team will qualify if following scenario happen?
Here is the scenario:
According to group A's point table after Bangladesh defeat New
Zealand, if match between Australia and ...
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Why did Hapoel Be'er Sheva go through over Southampton in UEFA EL 2016-'17?
I scrolled through some soccer leagues and I accidentally came across the following situation. It's about Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Southampton from Group K in the 2016-'17 UEFA Europa League. To start, ...
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Tie breaking in association football championships
I'm pretty sure the algorithm established by FIFA in order to rank teams during 2014 World Cup group stages is ambiguous for the case of three or more teams having equal number of points.
The rule is ...
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At the end of the season, what decides tiebreakers in the NHL? [duplicate]
If at the end of an NHL seasons if 2 teams tie in points, who gets the higher seed? What break ties? And if that thing is tied too, what further breaks the tie? And what would a perfect tie be?
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World Baseball Classic: Pool with three-way tie
Considering round-robin play, where each team play another in its bracket once:
How would the following three-way tie be resolved:
Pool X
Team A 2-1
Team B 2-1
Team C 2-1
Team D 0-3
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Pittsburgh had to lose to make the playoffs [closed]
Nearing the end of a historic season, it was possible for Pittsburgh to make the playoffs only if they lost a game:
by losing, they might be in a 3-team tiebreaker which they would win.
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Division Tie breaker
OK, I think there is a simple answer, but my buddy and I just can't agree. If Patriots and Dolphins were both 10-6....but the Dolphins beat Pats twice...YET..the Pats had a 4-2 Divison record while ...
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UEFA Champions League Group Stage When Even on Points
I've looked into the UEFA rules for deciding which team is ranked higher in case they're tied on points, however this wording confuses me.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of ...
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Is there an ATP 1000 that can end without a tie-break? Why not?
Is there an ATP 1000 that can end without a tie-break? Why not?
It seems unfair to end with a tie break.
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How can an American football team tie with another team?
I am a football beginner, but still a fan. I've been wondering how could an American football team tie with another team. I know that there is OT (overtime), and I'm not sure if the game ends with a ...
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Are there some major cup competitions not using away goals rule?
Away goals rule is often used in cups competitions and knock-out stages competition. It is applicable for two-legged ties, i.e. when the teams play one game home and one game away. If the two teams ...
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The longest super tie break?
What is the longest super tie break (10 points final set) in tennis history in official ATP and WTA matches?
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What is tie-break for match in tennis?
In US-Open 2015 mixed doubles final I saw tie-break instead of the third set.
What is that ?
Is it applied only in mixed doubles?
When this rule is applied in tennis?
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How many of the NFL tiebreakers have actually been used?
The NFL has a long list of tie-breaking procedures. There are seven separate lists of rules depending on possible tie situations. However, it seems incredibly unlikely that two teams would have:
Tied ...
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What is used as tie-breaker in mountain classification?
If Mikel Landa finished 2nd in the yesterday's (30 May 2015) stage of Giro d'Italia, both him and Giovanni Visconti would have 125 points in mountains classification. The last stage is flat, no points ...
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What is used as tie-breaker for cyclists with the same time in GC?
If several riders finish a cycling race with the same total time, what is used as a secondary criterion in general classification?
For example, in this years Paris-Nice Michal Kwiatkowski, Rui Costa ...
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Why chasing team allowed to bat first in super over?
Super Over is the concept introduced in the T20 leagues to decide the winner of a tied game. It is basically a one over match with only two allowed wickets to the batting side. Why is it that the ...
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NFL the playoff race tie breakers regarding common games record
Based on the rankings explanation provided by CBS regarding the NFL playoff situation; CBS provides something regarding a common record:
Seattle is ahead of Detroit based on common games record (4-...
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How do teams progress to the 2nd stage in case of same points?
I am not very familiar with football. I only follow football matches during world cups. Suppose two teams end up the first group with same points then how the final group standing is decided? I can ...
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Who wins a league (EPL) if two teams have the same number of points? [duplicate]
Is there any rule defined by UEFA or FIFA?
If more teams have the same number of points in a league after the finishing game, what is the rule to declare a winner??
Were there any rule updates by ...
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Super Over tie rule
It is mentioned in this post that if the boundaries count in the main match is equal then a count-back from the final ball of the one over eliminator would be
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Consider if still it ...
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What is tie-breaking procedure in NHL (regular season)?
What is tie-breaking procedure in NHL (regular season)?
How are standings for the teams in the NHL table decided. What is used as a secondary criterion, if the teams have the same number of points?
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What tie-breaker is used in the ATP ranking, when two players have the same number of points?
If two players have exactly the same number of points in the ATP ranking, what further criteria are used to determine which of them will be higher in the ranking?
I am aware of the fact that this is ...
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How are tiebreakers determined among teams within an NFL conference?
This question mentions how tiebreakers are determined among teams within a division.
During the 2013 NFL season, a scenario has developed where four teams are eligible (Baltimore and Pittsburgh - AFC ...
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