Outwitters WORLD CUP Winner - Alvendor (SWEDEN)

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(09-27-2012 08:08 AM)awpertunity Wrote:  I was just following the actual World Cup rules

The ranking of each team in each group will 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 scored in all group matches.
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.


I left out c) though because of exactly what you say.

Ah. Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware of the specifics of the tiebreakers in the World Cup.

Quote:It's funny though, apparently this exact point you brought up is an ongoing debate by World Cup spectators and I didn't even know about it.

"This all seems well and good, but personally I’d like to see more weight given to head-to-head results. If two teams finish with the same number of points but one team has beaten the other, I think the winning team deserves to go through. It should be as simple as that."

It's interesting that this has been brought up there too. I suppose extending that to Outwitters it would indeed be odd if a player lost to another in head to head but had 1 or 2 higher point differential and advanced as a result. That's not too likely to happen though especially now that most of the group results have been finalized.

Quote:But you are definitely right in that goals in soccer are actually more true to the differential scale than the arbitrary point system we are using here.

Yea, that's why I found it odd but thanks to your response I now see why you made the tiebreakers this way =)