In games and sports, a tiebreaker is used to determine a winner from among players or teams that are tied at the end of a contest, or a set of contests. A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively
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In matches
In some situations, the tiebreaker may consist of another round of play. For example, if contestants are tied at the end of a quiz game, they each might be asked one or more extra questions, and whoever correctly answers the most from that extra set is the winner. A quiz is a form of Game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams attempt to answer questions correctly In many sports, teams that are tied at the end of a match compete in an additional period of play called "overtime" or "extra time". Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a Sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time The extra round may also not follow the regular format, e. g. a tiebreak in tennis or a penalty shootout in football (soccer). Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Penalty shootouts in football (soccer) usually occur in knock-out tournaments, such as cup competitions. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered When two teams are level at the end of extra time, each team gets to take five penalty kicks each. Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time A penalty kick is a type of free kick in Association football, taken from twelve yards (approximately eleven metres out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of If the winner still hasn't been decided, the shootout goes into sudden death mode, where each team has one penalty each until a winner is decided. A tie is broken first by one 5 minute period. If a team has still yet to score then they go into another 5 minute period. If still after these 10 minutes no team has scored it goes into penalty kicks.
The match may instead be replayed in its entirety. A replay in sports refers to a second game between two teams after the first game's results were either nullified or ended in a draw.
In tournaments
In some sports and tournaments, the tiebreaker is a statistic that is compared to separate contestants who have the same win-loss record, particularly for the purpose of awarding prizes to the top players. In a group tournament, unlike a knockout tournament, there is no decisive final match A tournament (IPA) is a Competition involving a relatively large number of competitors all participating in a Sport or Game. Some competitions, such as the FIFA World Cup, the Euroleague and the National Football League, have a whole set of tiebreaking rules in which a group of statistics between the tied teams are compared, one at a time, to determine the seeding in their respective knockout tournament. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football EuroLeague WomenThe Euroleague (EL is one of the professional Basketball competitions in Europe, with teams from thirteen different European countries The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of Tournament where the loser of each A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of Tournament where the loser of each In many of these tiebreaking rules, if the teams remain tied after comparing all of these statistics, then the tie is broken at random using a coin toss or a drawing of lots. Coin flipping or coin tossing is the practice of throwing a Coin in the air to resolve a Dispute between two parties or otherwise choose between two alternatives Swiss system tournaments use a variety of criteria not found in other types of tournament which exploit features specific to the Swiss system: see tie-breaking in Swiss system tournaments. A Swiss system tournament is a commonly used type of Tournament in Chess, bridge, Scrabble, squash, Magic The Gathering Tie-break systems are used in Chess Swiss system tournaments to break ties between players who have the same total number of points after the last round
In Field Target
Field Target — a precision air rifle shooting sport — uses either a sudden-death or shot count tiebreaker. Field Target is an outdoor Air gun discipline originating in the United Kingdom, on the late 1980s but gaining popularity worldwide "Air rifle" and "Air pistol" redirect here For other uses see Air gun (disambiguation An air gun ( air rifle The sudden-death tiebreaker (usually used to determine a single place such as 3rd when 3 awards are to be given or between two shooters) consists of each tied shooter (order dictated or decided by coin-toss or other technique) shoots at a target (typically a difficult shot such as ½" at 35 yards). If all shooters in the tie fail, then the target is moved closer. If one shooter hits, then the next shooter(s) who miss are out of the competition. If a round is complete with multiple ties remaining, the target is moved out (made more difficult) and the same procedure is repeated until only one shooter remains. This procedure can then be repeated to determine further placings among the losers of the previous round.
In cases where multiple places are to be determined (as in five people tied for first place), one approach is to have each shooter make several shots (n-1 or more with n being the number of tied shooters). If all shooters miss all shots, the target is moved-in (made easier); similarly, if all shooters hit on all shots, the target is moved-out (made more difficult). If some variation in hits exists after a round, the top score gets the highest placing while those with identical scores can have a sudden-death shootout or a repeat of the multiple shot shootout (typically with a more difficult target) to determine other placings.
See also
Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a Sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw A Tennis match is composed of sets. The winner of a specified number of sets (typically two or three wins the matchDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic