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Section 8

Tie-Breaking Procedures

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8.1 General Principle

When two or more teams are level on points at the end of the group stage, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied in sequence until the teams are separated. If all criteria are exhausted, the tie is resolved by drawing of lots supervised by the OC.

8.2 Football Tie-Breaking

  1. Goal Difference (goals scored minus goals conceded)
  2. Goals Scored (higher total preferred)
  3. Head-to-Head Result (result between the tied teams)
  4. Fair Play Score (fewer disciplinary points: Yellow = 1pt, Red = 3pts, Yellow + Red = 4pts)
  5. Drawing of Lots

8.3 Netball Tie-Breaking

  1. Goal Difference
  2. Goals Scored
  3. Head-to-Head Result
  4. Drawing of Lots

8.4 Volleyball Tie-Breaking

  1. Matches Won (total number of match victories)
  2. Set Ratio (sets won divided by sets lost)
  3. Point Ratio (points scored divided by points lost across all sets)
  4. Head-to-Head Result
  5. Fair Play Score
  6. Drawing of Lots

8.5 Kho Kho Tie-Breaking

  1. Point Difference (points scored minus points conceded)
  2. Points Scored (higher total preferred)
  3. Head-to-Head Result
  4. Fair Play Score
  5. Drawing of Lots

8.6 Knockout Match Tie-Breaking

In knockout matches that end in a draw/tie after regulation time:

SportProcedure
FootballExtra time (2 × 15 min), then penalty kicks (5 each, then sudden death)
NetballExtra time (2 × 7 min), then the team that scored first in extra time wins
VolleyballN/A — sets are always decisive (best of 3, with deciding set to 15 points)
Kho KhoExtra innings (2 turns × 9 min each), repeated until a winner emerges