Trận cuối, nếu Thụy Điển thắng Mexico, Đức thắng Hàn, như vậy 3 đội 6 điểm thì sẽ dựa vào:
Goal difference
Goals scored
Head-to-head
Fair play system
So what happens when teams finish with the same points and goal difference? Goal takes a look at the tournament tie-breakers.
To begin with, the basic principle of a World Cup group is that the two teams with the most points after three games progress to the next stage of the competition.
However, occasionally two or more teams will finish on the same points tally. In that scenario, the teams are placed according to their goal difference, with a greater goal difference being rewarded.
Some groups feature teams who are locked level on points and goal difference, so if they finish the group that way, the overall number of goals scored are taken into consideration - the more goals, the better.
So to summarise:
Highest number of points
Goal difference
Goals scored
If teams are totally equal in terms of the aforementioned three criteria, further tie-breakers are used to determine the ranking order.
First of all, the head-to-head results between the teams in question come into play. So, if Mexico and Sweden in Group F are tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, the result between them is used, with the winner given precedence.
After that, the goal difference in the group games between the teams concerned is used, then the number of goals scored by the teams in those games.
If, after all that, the teams cannot be separated, then the fair play system is used, with the most disciplined of the level teams being rewarded.
For fair play, the team with the greatest number of fair play points is ranked higher. Only one of the following deductions are applied to a single player in a game: a yellow card brings about a deduction of -1, an indirect red (second yellow) costs -3, a direct red costs -4 and a yellow card plus a direct red card is a deduction of -5.
Remarkably, if none of those extensive criteria - involving a number of variables - cannot separate the teams, then FIFA simply draws lots to decide who finishes where.
Again, to summarise all of those points:
Highest number of points
Goal difference
Goals scored
Points obtained in group games between teams concerned
Goal difference from games involving teams concerned
Number of goals scored in games between teams concerned
Fair play points
Drawing of lots by FIFA
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