Sep 11, 2011, 6:39 pm
[quote name='skangles' timestamp='1315760928' post='33876']
I do not understand the tiebreaker. How did Serbia already qualify and why does Germany need to beat Lithuania by 11 points? I thought the tiebreaker was point differential but Serbia's point differential is pretty terrible and Germany could beat Lithuania by anything short of a blowout and both Germany and Lithuania would have better point differentials than Serbia. What is the tiebreaker method that is being used?
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Alright I have done some research. I guess it is only head to head to head point differential for some crazy reason. Lithuania is +10 Serbia is +1 and Germany is -11.
Scenario 1: Germany beats Lithuania by 8 points or less = lithuania 3rd serbia 4th
Scenario 2: Germany beats Lithuania by 9 points = lithuania and serbia tie on differential, I have no clue who gets 3rd and who gets 4th
Scenario 3 Germany beats Lithuania by 10 points = serbia 3rd lithuania 4th
Scenario 4 Germany beats Lithuania by 11 points = serbia 3rd germany 4th
Scenario 5 Germany beats Lithuania by 12 points = germany and serbia tie on differential, I have no clue who gets 3rd and who gets 4th
Scenario 6 Germany beats Lithuania by 13 points or more = germany 3rd serbia 4th
Scenario 7 Lithuania beats Germany by any amont = lithuania 3rd serbia 4th
I do not understand the tiebreaker. How did Serbia already qualify and why does Germany need to beat Lithuania by 11 points? I thought the tiebreaker was point differential but Serbia's point differential is pretty terrible and Germany could beat Lithuania by anything short of a blowout and both Germany and Lithuania would have better point differentials than Serbia. What is the tiebreaker method that is being used?
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Alright I have done some research. I guess it is only head to head to head point differential for some crazy reason. Lithuania is +10 Serbia is +1 and Germany is -11.
Scenario 1: Germany beats Lithuania by 8 points or less = lithuania 3rd serbia 4th
Scenario 2: Germany beats Lithuania by 9 points = lithuania and serbia tie on differential, I have no clue who gets 3rd and who gets 4th
Scenario 3 Germany beats Lithuania by 10 points = serbia 3rd lithuania 4th
Scenario 4 Germany beats Lithuania by 11 points = serbia 3rd germany 4th
Scenario 5 Germany beats Lithuania by 12 points = germany and serbia tie on differential, I have no clue who gets 3rd and who gets 4th
Scenario 6 Germany beats Lithuania by 13 points or more = germany 3rd serbia 4th
Scenario 7 Lithuania beats Germany by any amont = lithuania 3rd serbia 4th