# Tiebreakers & Edge Cases

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#### Cancelled, Postponed, and Rescheduled Matches

* If a match is **cancelled or postponed mid-game**, players will **keep their current score** for that tournament.
* If the match is **restarted within the same tournament dates**, play will continue, and the **higher score** from the two games will count.

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#### Scoring Cases

* If a player plays **less than 45 minutes**, their **win or draw bonus points are halved**.
* **Scoring continues until the end of Extra Time** in cup matches, but **stops if the game reaches a penalty shootout**.
* If a player **wins a penalty and then scores it**, they get points for scoring the penalty but do not get points for an assist.
* The **clean sheet bonus applies to the entire team**, even if a player is **subbed off before a goal is conceded**.

**Tie-breaking Rules**

* Scores from **Opta** are recorded to **two decimal places** (e.g. 192.15).
* If two players have the **exact same score**, the **average of their last 5 scores** determines the winner, rewarding better overall form.
* If two players somehow have the **same score and form**, a **random dice roll** will decide the winner.

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#### Reward Cases

* If there are **fewer than 5 eligible players** in a tournament, the **remaining TP rewards** for missing positions are **not distributed**.
  * **Example:** If only **3 defenders** participate in a Silver Tournament, the **4th and 5th place TP rewards** are lost.

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#### Bench Edge Cases

* If you have more than 75 players and do not bench anyone, the system will automatically register the **first 75 players** who enter the pitch as your active squad.
* In cases where **multiple matches start at the same time**, the system will snapshot players in the **order that OPTA data is received**.
  * For example, if four matches kick off at 4 PM but the data is received in the order *Game 2 → Game 1 → Game 4 → Game 3*, the system will follow that same order.
* If **multiple players are involved in the same match**, the system will prioritise to which player has the better average performance over the last 5 matches when finalizing your squad selection.


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