Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers are used to rank participants who finish on the same points. You can choose which tiebreakers to use and the order they are applied.

How tiebreakers are applied

1. Participants are ranked by total points.
2. If points are tied, the first tiebreaker in your list is compared.
3. If still tied, the next tiebreaker is checked, and so on.
4. If all tiebreakers are equal, the tie remains.

All tiebreakers in ScoreBB are "higher is better".

Head-to-Head

Head-to-Head compares direct results between two tied participants.

• Only applies when exactly two participants are tied on points.
• If those two participants played each other and one won, that participant ranks higher.
• If they drew or never played, it falls through to the next tiebreaker.
• If they played multiple times, net wins are used.
• In 3+ way ties, Head-to-Head is skipped to avoid non-transitive cycles.

Multi-Way Head-to-Head

Multi-Way Head-to-Head uses a mini-table inside the current tied points group.

• Looks only at completed games against participants in the same equal-points group.
• Uses your tournament's match-point scheme for those internal games.
• Byes and games marked not played do not count.
• If participants are still tied on the mini-table score, it falls through to the next tiebreaker.

Strength of schedule

• Buchholz: Sum of opponents' total points.
• Sonneborn-Berger: Weighted strength of schedule (full opponent points for wins, half for draws, zero for losses).

Performance stats

• Touchdown Difference: Touchdowns scored minus conceded.
• Casualty Difference: Casualties caused minus suffered.
• Total Touchdowns: Touchdowns scored across all games.
• Total Casualties: Casualties caused across all games.
• Foul Total: Fouls committed across all games (if fouls tracking is enabled).
• Foul Differential: Fouls committed minus fouls suffered.
• Custom Stat Total: Total custom stat (if custom stat is enabled).

Configuration

Configure tiebreakers in Preferences > Tiebreakers:

• Choose any combination of tiebreakers (at least one is required).
• Drag to reorder them by priority.
• Remove any tiebreaker except the last one.

Default selection: Buchholz and Sonneborn-Berger.

Suggested setups

Standard Swiss:

1. Buchholz
2. Sonneborn-Berger

NAF-style:

1. Buchholz
2. Sonneborn-Berger
3. Touchdown Difference
4. Casualty Difference

Head-to-Head focused:

1. Head-to-Head
2. Buchholz
3. Sonneborn-Berger

TourPlay-style direct confrontation:

1. Multi-Way Head-to-Head
2. Buchholz
3. Touchdown Difference
4. Casualty Difference