nunes@utai.UUCP (Joe Nunes) (12/16/85)
The following is the way a winner will be decided:
- Teams will play 1 game against each other team in the same group.
2 points awarded for a win, 1 point for a tie, no points for a loss.
- Standings for each group are determined by the following criteria
(conflicts are resolved according to first possible criteria):
A: Number of points
B: Difference between number of goals scored and number of goals allowed
C: Number of goals scored
D: Result of direct confrontations
E: Team number as determined in world cup draw
- The teams ending up in 1st and 2nd place in each group, as well as the 4
best teams ending up in 3rd place, advance to the second phase.
- The 4 best teams among the 3rd place teams are determined by the following
criteria:
A: Number of points
B: Difference between number of goals scored and number of goals allowed
C: Number of goals scored
D: Team number as determined in world cup draw
- The second phase is made up of 16 teams and consists of single games,
eliminating one team and advancing another: eighth-finals, quarterfinals,
semifinals, finals.
- Second phase match-ups will be chosen in such a way as to avoid having teams
from the same group meeting each other.
- In case of ties in second phase games, two 15 minute overtime periods will
be played. If a game is still tied then it will be decided on penalty kicks.