Tiebreaker Rules
Two-level tiebreaker system for conference rankings and championship game seeding
Understanding Our Two-Level Tiebreaker System
Our league uses a comprehensive two-level tiebreaker system when teams have identical regular season records:
Level 1 - Conference Tiebreakers: Used to determine order within conferences. The No. 1 team from each conference hosts a semifinal against the No. 2 team from the other conference.
Level 2 - League Seeding (Interconference Tiebreakers): Used for ranking among all teams. This only comes into play for seeding in the final between semifinal winners.
Tiebreakers are applied in order until the tie is broken. Important: If two clubs remain tied after one or more clubs are eliminated during any step, the tiebreaker process restarts at step 1 for the remaining teams.
Conference Tiebreakers
Applied to determine order within conferences
Win Percentage
Best regular season winning percentage
Head-to-Head (Win Percentage)
Best winning percentage in games between the tied teams
Win Percentage Intra-Conference
Best winning percentage in games played within the conference
Strength of Victory (SoV)
Combined winning percentage of all teams defeated
Strength of Schedule (SoS)
Combined winning percentage of all opponents faced
Points Difference in Head-to-Head
Best point differential in games between tied teams (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Points Scored Away in Head-to-Head
Most points scored in away games between tied teams (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Net Points in All Games
Best point differential in all games (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Points in All Games
Most points scored in all games (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Points in Away Games
Most points scored in all away games (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Coin Toss
Conducted by league operations if all other criteria are equal
League Seeding (Interconference Tiebreakers)
Applied for ranking among all teams for the final
Win Percentage
Best regular season winning percentage
Head-to-Head
Best record in games between the tied teams (if applicable)
Strength of Victory (SoV)
Combined winning percentage of all teams defeated
Strength of Schedule (SoS)
Combined winning percentage of all opponents faced
Points Difference in Head-to-Head
Best point differential in games between tied teams (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Points Scored Away in Head-to-Head
Most points scored in away games between tied teams (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Net Points in All Games
Best point differential in all games (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Points in All Games
Most points scored in all games (capped at maximum 35 per game)
Best Points in Away Games
Most points scored in all away games
Coin Toss
Conducted by league operations if all other criteria are equal
Important Considerations
Understanding Key Tiebreaker Calculations
Detailed explanations and examples of Strength of Schedule and Strength of Victory
Strength of Schedule (SoS)
The composite record of all opponents in the current season. All cumulated wins of teams on the schedule, divided by the total number of games played by the teams on the schedule.
SoS Formula:
Example (Firenze Red Lions 2024 Season):
84 cumulated wins of all teams that Firenze played against and 68 cumulated losses of all teams that Firenze played against results in a SoS of 0.553.
Strength of Victory (SoV)
The composite record of teams defeated in the current season. All cumulated wins of teams that have been defeated, divided by the total number of games played by the defeated teams.
SoV Formula:
Example (Paris Lights 2024 Season):
18 cumulated wins of all teams Paris defeated and 42 cumulated losses of all teams Paris defeated results in a SoV of 0.300.