why fifa governing body chose to use head to head tie?
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I think FIFA chose the head to head as a break from the norm.9 times out of ten the head to head always ensures the better team goes through.It's a better soloution than goal difference imo
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When two teams are tied in points and goal difference, the next thing is number of goals scored.\nIn case they are still tied, the score between them is what decides.\nAfter that, they flip a coin with members of both federations present.
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Difficult to say, but I think there is some form of match-fixing that has always existed in football since the 1960s. The countries that have had stronger finances have always had an edge in winning the major football tournaments.\n\nRumours are floating around that FIFA are, in fact planning another Germany vs Brazil final this time - to do this, they are going to give special orders to the referees to "turn" the matches in the appropriate direction!!! \n\nI personally think that is just a load of crap, because if that were to happen then I will stop watching the World Cups or any major international tournaments, for that matter. Consequently, my friends will stop following it as well & eventually FIFA will lose at least 60-70% of it's fan base which can result in grave consequences including bankruptcy. I would therefore think that if FIFA were smart enough to fix and manipulate results in their favour, they should also be smart enough to not plan another GER vs BRA final this time!!!
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MAY BE THIS WOULD HELP\n\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/magazine/index/0,1569,109305,00.html?articleid=109305
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Hi there!\n\nIt works like this: \n\n"(...)Individual national associations submitted nominations to their confederations. The names of the 44 nominated referees were submitted to FIFA months ago. \nAn arduous process then commenced. According to FIFA "when making (its) decision, the committee members evaluated the performances of the 44 candidates during FIFA competitions, continental championships and in national leagues over the past 18 months. The referees' performances at the two FIFA workshops in Frankfurt were likewise taken into account, as the match officials were subject to close scrutiny from February (12-16) 2005 and again from March (21-25) 2006. At the second workshop, the match officials underwent comprehensive medical checks, as well as a fitness test. In addition, they all completed a psychological test, and members of the FIFA Referees Committee held interviews with the candidate referees." \n\nFollowing below the list of 23 referees chosen to officiate at the 2006 World Cup in Germany:\n\nEssam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Benito Archundia (Mexico) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Coffi Codjia (Benin) Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Massimo de Santis (Italy) Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain) Markus Merk (Germany) Lubos Michel (Slovakia) Graham Poll (England) Eric Poulat (France) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) Mark Shield (Australia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Kyros Vassaras (Greece).\n\nI just put part of the article for you.\nBut you can have more information on the sites listed in the Sources field, okay!?\n\nCheers,\n\nClaire
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It is like that to keep the atmosphere up to a high level. If it was held every year then it would be boring and players might tangle their clubs with their international duties.
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The FIFA tiebreaking criteria for the Groups phase (32 Teams) of the World Cups is:\n\nIf teams are even on points at the end of group play, the tied teams will be ranked as follows: (criteria 4 and 5 are only applicable to 3-way and 4-way ties)\n\n1) Goal difference in all group matches.\n2) Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.\n3) Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned.\n4) Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned.\n5) Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned.\n6) Drawing of lots by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
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Federation Internationale de Football Association
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FIFA = Fédération Internationale de Football Association
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To be outstanding among the other players. So the referee wont be confused. If the goal keeper is wearing the same jersey, the defender can use their hands to block the ball if the referee or lines man are not looking carefully. Just my point of view. =D
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There was no specific incident that pushed FIFA to change the rule. They desired to avoid Team A and B (two giants) being rewarded for running up the score against Team C (a minnow). If A beats B head-to-head, A is clearly better and deserves to advance. Why reward B for beating C by 10 clear goals if A did the humanitarian bit and stoppd after 5?
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There are 2 links with the rules!! it will help ya understand\n\n\n\nhttp://www.soccerhelp.com/Soccer_Rules_Rules_Of_Soccer.shtml\n\n\n\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,105502,00.html
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Check out this website it should tell you all you need to know.\nhttp://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesAndRegulations/FIFALawsOfTheGame/Postings/2002/05/12119.htm
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The thing is this. If there is technology, use it. It's not like it's going to spoil the game and its legacy; au contraire, it will most certainly enhance the credibility of the refs and make the game fairer for all the fans and players alike. Refereeing this WC has seen some of its uglier sides, stomping chances of certain countries who have most certainly worked their butts off for this. \n\nThe refusal of FIFA to make full use of the available tech is really exasperating, if not just downright stupid.
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The answer is cause the mls has different conventions than other soccer leagues. THis is graduallyh changing and i heard that the mls was going to change this for next world cup.\n\nremember shootouts?? they got rid of those
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the tie-breaking criteria is as follows:\n\n1-goal difference (goals in favor - goals against) overall\n2-goals in favor overall\n3-goals against overall\n4-result in game held between tied teams\n5-goal difference between tied teams\n6-goals in favor between tied teams\n7-coin toss\n\nas you can see it is very unlikely this could happen....
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Fifa's head to head rule ousted Nigeria, becuase it was decided that Angola was better head to head than Nigeria even though they both have the same point and Nigeria appears to have more goals than Angola.