| Tie in 4 team bracket | |||||||||||||||
| Example | Bracket Game Scores | ||||||||||||||
| If four teams are tied: | Game 1 | A1 | 7 | A2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1 Goals against | Game 2 | A1 | 5 | A3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 Goals difference | Game 3 | A1 | 7 | A4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 Goals for | Game 4 | A2 | 6 | A3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Game 5 | A2 | 1 | A4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 3 Teams Tied | Game 6 | A3 | 7 | A4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1 Goals against | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Goals difference | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Goals for | |||||||||||||||
| If two teams are tied | |||||||||||||||
| 1 head to head | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Goals against | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Goals difference | |||||||||||||||
| 4 Goals for | |||||||||||||||
| Modified FINA Rules | |||||||||||||||
| To determine first out of a three team bracket: | |||||||||||||||
| 1 Goals against | Step 1 | Goals Against | |||||||||||||
| 2 Goals difference | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Goals for | A1 | 7 | + | 6 | + | 4 | = | 17 | |||||||
| A2 | 7 | + | 2 | + | 8 | = | 17 | ||||||||
| To determine 2nd and 3rd | A3 | 5 | + | 6 | + | 7 | = | 18 | |||||||
| head to head | A4 | 7 | + | 1 | + | 7 | = | 15 | |||||||
| Advancement games = A | sudden death first goal wins | A4 is the winner since they allowed the least amount of goals against | |||||||||||||
| A3 is fourth since they allowed the most amount of goals against | |||||||||||||||
| A1 and A2 are tied for second now you will look at goal difference against everyone in the bracket to decide who gets second and third | |||||||||||||||
| Step 2 | A1 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| A2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | -3 | |||||||||||
| If everyone is still tied then: | |||||||||||||||
| Step 3 | Goals For | ||||||||||||||