FIFA's final tiebreaker for Women's World Cup will be the 製図/抽選 of lots

SYDNEY (AP) - What happens if teams finishing even on points cannot be separated by all of FIFA´s tournament tiebreakers に引き続いて the 完成 of the group 行う/開催する/段階 at the Women´s World Cup?

サッカー´s world 治める/統治するing 団体/死体 has 確認するd it´s the 製図/抽選 of lots, So, luck of the draw really could 決定する which team 前進するs to the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of 16 and which team goes home.

FIFA 問題/発行するd a 声明 explaining the 製図/抽選 of lots "will only occur should all steps, as 輪郭(を描く)d in Article 13 of the 競争 規則s, 証明する unable to 決定する the 最高位の."

The tournament's tiebreaker 基準 starts with which of the tied teams in the group has superior goal difference in its group matches and the greatest number of goals 得点する/非難する/20d.

If that's not enough to 決定する a final 最高位のs, then the 長,率いる-to-長,率いる results between the teams 関心d is the tiebreaker. If that doesn't work, it goes 負かす/撃墜する to a 一覧表にすること of how many yellow and red cards each team has accrued through the tournament.

In the 高度に ありそうもない シナリオ that the teams are still unable to be separated after all that, FIFA will draw lots to 決定する the group 最高位のs. If 要求するd, those draws will take place in Sydney, will be open to 信じる/認定/派遣するd マスコミ and will be streamed.

製図/抽選 of lots 伴う/関わるs slips of paper placed inside plastic balls which are put into a bowl and drawn 無作為に. It's 類似の to how the 配合s for World Cup tournaments are 行為/行うd.

Lots have only been drawn once in World Cup tournament history. At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, lots were used to separate the Ireland and Netherlands for second and third pla ce in a group. Both teams were already 保証するd of 資格 for the next 一連の会議、交渉/完成する, so no teams have so far been 除去するd at a World Cup based upon drawn lots.

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