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99302, Here's the tie-breaking criteria
Posted by theothursdays, Wed Jun-13-12 04:13 PM
Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

1.higher number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question;
2.superior goal difference in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
3.higher number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points);
4.superior goal difference in all the group matches;
5.higher number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6.position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system;
7.fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament);
8.drawing of lots.
If two teams which have the same number of points, the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, the ranking of the two teams in question is determined by a penalty shootout, provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches.

Note: As all teams have a different UEFA national team coefficient, the last two tie-breakers (i.e. fair play conduct and drawing of lots) will never be applied in this tournament.