# Rule 5.9 Round Robin Tiebreaker Scoring (USHA Four-Wall Rules, December 2021, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: https://www.ushandball.org/

In the event of three-way tie for round robin events, the following tiebreakers are used, (move to No. 2 and further, if needed):

1) Head-to-Head result

2) Most Games Won (who lost in three vs. two)

3) Fewest Games Lost

4) Most Total Points Scored

5) Fewest Points Scored Against

6) Playoff

7) Coin Toss

## Mentioned here

- [Point](https://handball.theperfectship.com/point.md)
- [Game, match, tiebreaker](https://handball.theperfectship.com/game.md)
- [Round robin](https://handball.theperfectship.com/round-robin.md)
- [Coin](https://handball.theperfectship.com/coin.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/5-9.md)

## Relationships

- Point relates to Game, match, tiebreaker: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Point relates to Coin: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Game, match, tiebreaker relates to Coin: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Round robin.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, December 2021](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2021-12.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20211209064241 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).