# Rule 5.9 Round Robin Tiebreaker Scoring (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024, 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 all round robin events the following tiebreakers are to be applied, in order, until a winner is determined. For each succeeding place return to the beginning to break further ties.

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, 26 January 2024](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2024-01-26.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20240615040024 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).