Tiebreaker
Means of deciding a single winner of an otherwise-tied contest (e.g. sports) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Tie break" redirects here. For other uses, see Tie Break.
For the electrical switch, see Circuit breaker.
In games and sport, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is used to determine a winner from among players or teams when their scores are tied at the end of a contest, or a set of contests. In some sports, it is known as a countback.[citation needed]
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