

The original Japan Football League had 3–3–1–0 in 1996.In the playoffs of the French women's league, 4–2–1–0.Some leagues have used penalty shootouts after drawn games, in which case points will vary for regulation win - penalties win - penalties loss - regulation loss: However, Michel Hidalgo has reported to the French Football Federation similar proposals to encourage attacking play. France gave a bonus point for scoring 3 goals in 1973–76, but stopped after rumours this encouraged match fixing.Bulgaria for three seasons 1984–87 gave no points for scoreless draws.In China in the 1970s and 1980s, bonus points were for scoring headed goals, and for teams whose players were selected for the national squad.

The 1981–82 League of Ireland season had 4–3–2–1–0 points for away win - home win - away draw - home draw - loss.The USL W-League in 2002 gave 4–1–0 with a bonus point for scoring three goals.(The FIFA standard is to count a forfeit as a 3–0 defeat.) Giving 1 point extra in each case for losing may be simply cosmetic, but does allow for awarding 0 points for forfeiting a match. Besides the traditional 2–1–0 points and newer 3–1–0 points systems for win-draw-loss, various other systems have been used to try to encourage attractive play. In association football, where draws are relatively common, many leagues give 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw in an attempt to encourage attacking play. The games behind figure used unofficially in Major League Baseball occasionally gives a different ordering from the official "winning percentage".Įarly example of a league table ( 1896 British Home Championship) 2 points for a win Some use average points (such as the "points percentage" of the National Hockey League ) and others total points (such as the English Premier League, although comparisons between teams typically mention where one has "games in hand" on the other). Official listings while a tournament is in progress may need to take account of competitors having played differing fractions of their schedules. Sometimes this deduction may be carried over to a following season, particularly if the infraction occurs during the off-season, meaning that the competitor will start the following season with a negative points total rather than zero. For example, in rugby union, bonus points may be awarded for scoring a certain number of tries in a match, usually four, or for losing by a relatively small margin, usually 7 (the value of a converted try) or less.Īdditionally in many leagues, the governing body is able to penalize a competitor who has broken the league's rules (for instance by allowing an ineligible player to play) by deducting points from that competitor's total. Some games may have more complex ranking criteria. An extreme example of this is Formula One, where the top ten racers in each Grand Prix are given 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 respectively. If there are more than two competitors per match, points may be ordinal-for example, 3 for first, 2 for second, 1 for third. These are usually ordered wins–draws–losses. Where draws are more common, the award may be 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw, which is mathematically equivalent but avoids having half-points in the listings. Giving a half-point for a draw in chess was introduced in 1868 by the British Chess Association previously, drawn games in chess tournaments were replayed. In two-competitor games where ties are rare or impossible, competitors are typically ranked by number of wins, with ties counting half each competitor's listings are usually ordered wins–losses(–ties).
