tiebreaker

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Definition of tiebreaker in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of tiebreaker in English English dictionary

Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation

a way to choose the winner of a match when teams are tied after overtime; in FIFA tournament play, a series of penalty kicks are taken by players from both teams, and the team that scores on more of them is declared the winner

A method of determining the winner of a set that's tied The most commonly used is the 13-point tiebreaker, which is won by the player who first wins 7 points, provided that the margin of victory is at least 2 points This is sometimes called a "lingering death" tiebreaker, on contrast to the sudden death tiebreaker

in folkstyle, a tiebreaker refers to the 30 second sudden death period that is wrestler if two wrestlers are still tied after a two minute overtime period The wrestler winning the coin flip will be able to choose up, down or force his opponent to choose up or down The first wrestler to score wins, and if neither wrestler score the offensive (top) wrestler ends

overtime play in order to break a tie; e

tennis and soccer

Employed if a set becomes tied at 6-6 A tiebreaker is generally played to 7 points, but because it too must be won by at least two points, it may be extended

overtime play in order to break a tie; e g tennis and soccer

{i} game or point which breaks an even score (in competitions)

tiebreak

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tiebreak

(Also tiebreaker) A means of deciding a winner from competitors who have tied, in particular (in tennis) a game to decide the winner of a set when the score is six games all

tiebreakers

plural of tiebreaker

Hyphenation

tie·brea·ker