0 extra play at the end of a game when both teams have the same points, to decide who is the winner --
1 an additional competition among competitors who have finished with equal scores --
When the trial ended in a draw with both refusing to face the tie-breaker, the public vote was used to decide.
During the team championships the tie-breaker for all places would be the contestant's score in his or her last competition.
Each round of the playoffs was a two-game aggregate goal series (the away goals rule was not applied as a tie-breaker).
By an interesting turn of events, the tourney tie-breaker was head-on-head victories.
Bowling strike rate was used as a tie-breaker in the event of teams finishing level on points.
The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).
The away goals rule was not used as a tie-breaker.
Then, of course, we are back to our old friend, the tie-breaker.
