SRVA Indoor Handbook pg 15

VII. DETERMINATION OF PLAYOFF TEAMS IN INDOOR TOURNAMENTS

The following determination of playoff teams will be used in all regular season tournaments that have indicated they will not use tie break matches. Gold/Silver format tournaments and when determining reseed matches in four team pools will always use this process.

A. IF TWO TEAMS ARE TIED for the tournament championship, or when reseeding four team pools to play extra/cross pool matches to meet the SRVA requirement that each team play at least eight sets per tournament, NO PLAYOFF SET IS NECESSARY. INSTEAD, determine the higher-seeded team by:

1. The result of the match between the two teams, first on sets won and lost.

2. If the two teams are still tied, use the point percentage process[see below] using the match between the two tied teams. The team with the highest point percentage has the highest finish in the pool.

3. If the two teams are still tied, the higher seed is determined by:

a. Best set percentage record using total sets played, and if still tied

b. Highest point percentage using total sets played.

4. If still tied, a coin toss will determine playoff positions.

5. IF THREE OR MORE TEAMS ARE TIED, use steps 3 and 4 above. The team with the highest set/point percentage has the highest finish in the pool, the team with the second highest set/point percentage is second in the pool, and so on. If after Step 3 two teams are tied, that tie will be broken by the head to head results between those teams. All teams proceed to the tournament championship based in their finish using steps 3 and 4 above.