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Reading the group standings table in a football tournament

What each column means, how the order is decided, and where the results behind it live.

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Written by Maab Saleem

The standings table is on the Results tab. It updates as scores go in.

Finding the table

  1. Open the tournament and select Results.

    The Results tab with the Group Phase tab outlined, showing the standings tables for Group A and Group B.

  2. Select Group Phase. Once every group match has a score, the tab opens on the knockout phase instead, so you have to come back here.

  3. Read the table. One row per team, one column per number.

    The Group A standings table with its column heading row outlined: PLD, W, D, L, PTS, GF, GA and GD.

  4. Open Fixtures under the table to see the matches the numbers came from.

    The Fixtures list under the standings table, showing finished matches with their scores.

What the columns mean

  • PLD - matches played.

  • W, D, L - won, drawn, lost.

  • PTS - points. This is what the table is sorted on.

  • GF - goals for, the goals the team scored.

  • GA - goals against, the goals scored past them.

  • GD - goal difference, GF minus GA.

The number on the far left is the team's position. It decides who fills each knockout slot: a slot written 1st Group A takes whoever is first in this table when the phase starts.

Where PTS comes from

GF and PTS are two different things. GF is how many goals the team scored. PTS is what a result is worth in the table, and you set that yourself: Win points, Loss points and Draw points in Configuration.

A new football tournament starts on 3 for a win, 2 for a draw and 0 for a loss. A draw is worth 2 by default, not 1. Those values count whether or not you have ever opened the dialog, so a tournament you saved before you read this is adding them up too.

Changing a points value rebuilds every fixture in the tournament and throws the scores away. Read Changing a football format after you have saved it before you touch them.

If it does not work

  • Every number is zero. No match has a score yet. Play a match, or enter its result from Fixtures.

  • The table is not there. You are on the knockout phase. Select Group Phase.

  • Two teams are level. Points come first, then goal difference. You can also give a team bonus points when you start the next phase.

  • PTS does not match what you expected. Check Win points, Loss points and Draw points in Configuration. A draw is worth 2 by default, not 1.

  • You expected a SCORE column. That is the padel table. Football counts goals - see "Reading the group standings table in a padel tournament".

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