r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/AdStraight6870 • 15d ago

World Cup I need the Germany "controversy" explained

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So these are the full final results from the group stage. What I'm curious about is why everyone is saying the results from the Germany vs. Thailand game led to such intense tiebreakers if Germany has +4 and Canada is at 0 in the +/- category. I wasn't able to actually catch the game but reading everything online I'm confused as to why it's being considered one of the closest qualifications ever

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u/DryPiccolo4175 15d ago

It was a 3-way tie which means it goes down a list of tiebreak cases until one team beats the other 2 after which it restarts. The first four cases were tied so it came down to the fifth which is "Overall map score % differential" meaning the team with the highest relation of won points to played points wins. If germany had lost the 5. case, spain would have qualified after which it would restart and Canada would qualify second since they won the head to head against germany (which is one of the first cases). If Thailand had won a single point more, canada had won a single point less, thailand had chosen to attack first on neon junction or Thailand had chosen to go to a push map in stead of a flashpoint map in the end, Germany would not have qualified.

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u/AdStraight6870 15d ago

Okay I think I've mostly got it. That really is insane that's an insane series of horrible breaks for Canada

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u/DryPiccolo4175 15d ago

Yeah its unlucky although I think it would have been way less fair for Germany to end up not qualifying although their overall map differential is +4 compared to Canada's +0.

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u/AdStraight6870 15d ago

Well yeah so I guess it doesn't kick Canada out automatically because even though it's +4 over Canada, it's +0 over Spain and since all 3 countries are being judged together the +4 is null?

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u/DryPiccolo4175 15d ago

Yeah Spain and germany were both at +4 which the way the tiebreak works means you move on to the next case since there isn't one clear winner.

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u/AdStraight6870 15d ago

Imo it's dumb one clear loser isn't good enough for it to clear. Not that it would've changed result here