FIFA's Fair Play Rule and How It Affects Points in World Cup Matches

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FIFA's Fair Play Rule and How It Affects Points in World Cup Matches. The 2022 World Cup will showcase

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32 of the greatest clubs around the world. FIFA constructed a system to resolve such issues, the last of which

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is the fair play rule. A look at what this rule means for the game. The fair play rule was placed for the first

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time in 2018, this is only the second World Cup to use it. Results are determined by the number of yellow

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cards shown to each team at the end of each 90-minute match. If two teams finish the match even in fair

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play points, then lots will need to be drawn via random selection. The fair play rule was used during

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the 2018 World Cup when Japan and Senegal were tied on points, goal differential and goals scored.

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A player who receives a yellow card in two separat

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