D4.5
Scoring a Knockout Stage
- (a) A round shall not be scored unless at least one race has been completed in each match in that round. The final and petit-final are separate rounds.
- (b) The winner of a match shall be the first team to score the number of race wins stated in the notice of race or sailing instructions. If a match is terminated, the winner shall be the team with the higher number of race wins in that match or, if this is a tie, the team that won the last race of the match.
- (c)
- (1) Teams that win in a round shall be ranked ahead of those that lose.
- (2) Teams that lose in a round and do not sail again shall be equally ranked.
- (3) In a round that is not scored, teams shall be ranked in order of their places in the previous stage of the event, with teams from different groups ranked separately.