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Two issues of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs
László Csató
The play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament determine the last four participants in the UEFA European Championship 2020. 16 teams, which have failed to obtain a slot…
When neither team wants to win: a flaw of recent UEFA qualification rules
László Csató
Tanking, the act of deliberately dropping points or losing a game in order to gain some other advantage, is usually seen as being against the spirit of sports. It can be even more…
When UEFA rules had inspired unfair behavior on the field
László Csató
One of the most serious violations of fairness in sports is when a team has clear incentives to lose a match, which hurt a third, innocent team. This is shown to be not only a theo…
The incentive (in)compatibility of group-based qualification systems
László Csató
Tournament organisers supposedly design rules such that a team cannot be strictly better off by exerting a lower effort. However, the European qualification tournaments for recent…