1999 A-League Playoff Standings Race Final Regular Season Standings
Western Conference
Playoff Seed
GP
W
SW
SL
L
BPts
Pts
GF
GA
GD
[1] d - San Diego
28
18
2
3
5
11
90
65
30
+35
[2] d - Minnesota 2
28
18
4
4
2
6
88
57
17
+40
[3] x - Vancouver 86ers
28
17
2
2
7
10
84
77
31
+46
[4] x - Seattle Sounders
28
16
3
1
8
10
81
56
36
+20
[5] x - Orange County
28
13
4
3
8
10
73
59
49
+10
[6] x - US Pro-40 Select
28
15
2
0
11
4
68
44
46
-2
[7] x - New Orleans Storm
28
14
0
0
14
11
67
56
61
-5
[8] x - El Paso Patriots {2/1}1
28
12
0
2
14
6
55
49
59
-10
e - Indiana Blast {2/1}
28
11
2
2
13
5
55
43
51
-8
e - Milwaukee Rampage
28
11
2
1
14
5
54
44
49
-5
e - Tennessee Rhythm
28
9
2
3
14
6
49
44
52
-8
e - SF Bay Seals
28
7
2
4
15
4
40
37
54
-17
e - Cincinnati Riverhawks
28
5
2
3
18
7
34
45
71
-26
e - Sacramento
28
0
0
1
27
0
1
16
91
-75
Key:
d - Division Winner; x - Clinched Playoff Berth; e - Eliminated from Playoffs
1 - Penalized 1 point for illegal players | 2 - Penalized 2 points for illegal players
[n] - Denotes Team has locked in this seed position for Conference Playoffs
{x/x} - Denotes Tie-Breaker rule applied & number of times teams have played each other. See Tie-Breaker rules below.
Eastern Conference
Playoff Seed
GP
W
SW
SL
L
BPts
Pts
GF
GA
GD
[1] d - Rochester Rhinos
28
20
2
1
5
7
92
47
20
+27
[2] d - Hershey Wildcats
28
15
2
1
10
10
75
54
33
+21
[3]x - Staten Island Vipers
28
17
2
1
8
9
82
52
31
+21
[4]x - LI Rough Riders
28
15
3
0
10
8
74
57
44
+13
[5]x - Pittsburgh Riverhounds
28
15
1
1
11
9
72
63
43
+20
[6]x - Richmond Kickers
28
14
3
1
10
6
69
51
44
+7
[7]x - Charleston Battery
28
14
1
4
9
6
68
50
34
+16
[8]x - Lehigh Valley Steam
28
13
2
1
12
6
63
42
44
-2
e - Atlanta Silverbacks
28
12
3
2
11
6
62
43
39
+4
e - Boston Bulldogs
28
12
0
5
11
8
61
49
36
+13
e - Jacksonville Cyclones 1
28
12
1
1
14
9
59
51
61
-7
e - Hampton Roads Mariners
28
10
5
2
11
5
57
45
41
+4
e - Toronto Lynx
28
11
1
3
13
2
51
31
37
-6
e - Raleigh Express
28
9
2
2
15
5
47
32
50
-18
e - Connecticut Wolves
28
7
0
1
20
5
34
32
68
-36
e - Maryland Mania
28
2
1
1
24
2
13
16
85
-69
Key:
d - Division Winner; x - Clinched Playoff Berth; e - Eliminated from Playoffs
1 - Penalized 1 point for illegal players | 2 - Penalized 2 points for illegal players
[n] - Denotes Team has locked in this seed position for Conference Playoffs
{x/x} - Denotes Tie-Breaker rule applied & number of times teams have played each other. See Tie-Breaker rules below.
Tiebreakers— End-of-season standings tie-breakers will be applied in the following order:
1. Overall points in league games.
2. Points earned from head-to-head meetings.
3. Overall points in all games.
4. Record against conference opponents (by points or by percentage if number of conference games is not equal).
5. Bonus points (during playoffs only).
6. Goals scored.
7. Goal differential.
8. Outright wins (including shootouts).
9. Record (or percentage) against all common non-conference opponents.
10. Lottery draw.
Playoffs— A total of sixteen A-League teams, or eight from each conference, will qualify for the playoffs. The single-elimination first round will be played on ???, with all higher-seeded teams playing at home. Seedings within
each conference are determined as follows— division winners will be seeded (1) and (2) followed by the next six teams from each conference based on regular season points.
First Round— First round match-ups will be — (A)1 vs. 8, (B) 2 vs. 7, (C) 3 vs. 6, and (D) 4 vs. 5.
Conference Semi-Finals (Round Two)— Round Two will be a best two out of three game series with the 1v8 winner vs 4v5 winner, and 2v7 winner vs 3v6 winner...higher seed has choice of hosting the first game or the second and third (if necessary).
Conference Championship (Round Three)— Round Three matches two finalists from each conference who are seeded based on regular season points and compete in a bet of three game series, with the higher-seeded team having the choice of playing the first game at home or the second and third (if necessary) games at home.
A-League Championship— The conference champions will meet in the A-League Championship Game ???. If tied after regulation, two 15-minute sudden-death overtimes (instead of the usual one overtime) will ensue, followed by a shootout.
