Competitive scoring system

A won/lost record system for an athletic event having independent periods constituting a game, said athletic event having first and second teams that accumulate respective first and second scores throughout the athletic event in accordance with rules of the athletic event, said system comprising:

• awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a first period standing points for said period;
• awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a second period standing points for said period;
• awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a third period standing points for said period;
• awarding the team accumulating a greater score during a fourth period standing points for said period;
• awarding the team having a greater score at the end of the game standing points for the game;
• summing the standing points awarded throughout the game to obtain a game record total for each team;
• wherein neither team is awarded a standing point at the end of a period in which each team accumulated the same score.