<P> Major League Soccer, based in the United States and also featuring teams from Canada, has awarded three points for a win since its first season of 1996, but initially held a penalty shootout at the end of regulation draws, awarding 1 point to the winner of the shootout and none to the loser . Since 2000, it has allowed ties / draws to stand in the regular season, and follows the international standard of awarding 1 point for a draw . </P> <P> Some leagues have used shootout tiebreakers after drawn matches . Major League Soccer (1996--2000) used three points for a win, one point for a shootout win, no points for a shootout loss, none for a loss . The Norwegian First Division (in 1987) and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and its lower divisions (in 1988) used three points for a win, two points for a shootout win, one point for a shootout loss, none for a loss . The same system is adopted in the group stages of the 2016--17 EFL Trophy and 2016--17 Scottish League Cup onward (in both cases, no extra time will be played). The Iraqi Premier League has used two different variants of this system . The first was in the 1988--89 season, where three points were awarded for a win by two or more goals (after normal or extra time), two points were awarded for a one - goal win (after normal or extra time), one point was awarded for a penalty shootout win and zero points were awarded for penalty shootout defeats or defeats after normal or extra time . The second variant was used in the 1994--95 season, where three points were awarded for a one - goal or two - goal win, but four points were awarded for a win by three or more goals . </P> <P> In the National Hockey League in North America, a system described as "the three point win" was proposed in 2004, with three points for a win in regulation time, two for a win in overtime, and one for a tie . This proposal was put on hold by the 2004--05 NHL lockout and subsequently rejected by team owners in February 2007 . Instead the NHL awards two points for a win in regulation or overtime / shootout, one point for an overtime loss, and none for a regulation loss . </P> <P> International competitions run by the International Ice Hockey Federation award three points for a win in regulation time and zero points for a loss . Games in IIHF competitions are not allowed to end in ties; if a game is tied after regulation each team is awarded one point and a sudden - death overtime followed by a shootout (if necessary) is played, with the winner awarded an extra point (for a total of two points). </P>

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