<Li> 1994: Croatia, Czech Republic, France (after a trial in 1988 - 89), Hungary, Italy (Serie A) and Serie B), Iran, Iraq (after a trial in 1984 - 85), Romania, Scotland, FIFA (1994 FIFA World Cup) and UEFA (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying) </Li> <Li> 1995: Argentina, Austria, Belgium (Div. 1), Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay and UEFA (UEFA Champions League) </Li> <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>

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