ASA Rule on selecting a Champion when Tournament can not be finished

[Psjdeuces]

My DD team has dealt with this the in the past and it always seems that even in official ASA qualifying tournaments there is never a clear direction so wondering what the official ruling would be. The situation is this. Team A and Team B make the championship with no losses in pool play or bracket play. They have not played each other. Team A gave up 0 runs in pool pla, is the #1 overall seed in bracket play, and gives up three runs in bracket play. Team B gave up 1 runs in pool play, is the #2 seed in bracket play, and gave up 3 runs in bracket play. Both played a total of 5 games before the championship game. Game is called after two innings with a 0-0 score. Who wins? Thanks.

 

[SoCal_Dad]

According to ASA Code, pool play results are not used and the next tie breaker would be runs scored.

Added: Question already answered in Softball Rules forum.

Article 310 GENERAL REGULATIONS OF CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY.
I. Official Order of Finish. The following procedures will be used in determining the official order of finish.
02. Incomplete Tournament. In the event a national qualifier, regional, territorial qualifier or national championship final tournament cannot be completed within the scheduled time frame the following procedures shall be used to break ties among teams in the same spot in the bracket.
a. Head to head competition.
b. The team that advanced the farthest in the winner?s bracket.
c. Won-loss records, except among undefeated teams.
d. If only two teams are tied for a position and have played each other, the winner of that game.
EXCEPTION: If there are only two teams remaining and each team has one loss, the championship must be played or the teams shall be declared co-champions. In the case of the ASA Eastern / Northern / Southern / Western National Championship Finals, Co-Champions will not be declared. If this occurs, the tiebreaker in Article 310 ( I ) ( 02 ) ( e, f and g ) of this Code followed in order will be used to determine the team advancing to the USA National Championship Series.
e. The teams shall be ranked according to the fewest runs allowed per game played.
f. If a tie still exists, the teams shall be ranked according to the most runs scored per game played.
g. If a tie still exits, by a coin toss.
NOTE: Only bracket play games should be used in determining the official order of finish for National Championship Finals, pool play games should not be used.