Question

I need to sort some soccer standings. My problem is how to sort in the right order.

Sortorder:

• Points DESC
• Approximation match
• Goal difference DESC
• Goals scored DESC
• Goals against

Input:
TeamName – Points – GoalsScored – GoalsAgainst

• Team 1 – 1 – 4 – 7
• Team 2 – 5 – 8 – 6
• Team 3 – 1 – 2 – 10
• Team 4 – 8 – 12 – 5
• Team 5 – 5 – 7 – 4

…
Match #4 – Team 5 – Team 2 — 1-2

Match #7 – Team 1 – Team 3 — 3-3
…

Output:
TeamName – Points – GoalsScored – GoalsAgainst

• Team 4 – 8 – 12 – 5
• Team 2 – 5 – 8 – 6
• Team 5 – 5 – 7 – 4
• Team 1 – 1 – 4 – 7
• Team 3 – 1 – 2 – 10

Because Team 2 won over Team 5 they ends up at 2nd place.

Because Team 1 draw against Team 3, they ends up at 4. place, with a better goal difference.

public class Standing
{
    public Team Team { get; set; }
    public int? MatchesPlayed { get; set; }
    public int? GoalsScored { get; set; }
    public int? GoalsAgainst { get; set; }
    public int? Points { get; set; }
}

public class Match
{
    public int MatchID { get; set; }
    public DateTime? PlayTime { get; set; }
    public Team HomeTeam { get; set; }
    public Team AwayTeam { get; set; }
    public int? HomeScore { get; set; }
    public int? AwayScore { get; set; }
}

public class Pool
{
    public int PoolID { get; set; }
    public string PoolName { get; set; }
    public DateTime? StartTime { get; set; }
    public List<Team> Teams { get; set; }
    public List<Match> Matches { get; set; }
    public List<Standing> Standings { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

Can you use .NET 3.5? It’s pretty straightforward to use the LINQ OrderBy and ThenBy extension methods for this.