How Fanning wins world surfing title

WHAT MICK FANNING HAS TO DO TO WIN HIS FOURTH WORLD SURFING TITLE

World rankings heading into the season-ending Pipeline Masters

1. Fanning (Aus) 49,900

2. Filipe Toledo (Bra) 49,700

3. Adriano De Souza (Bra) 49,450

4. Gabriel Medina (Bra) 45,350

5. Owen Wright (Aus) 43,600

6. Italo Ferreira (Bra) 41,600*

7. Julian Wilson (Aus) 41,450

* Ferreira's throwaway results mean even if he wins Pipeline, he cannot catch Fanning

* If Fanning wins Pipeline for the first time, he wins the world title

* If he makes the final, he cannot lose to Toledo or De Souza

* If he makes the semi-finals, De Souza must lose before the final and Toledo must not make the semis

* If Fanning makes the quarter-finals, he wins the world title if Medina does not win the event, De Souza is knocked out before the semis and Toledo loses before the quarters.