diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/api/IMatch.java b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/api/IMatch.java
index a331401d28279b356b1babf7eb9f81cb601f8378..d7e3ef03210c54f10ae991bad701e6c63b61ad99 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/api/IMatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/api/IMatch.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.example.scoreboard.api;
 
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public interface IMatch {
@@ -13,5 +12,4 @@ public interface IMatch {
   ITeam getAwayTeam();
   IScore getAwayTeamScore();
   void setAwayTeamScore(IScore awayTeamScore);
-  Date getStartDate();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractMatch.java b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractMatch.java
index 8d8e9ed885d53e9f6a1e9740a1493a96494b018e..34c3d0c92db16c5479ae9e63150b84c3331706bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractMatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractMatch.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import org.example.scoreboard.api.IMatch;
 import org.example.scoreboard.api.IScore;
 import org.example.scoreboard.api.ITeam;
 
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatch implements IMatch, Comparable<IMatch> {
   private final ITeam awayTeam;
   private IScore homeTeamScore;
   private IScore awayTeamScore;
-  private final Date startDate;
 
   protected AbstractMatch(Supplier<IScore> scoreSupplier, ITeam homeTeam, ITeam awayTeam) {
     this.id = UUID.randomUUID();
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatch implements IMatch, Comparable<IMatch> {
     this.awayTeam = awayTeam;
     this.homeTeamScore = scoreSupplier.get();
     this.awayTeamScore = scoreSupplier.get();
-    this.startDate = new Date();
   }
 
   public ITeam getHomeTeam() {
@@ -53,10 +50,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatch implements IMatch, Comparable<IMatch> {
     this.awayTeamScore = awayTeamScore;
   }
 
-  public Date getStartDate() {
-    return startDate;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return getHomeTeam() + " " + getHomeTeamScore() + " - " + getAwayTeam() + " " + getAwayTeamScore();
@@ -70,16 +63,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMatch implements IMatch, Comparable<IMatch> {
       return -1;
     } else if (totalScoreMatch1 < totalScoreMatch2) {
       return 1;
-    } else {
-      Date startMatch1 = getStartDate();
-      Date startMatch2 = otherMatch.getStartDate();
-      if (startMatch1.after(startMatch2)) {
-        return -1;
-      } else if(startMatch1.before(startMatch2)) {
-        return 1;
-      }
     }
-    return 0;
+    return -1; // default return -1 to reverse the linked hash map insertion-order iterator on score collision
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractScoreboard.java b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractScoreboard.java
index d493d2a6a26b41230e28cc827bd45c3664ab66ca..0b40a64af4a9997c66084abc6aca6416bf0f76de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractScoreboard.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/scoreboard/generic/AbstractScoreboard.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.example.scoreboard.api.ITeam;
 import java.security.InvalidParameterException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public class AbstractScoreboard implements IScoreboard {
   BiFunction<ITeam, ITeam, IMatch> matchSupplier;
 
   HashMap<UUID, ITeam> teamsOnTheBoard = new HashMap<>();
-  HashMap<UUID, IMatch> ongoingMatches = new HashMap<>();
+  LinkedHashMap<UUID, IMatch> ongoingMatches = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
   private AbstractScoreboard(){}
   public AbstractScoreboard(BiFunction<ITeam, ITeam, IMatch> matchSupplier) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/scoreboard/reference/TestScoreboard.java b/src/test/java/org/example/scoreboard/reference/TestScoreboard.java
index 7c7c1b7d2661200c6d03295570ed9b309980f684..76b09f61ab568968b66fd4c2df2f03ae32054b58 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/example/scoreboard/reference/TestScoreboard.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/scoreboard/reference/TestScoreboard.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import static java.lang.Thread.sleep;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
@@ -123,24 +122,42 @@ public class TestScoreboard {
     }
   }
 
-  // should return ordered matches_whenSummaryIsRequested
+  // should present matches ordered from newest to oldest when summary is requested
   @Test
-  public void shouldReturnOrderedMatches_whenSummaryIsRequested() throws InterruptedException {
+  public void shouldPresentFromNewestToOldest_whenSummaryIsRequestedAndAllGamesWithTheSameScore() {
+    IMatch match1 = scoreboard.startMatch(Mexico, Canada);
+    match1 = scoreboard.updateScore(match1, new Score(5), new Score(5));
+    IMatch match2 = scoreboard.startMatch(Spain, Brazil);
+    match2 = scoreboard.updateScore(match2, new Score(5), new Score(5));
+    IMatch match3 = scoreboard.startMatch(Germany, France);
+    match3 = scoreboard.updateScore(match3, new Score(5), new Score(5));
+    IMatch match4 = scoreboard.startMatch(Uruguay, Italy);
+    match4 = scoreboard.updateScore(match4, new Score(5), new Score(5));
+    IMatch match5 = scoreboard.startMatch(Argentina, Australia);
+    match5 = scoreboard.updateScore(match5, new Score(5), new Score(5));
+
+    ArrayList<IMatch> expectedResult = Stream.of(match5, match4, match3, match2, match1).collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
+    ArrayList<IMatch> gameSummary = scoreboard.getGameSummary();
+
+    if (!expectedResult.equals(gameSummary)) {
+      gameSummary.forEach(System.out::println);
+      fail("failed to return expected ordered summary");
+    }
+  }
+
+  // should present matches ordered from highest combined score to lowest, newest to oldest on collision, when summary is requested
+  @Test
+  public void shouldOrderByScoreFromHighToLowedByNewToOldOnCollision_whenSummaryIsRequested() {
     IMatch match1 = scoreboard.startMatch(Mexico, Canada);
     match1 = scoreboard.updateScore(match1, new Score(0), new Score(5));
-    sleep(1);
     IMatch match2 = scoreboard.startMatch(Spain, Brazil);
     match2 = scoreboard.updateScore(match2, new Score(10), new Score(2));
-    sleep(1);
     IMatch match3 = scoreboard.startMatch(Germany, France);
     match3 = scoreboard.updateScore(match3, new Score(2), new Score(2));
-    sleep(1);
     IMatch match4 = scoreboard.startMatch(Uruguay, Italy);
     match4 = scoreboard.updateScore(match4, new Score(6), new Score(6));
-    sleep(1);
     IMatch match5 = scoreboard.startMatch(Argentina, Australia);
     match5 = scoreboard.updateScore(match5, new Score(3), new Score(1));
-    sleep(1);
 
     ArrayList<IMatch> expectedResult = Stream.of(match4, match2, match1, match5, match3).collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
     ArrayList<IMatch> gameSummary = scoreboard.getGameSummary();