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rsharita
Copper Contributor
Jan 06, 2019

Excel Countifs

Hello I am trying to count the total number of games played by a particulat team using the COUNTIFS formula for multiple criteria over different ranges. Here is my data with the formula I have tried. Could you please tell me what I have got wrong? 

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    • rsharita's avatar
      rsharita
      Copper Contributor

      Hi Haytham,

      Thankyou for your reply and sorry for my delay in replying as I just got back. 

       

      I have tried the formula, but it only seems to count the occurances for the first instance it matches the criteria. So for example if I had Team A playing many different teams, it only counts the first row. Is there a way for it to carry on counting the occurances? 

       

      Many thanks for your time. I much appreciate it.

      Sharita

      • Haytham Amairah's avatar
        Haytham Amairah
        Silver Contributor

        Hi,

         

        I've updated the workbook with this formula instead:

        =SUM(ISTEXT(IF(A7=$A$2:$A$4,$C$2:$H$4,0))+ISTEXT(IF(A7=$B$2:$B$4,$C$2:$H$4,0)))

         

        Please note that this formula is an https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-an-array-formula-E43E12E0-AFC6-4A12-BC7F-48361075954D, so you have to press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to enter it in order to get the correct result, and do the same thing each time you enter this formula.

         

        Hope that helps

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