Extra time
Extra time is an additional period played at the end of some games of
football (soccer) if the
score is tied after the two standard periods (halves) of play.
Extra time is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, e.g. in a knockout tournament where only one team can advance to the next stage. In professional play extra time is almost always an extra 30 minutes, made up of two 15-minute periods. Note, however, that not all competitions employ extra time; for example,
CONMEBOL has never used extra time in any of the competitions it directly organises, such as the
Copa Libertadores.
If such a game is still tied after extra time it is usually decided by kicks from the penalty mark, commonly called a
penalty shootout.
Extra time should not be confused with the
time added on to each period by the referee in allowance for time lost through substitutions, timewasting, injuries, etc (such time being part of the period concerned).
Extra time is also used in other football codes, among them
rugby union and
rugby league, where it usually lasts for 20 minutes. In
Australian rules football, two five-minute extra time periods are played in
knockout matches when scores are tied at the end of the final quarter.
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Overtime*
Golden goal*
Silver goal*
Penalty shootout (officially termed
kicks from the penalty mark)
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Away goals rule
