Overtime (sports)

Extension is called one of the procedures for determining the winning team in football at a draw outcome of an encounter in which absolutely a winner must be determined, for example, at tournaments in the knockout system. Here is no decision by the end of normal time - so draw - Play time is usually extended to twice 15 minutes. Before kick-off of the extension will be granted a break of a few minutes, in which players have a drink, too, can sit, but must remain on the court. After 15 minutes, extra time game, there is a rapid change of side a short break, but no break.

Winners of the entire football game is then the one team that could score more goals in extra time. Is the game Overtime Result still or again a tie, the winner is usually determined by a penalty shootout, unless the mode with return game uses the away goals rule. This mode comes at World and European Championships as well as the Confederations Cup for the application. In the international cup finals and in some countries, such as Germany, is also played in the national cup competition from the first round with extension.

Tournament organizations may adopt different rules. So can also be dispensed with an extension and held a penalty shoot immediately. An example of this is the final of the DFB Cup of women. In tournaments, the South American football federation CONMEBOL partly, no extensions to be played. An exception is the final of the Copa Libertadores.

In many trophies that will be played in home and away matches, the away goals rule, in order to reduce the frequency of renewals. In the extension applies even then but often the away goals rule, so that the home advantage is balanced.

In individual tournaments in the 1990s came in the event of extra time the rule of the golden goals apply, where a game goes into extra time, immediately ends when a player a team has scored a goal during the extension. This rule was generally perceived as unfair because they by the immediate end of the game took the opposing team the possibility of a re- balancing - or even a win - to win. The rule was abolished in 2002.