Extra time is an additional period played in some football codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time. Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a In a Game the score refers to the amount of points achieved by a player or team

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. Professional association football play an extra 30 minutes, made up of two 15-minute periods. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Note, however, that not all competitions employ extra time; for example, CONMEBOL has historically never used extra time in any of the competitions it directly organises, such as the Copa Libertadores (today, it uses extra time only in the final match of a competition). CONMEBOL or CSF ( Con federación Suda' me' ricana de Fút' bol', South American Football Confederation is the governing body of Football (soccer The Copa Santander Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América, ( Taça Libertadores da América) is a football cup competition played

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. Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament If the score remains level after extra time, the game is determined as a draw and the winning penalty shoot-out team are provided with recognition.

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. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered (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. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games 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. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players In Gaelic football, two halves of ten minutes are played after a draw. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football In major Gaelic football tournaments, extra time is only used if a replay finishes in a tie.

In North American sports, extra time is usually referred to as "overtime"; for professional football and ice hockey, it is usually "sudden death", which means that the overtime period ends with the first score made. Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a Sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw In college football, a system of alternating possessions beginning at the opponent's 25-yard line is used which plays out similarly to extra innings in baseball in that each team receives a chance to score, and if the game is still tied, another iteration occurs. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each

See also

• Overtime
• Golden goal
• Silver goal
• Penalty shootout (officially termed kicks from the penalty mark)
• Away goals rule
• Golden point