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Encyclopedia > Penalty shootout

A penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots, with a single player taking one shot on goal from a specified spot, the only defender being the goalkeeper. Teams take turns, the winner being the one with the most number of successful goals after a specified number of attempts. If the result is still tied, the shootout usually continues on a "goal-for-goal" basis, with the teams taking shots alternately, the winner being the one to score a goal that is unmatched by the other team. This may continue until every player has taken a shot. If there is still no result the match may be declared a draw, or the winner may be declared by a random method such as flipping a coin. To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. ... A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, or goalie in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... Coin flipping or coin tossing is the practice of throwing a coin in the air to resolve a dispute between two parties or otherwise choose between two alternatives. ...


Rationale

A penalty shootout is usually used only in situations where a winner is needed (for example, a round where one team must be eliminated) and other methods such as extra time and sudden death have failed to determine a winner. It avoids the delays involved in staging a replayed match in order to produce a result. A common complaint of penalty shootouts is that they do not fairly determine the better team in overall play, but only the better team in the one, rather narrow, discipline of taking penalty shots. 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. ... Sudden death (or a sudden death round) is a way of providing a winner for a contest or game (typically a sport) which would otherwise end in a tie. ... Replay can refer to the following: In sport, the term replay means a second game between two teams after the first tie finishes in a draw. ...


Sports

Sports in which a penalty shootout may be used include:

Association football (soccer)
Penalty shootouts are officially known as "kicks from the penalty mark". Penalties usually occur in knock-out tournaments or cup competitions. After 90 minutes or extra-time, when the two teams are level, each team will alternate five penalty kicks. If one team is not ahead on goals after these ten kicks, several methods have been used: sudden death, in which each team alternates one kick until the winner is determined; or "golden goal" extra time, during which the game ends as soon as one team scores.
Field hockey
Conditions for breaking ties vary. Many associations will follow the procedure laid down in FIH tournament regulations which mandate 7.5 minutes each way of "golden goal" extra time during which the game ends as soon as one team scores. If scores are still level, then the game will be decided with penalty strokes, in much the same way that association football penalty shoot outs are conducted. Other competitions may use an extended period of golden goal extra time with a progressive reduction in the number of players each team can have on the field (usually termed "drop-offs"). If no goal is scored at the end of such extra time periods, again a result would be achieved using penalty strokes.
Ice hockey 
If the score remains tied after an extra overtime period, the subsequent shootout consists of a set amount of players from each team (three in the NHL, five under IIHF rules and in most North American minor leagues) taking penalty shots. After these shots, the team with the most goals is awarded the victory. If the score is still tied, the shootout then proceeds to a sudden death; the first team scoring a goal from a penalty shot and subsequently denying the opposing team's shot in the same sudden death round wins, and the winning team is awarded two points in the standings, while the losing team is awarded one point. Regardless of the number of goals scored during the shootout by either team, the final score awards the winning team one more goal than the score at the end of regulation time (or overtime). In the NHL, the player scoring the shootout-winning goal is not officially credited with a goal in his personal statistics. In many North American minor leagues, the player that scores the shootout-winning goal is credited with one shot on goal and one goal. The losing goaltender of the shootout is credited with one shot against, one goal against, and an overtime/shootout loss. North American professional hockey does not allow shootouts in postseason play, and instead will play as many twenty minute sudden death overtime periods are needed until a team scores.
Water polo 
Five players and a goalkeeper are chosen by the coaches of each team. Players shoot from the 5 meter line alternately at either end of the pool in turn until all five have taken a shot. If the score is still tied, the same players shoot alternately until one team misses and the other scores.
Gaelic football 
A "45-metre kick shootout" is sometimes used.
Other 
It has been proposed that a "drop-goal shootout" could be used for other football codes such as rugby union or rugby league, with players taking kicks on goal as they would for penalties. The difference in comparison to other sports is the lack of goalkeeper from the opposing side to defend the goal.

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Penalty shootout (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1108 words)
Penalty shootouts (officially referred to as kicks from the penalty mark) are sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied result in a game of association football (soccer).
However, the Copa Libertadores has a penalty shootout immediately after the end of a two-legged tie that is level on aggregate, with no extra time played; since 2005, this only takes place if there is no winner on away goals.
Penalty shootouts have received criticisms that they do not provide a fair reflection of who the better side was during the match, and that some other method should be used to either encourage a non-tied result or to resolve a tied game in some other manner.
Penalty shootout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (325 words)
A penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied.
The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions, however the usual form is similar to penalty shots, in that a single player takes one shot on goal from a specified spot, with the only defender being the goalkeeper.
It has been proposed that a "penalty kickoff" could be used for other football codes such as rugby union or rugby league, with players taking kicks on goal as they would for penalties.
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