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Is there extra time and penalties at the 2022 World Cup?

Published on November 14, 2022 at 02:39 PM

SOMETIMES 90 minutes isn’t enough to separate two teams, with extra time and penalties often required to determine a winner.

Extra time consists of a further half an hour after the final whistle for either side to win the match.

Germany needed extra time to beat Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final

Penalties are needed when the scores are still level after extra time, with the team who scores the most, winning the match.

SunSport has all the information on the format and when extra time and penalties are used at the World Cup.

Is there extra time and penalties at the World Cup?

During the group stage of the tournament, extra time and penalties are not used.

If the score is level when the final whistle is blown, a single point is awarded to both sides.

However, from the knockout stages onwards, teams are eliminated and therefore extra time and penalties can be required.

A whopping 66 matches have gone to extra time in the tournament’s history, with 30 of those leading to penalty shootouts.

During the 1998 and 2002 world cups, the ‘golden goal’ rule was in place, meaning the first team to score in extra time would in the match.

The normal format returned in 2006 and has been in place ever since.

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