Sudden Death

Sudden death is any form of competition that ends a game as soon as one of the competitors or teams is ahead of the other. This can be done through a penalty shootout or by extra time and is used as a tiebreaker.

Replaying a game because of a tie had been deemed impractical, but this is still being used by major competitions at present times like the FA Cup or the Football Association Challenge Cup. This annual completion is played between men’s teams of domestic English football.

When it comes to types of sudden death that are used to break a tie, there are only two. These are using extra time and penalty shootouts. These shootouts are commonly referred to as kicks that are done from the penalty marks.

An extra time, which is the first type of sudden death, is a time given when after full 90-minute game results in a draw. The number of minutes allotted for this is 30 minutes with a break after the first 15 minutes. This break is used for a change in the field of play. What makes an extra time a type of sudden death is when it uses the golden goal rule.

The golden goal rule or golden point is a rule that is used to decide the winner of a knockout match that has resulted in a tie. Under this rule, the game will automatically end once a goal or point is made and the team that does this is declared the winner.

A penalty shootout is also another type of sudden death. This is done if the extra time used as well as the normal penalty shootout to break the tie had not worked. A normal shootout means allowing 5 different players to have a chance to shoot a goal from the penalty mark. If this method does not produce a result, a sudden death shoot out will be implemented. This method will declare the team who had shot the first goal as the winner.