Euro 2016 overtime rules: How extra time and penalties work
Here’s how games will be decided in the UEFA European Championships if they’re tied after regular time.
If you’ve been watching the Copa América this summer, you might have noticed that they have some strange rules. Euro 2016 is more in line with what you’re used to seeing in knockout soccer around the world. If there’s a draw after 90 minutes, teams will go to extra time in all rounds of the knockout stages, with no rules changing over the successive rounds. Extra time is two 15-minute periods that will be played in their entirety no matter what, with no “golden goal” to end the match.
In the event the score is still tied after extra time, the two sides go to penalty kicks. Penalties are best of five, with each team alternating takers until one team is mathematically unable to match the other. If penalties are tied after five takes, the sides go to sudden death, taking alternating penalties until one team misses and the other scores.
