Overtime (sports) - Other Sports

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  • In Australian rules football, extra time is played only in finals matches. Two extra time periods lasting five minutes each (plus time on) are played. The only exception is the AFL Grand Final, which is decided by a full replay if the match is drawn; extra time is played if the replay is also drawn.
  • In Gaelic football and hurling, two halves of ten minutes are played after a draw. In major Gaelic football tournaments, extra time is only used if a replay finishes in a tie.
  • In field hockey matches, extra time of 7½ minutes each way is played, with teams changing ends in between. If the teams are still tied after the overtime, there takes place a penalty shootout.
  • In futsal matches, two overtime periods of 5 minutes each are played, with teams changing ends in between. If the teams are still tied after the overtime, there takes place a penalty shootout.
  • In water polo, if the score is tied at the end of regulation play, two overtime periods of three minutes each are played.
  • If a game of curling is tied at the end of its prescribed number of rounds (called ends), extra ends are played until there is a winner.
  • Ties are allowed to stand in most forms of cricket, but Twenty20 cricket provides for tiebreaker procedures should a winner be necessary (such as in tournament settings): a limited extra session called a Super Over. Some One Day International tournaments (including the 2011 World Cup) have also introduced the super over.
  • In netball matches, two seven minute periods are played with no break between periods. If the scores are still tied after this period, the match continues uninterrupted until one side is leading by two goals and are declared the winners. This is known as double overtime should a match end this way. All ANZ Championship matches, Commonwealth Games finals and Netball World Championship finals implement this tiebreaker to ensure a winner.
  • In Touch Football under the Federation of International Touch structure, finals matches that are drawn at full-time progress into an extra time period known as a "Drop-Off". During a drop-off, each team reduces their on-field playing strength by one (1) player every two (2) minutes, until teams are down to three (3) players. Both teams must have had possession of the ball before a result can be declared.
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