79 - TIEBREAKER SHOOT-OUT

79.1. The captain of the team can choose which players, and their order, will participate in the tiebreaker shoot-out. Normally five (5) players will be chosen, (which may or may not include the goalkeeper) however, at the end of playing time, any player(s) who are not part of the game because of a red card send-off, will not take part in the tiebreaker shoot-out and their team will forfeit those shot(s). At the end of playing time, any player(s) who are not part of the game because of a yellow card send-off, will not take part in the tiebreaker shoot-out but their team will not forfeit those shot(s).

Only 5 players from each team may participate (UK clarification “participate” = “shoot”) - One goalkeeper will also be nominated who may or may not be one of the 5 shooters. i.e. the goal keeper may be one of the players taking a shot.

Any players who have received a red card send off will result in that player taking no part in the shootout and their team forfeiting that shot. I.e. a team that only has 4 players at the end of play due to 1 red card only gets 4 shots.

At the end of the game any player who is not part of the game due to a yellow card send off will not be able to take part in the shootout but the team will not forfeit the shot. I.e. a team that has only 4 players due to a yellow card at the end of play still gets 5 shots, but the yellow carded player can take no part in the shootout. (For some competitions, a team may not have enough players for this to take effect so it is suggested that one player will have 2 shots in this situation.)

79.2. The participating players from each team will take tiebreaker shots alternating between teams after each shot. The referee will toss a coin and offer the choice of which team is to shoot first to the team captain that wins the toss. Both teams shoot at the same goal. Unless the Competition Committee has decided which goal should be used, the referee will decide which goal is to be used.

79.3. The goalkeeper not involved in defending the goal will position themselves beside the side line nearest the second referee in between shots unless they are taking a shot personally.

79.4. If, after each team has had five (5) tiebreaker shots, one team has scored a greater number of goals, then that team will be the winning team.

79.5. If, after each team has had five (5) tiebreaker shots, the score is still equal then the teams will take alternate tiebreaker shots, in the same order as the previous round, until, with an equal number of tiebreaker shots, one team has scored more goals.