2023 Women’s World Cup: How Overtime Works in Knockout Stage

As the Women’s World Cup moves to the knockout stage, here’s how overtime works.

As the Women’s World Cup moves to the Round of 16, otherwise known as the knockout stage, with a three-game Saturday slate, there will be no more draws, only winners and losers.

Unlike the Group stage, where teams could play to a draw, the Women’s World Cup now will have overtime, and eventually a shootout in games that remain tied, to decide the winner of the match and who will advance.

Here’s how overtime works in the knockout stage. In the event of a tie after full time, the game will go to 30 minutes of extra time. Five minutes following the conclusion of full time, the first extra time period will begin. The two extra time periods are 15 minutes each.

If the match is still tied following extra time, it will go to penalty kicks.

The penalty kicks is a best of five format, with the team scoring the most goals in the best of five winning the match. If the game is still tied after the best of five, the penalty shootout will go to sudden death until a winner is determined.

The Knockout stage begins Saturday morning at 1:00 a.m. ET as Switzerland takes on Spain.