From the round of 16 to the final, in the event of a draw, there will be extra time and penalties to determine which matches will end in a draw
The 32 best women’s teams in the world will meet in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to play the ninth edition of the World Cup there. The teams are divided into eight groups of four teams and the top two of each group advance to the round of 16. From that moment on, the direct elimination rounds begin.
But what happens if there is a draw in the final stages of the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand?
In this phase of direct elimination, i.e. from the round of 16 of this World Cup, If a match ends in a draw, extra time will be used, which will consist of two periods of 15 minutes each. If the tie persists, penalties will be applied.
The two overtime periods are played in their entirety, regardless of whether a goal is scored or not. In other words, in this 2023 Women’s World Cup there will be no golden goal.
We will experience a lot of emotions in the knockout phase of this competition. Looking back, we can see that it is very likely that we will have to call on extra time more than once. In fact, at the previous edition, which was played in France in 2019 and in which the United States took the title, extra time had to be achieved three times. And in one of those three games, the tie continued and the standings were determined from eleven meters.
Source: Goal