Golden goal

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This article is about the sports rule. For the Norwegian TV series, see Golden Goal (TV series).

The golden goal is a rule used in

extra time is the winner. Introduced formally in 1993, though with some history before that, the rule ceased to apply to most FIFA
-authorized football games in 2004. The similar silver goal supplemented the golden goal between 2002 and 2004.

The golden goal used to be played in NCAA matches up to 2021 but is still used in FIH sanctioned field hockey games. A related concept, the golden point, is used in National Rugby League games. A similar golden goal rule is also used in all National Hockey League (NHL) overtime games (followed by a shootout if needed, in the regular season and preseason); however, the term "golden goal" is not used. A rule similar to the golden goal also applies in National Football League regular season games (only if a touchdown or safety is scored, or any score on any possession after the first possession), although again the term itself is not used.

Association football

Historical context

The rules of the first known organized inter-club tournament in any code of football, the Youdan Cup of 1867, featured a sudden-death rule. If scores were tied after 90 minutes, up to an hour of extra time was played, with the first team to score a goal or rouge being declared the winner.[1] This rule came into effect in the second round tie between Norfolk FC and Broomhall FC played on 23 February 1867, when Norfolk scored a goal after two minutes of extra time to win the match, 1–0.[2]

A similar rule was used the following year in the Cromwell Cup, which like the Youdan Cup was played under Sheffield Rules. In the final of this competition, played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in 1868, the deciding goal was scored by the then newly formed team called The Wednesday, now known as Sheffield Wednesday.

The golden goal was introduced due to perceived failings of other means of resolving a draw (tie) in

penalty shootouts are often described as based upon luck, and unrepresentative of football. FIFA
introduced the golden goal rule in 1993. It was hoped that the golden goal would produce more attacking play during extra time, and would reduce the number of penalty shootouts.

FIFA competitions

Although the golden goal format was used in North American professional association football leagues as early as the 1970s, the term golden goal was introduced by

that year; the first World Cup played with the rule was in 1998.[3]

The first golden goal recorded was on 13 March 1993 by

1996 European Championship final, won by Germany over the Czech Republic. The golden goal in this final was scored by Oliver Bierhoff. In MLS Cup 1996, Eddie Pope scored 3:25 into extra time as D.C. United beat the LA Galaxy 3–2. The first golden goal in World Cup history took place in 1998, as Laurent Blanc scored to enable France to defeat Paraguay
in the round of 16.

In

a qualification game for the 1994 Caribbean Cup, Barbados deliberately scored a late own goal in a successful attempt to qualify for the finals by forcing golden-goal extra time against Grenada, as an unusual tournament rule stated that golden goals counted double in calculating goal difference. Needing a two-goal victory to qualify, Barbados found themselves 2–1 up with three minutes left of normal time. After the Barbadians scored an own goal to bring the scoreline level at 2–2, Grenada tried to score in either net while Barbados defended both goals for the final three minutes of normal time.[5] Barbados won the game in extra time and advanced to the next round.[6]

In 2000, France defeated Italy in extra time in the

2000 European Championship final when David Trezeguet scored a golden goal. France thus became the first holder of both the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship since West Germany in 1974
.

The following year,

UEFA Cup final with a golden own goal by Delfí Geli
to make the score 5–4 to Liverpool.

The golden goal was used in the FIFA World Cup for the last time in 2002, when Turkey defeated Senegal in the quarter-finals when

2003 Women's World Cup final was decided by a golden goal as Germany defeated Sweden 2–1 with a header by Nia Künzer
in the 98th minute. It was the last golden goal in FIFA Women's World Cup history.

FIFA World Cup golden goals

№ Scorer Time Representing Score Opponent Tournament Round Date
1 Laurent Blanc 114'  France 1–0  Paraguay 1998 Round of 16 28 June 1998
2 Henri Camara 104'  Senegal 2–1  Sweden 2002 Round of 16 16 June 2002
3 Ahn Jung-hwan 117'  South Korea 2–1  Italy 2002 Round of 16 18 June 2002
4 İlhan Mansız 94'  Turkey 1–0  Senegal 2002 Quarter-finals 22 June 2002

FIFA Confederations Cup golden goals

№ Scorer Time Representing Score Opponent Tournament Round Date
1 Harry Kewell 92'  Australia 1–0  Uruguay 1997 Semi-finals 19 December 1997
2 Cuauhtémoc Blanco 97'  Mexico 1–0  United States 1999 Semi-finals 1 August 1999
3 Thierry Henry 97'  France 1–0  Cameroon 2003
Final
 29 June 2003

Silver goal

For the 2002–03 season, UEFA introduced a new rule, the silver goal, to decide a competitive match. If a team leads after the first fifteen-minute half of extra time, it is the winner, but the game no longer ends the instant a team scores. Competitions that operated extra time would be able to decide whether to use the golden goal, the silver goal, or neither procedure.

On 27 August 2003, Dutch club Ajax qualified for the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League by virtue of the silver goal against Austrian club GAK after the two legs finished 1–1 each after 90 minutes. In extra time, Ajax was able to take advantage of GAK having two players sent off when Tomáš Galásek scored from a penalty in the 103rd minute.[7]

Less than a year later on 1 July 2004, Galásek would be on the field when the silver goal was featured in the only major competitive match to be decided by a silver goal: that of the semi-final match at Euro 2004 between Greece and the Czech Republic. However, the silver goal would eliminate the Czech Republic as Traianos Dellas scored for Greece after a corner kick in the last two seconds of the first period of extra time.[8] As well as being the only silver goal ever seen in an international match, it was also the only goal Dellas ever scored in his international career.

Abolition

Although both the golden goal and silver goal had their fans, both were also widely perceived as failed experiments. The golden goal in particular had not brought about more active and attacking play as originally intended and instead led to more cautious play along with furious angry reactions from a lot of players on the losing side, while there was also confusion about when events could choose among several different extra time rules.[9]

In February 2004, the IFAB announced that, after Euro 2004, both the golden goal and silver goal methods would be removed from the Laws of the Game. Since the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the golden goal has never been used in the event of a drawn match during the knockout stage,[10] as FIFA restored the previous rules: in the event of a drawn game after the regular 90 minutes, two straight 15-minute periods of extra time are played. If scores remain level, the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[11]

The golden goal rule was abolished in

2020
.

Other sports

Field hockey

International field hockey tournaments such as the

Hockey World Cup and Champions Trophy had used golden goals to decide the winners of elimination matches. During these matches, two extra periods of 7+1⁄2 minutes each were played, and if no golden goals were scored after both periods of extra time, a penalty stroke competition decided the game. FIH
, the sport's governing body, did away with the overtime procedure in 2013, and now teams go directly to the shootout.

Ice hockey

Main article: Overtime (ice hockey)

The golden goal rule comes into use at the end of regulation of every National Hockey League game where the score is tied. In the regular season, five minutes of three-on-three sudden-death overtime are played, with the first goal winning the game. If, however, neither team scores after this period, a shootout determines the winner. In playoff games, shootouts are not used; 20-minute periods of five-on-five hockey are played until a goal is scored to end the game. This has resulted in extremely long contests, such as the "Easter Epic"; a playoff series-deciding match which ended in the midst of its fourth overtime. The term "golden goal" is not a commonly used term in hockey, rather the winning goal is known as an "overtime winner" or "overtime goal," while the format is known as "sudden death" in the NHL and "sudden victory" in college.

The

2018 men's final
. Since 2022, the overtime procedure changed to multiple 20-minute periods of 3-on-3, until one team scores, and applies to both genders.

Rugby league

Main article: Golden point

A "Golden point" system, whereby a rugby league game whose 80 minutes have ended in a draw is decided by whichever team scores the first point (by whatever means) during a period of extra time is the winner. It was first used in 1997's Super League Tri-series.

Australian rules football

Prior to a rule change in 2016, the Australian Football League (AFL) replayed the entire AFL Grand Final if the game was tied at the end of regular time. This was known as a grand final replay and occurred three times in the AFL (1948, 1977, 2010). Because of the inconvenience of this, from the 2016 AFL season onwards drawn grand finals are now resolved with two five-minute periods of extra time; if the scores are still tied at the end of the extra time period, play continues until the next score.[12]

Bandy

At the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship, the final of Pool B (second division) was decided by a golden goal.

References

  1. ^ "Sheffield: Youdan's Football Cup". Sporting Life: 1. 1867-02-20.
  2. ^ "The Youdan Prize for Football". Sheffield and Rotherham Independent: 10. 1867-03-02.
  3. ^ Written at Pasadena, California. "FIFA to change shootout rule — Sudden-death format to be added before next World Cup". The Daily News. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. July 19, 1994. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Fry's delight as Carlisle succumb to sudden death". The Independent. 24 April 1995. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Football Follies". snopes.com. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  6. ^ The Barbadian, January 3 2008, p5
  7. ^ "Galásek saves Ajax blushes". 27 August 2003. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013.
  8. ^ "UEFA EURO 2004 - History - Greece-Czech Republic – UEFA.com". UEFA. 1 July 2004. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Footballing world cheers end of golden goal". FIFA.com. 1 March 2004. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "2006 World Cup drops golden goal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-01.
  11. ^ "FIFA Rules". Archived from the original on May 24, 2006.
  12. ^ Twomey, Callum (19 April 2016). "No more Grand Final replays". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

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