Taking kicks from the penalty mark is a method of determining the winning team whenever no goal is scored during the three (3) minute overtime. 

 

Procedure: 

 

·  The referee chooses the goal at which the kicks will be taken; 

·  the referee tosses a coin and the team whose captain wins the toss takes the first kick; 

·  the referee keeps a record of the kicks being taken. 

 

Each series of shots is composed of 1 (one) penalty shot per team. The penalties may only be taken by the players that ended the match, including the goalkeeper. A player may only kick another penalty after all other eligible players have taken theirs. A new series of kicks may start, and the order of the kickers may change. 

 

·  The series will be repeated as many times as necessary in order to determine a winner; 

·  the winner is the team that scores more goals with the same number of shots; 

·  the names, numbers and the order of the players taking the kicks are announced to the referee by the captains or the coaches of each team before the kicks from the penalty mark are taken; 

·  any player who has been sent off may not take part in the kicks from the penalty mark; 

·  any eligible player (a player who was playing in the field when the game finished) may change places with his goalkeeper; 

·  only the eligible players and match officials are permitted to remain on the field when kicks from the penalty mark are taken; 

·  all players, except the player taking the kick and the two goalkeepers, must remain in the opposite half to that where the kicks are being taken. The second referee controls this area of the field and the players who are situated there; 

·  the goalkeeper who is the teammate of the kicker must remain on the field without interfering in the progress of the play. 

·  if a team has less eligible players than the opponent due to expulsion, the opponent will have to reduce its own number of eligible players in order to equalize them.