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Penalty shootout with unequal number of players?

Sports Asked by boxspah on December 30, 2020

A penalty shootout involves a best of 5, with 5 different players (who finished the match) from each team taking shots, alternating. If both teams score the same number of goals, it goes to a sudden death, where the team that scores more goals than the opposing team within the same number of shots wins.

What if the number of eligible players is different between the teams? Wouldn’t a shooter be unmatched with a shooter from the opposing team?

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The team with more players nominates someone not to take a kick, thus ensuring an even number of players taking kicks.

See slide 28 on this PDF from fifa.com

Correct answer by TrueDub on December 30, 2020

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