Law 10: Determining the Outcome of a Match

A goal needs the whole ball wholly over the line, between the posts and under the crossbar together, not just any part crossing, not any height, and not merely beating the goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Law 10 conditions a goal on no offence by the scoring team, not a review on request, a penalty-area requirement, or a minimum number of touches.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Once the referees confirm the ball would have entered at the normal post position, the goal is awarded, not disallowed for the frame being moved, not resolved with a retake, and not conditional on the defending team's agreement.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

A deliberate move by a defender still lets the goal count if confirmed, but adds a caution for that specific player, not a cancelled goal, not a caution-free outcome, and not a team-wide caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

An attacking player moving the goal disallows the goal outright, unlike a defender's version, and does not lead to a penalty kick or a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

The attacking goalkeeper is treated exactly like any attacking player: the goal is disallowed and, since it was deliberate, the goalkeeper is cautioned, not exempted, not left uncautioned, and not allowed to stand.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

Law 10 explicitly includes the goalkeeper on both the defending and attacking sides, so outfield players are not the only ones covered, the goalkeeper is not exempt, and neither team gets an automatic benefit of the doubt.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

A defender's move still lets a confirmed goal be awarded, while an attacker's move disallows it regardless, so the two outcomes are not identical, are not reversed, and the moving team's side does matter.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

A caution for a defender's move follows only when it was deliberate; an accidental one draws no caution, not every contact, and it is the offending player who would be cautioned, not the captain.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Whether the goal counts turns on which side moved it, defender or attacker; intent only decides the caution, and it makes no difference whether the goalkeeper or an outfield player moved it, or whether the referees saw it themselves.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

A direct throw into the opponents' goal is a goal clearance, not a counted goal, not a corner kick, and not a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

The exception is for youth, veterans', disability or grassroots futsal where domestic rules ban the direct throw, not international competitions, not every indoor match, and not the professional first division.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Where the domestic ban applies, the outcome is an indirect free kick from the halfway crossing point, not the normal goal-clearance outcome, not a counted goal, and not a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

The kick is taken from where the ball crossed the halfway line, not from the release point, the centre mark, or a goal-line point.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

An immediately-noticed early signal is corrected with a dropped ball, not left standing, not treated as a goal clearance, and not restarted with a kick-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

Law 10 ties this correction to an immediate realisation, not any time before the next restart, not a half-time review, and not a post-match report.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

The exception is limited to youth, veterans', disability or grassroots futsal under domestic rules, so it does not apply at every level, is not about the goalkeeper's own league status, and is not conditional on the throw crossing the halfway line in a standard adult match.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

The general, unexcepted rule is a goal clearance, not a counted goal, not an indirect free kick, and not a dropped ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Both rules stop that specific ball's entry from counting as a goal, a shared outcome, so it is not usually counted either way, and both rules disallow it, not just one of the two.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

Only the goalkeeper's-throw exception is tied to the competition level (youth, veterans', disability, grassroots); the signalling-error correction, the basic definition, and the no-offence requirement all apply the same way regardless of level.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

The winner is simply the team with more goals, not more shots on target, more possession, or fewer fouls.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

A draw covers any equal score, including a goalless one, not only a goalless game, not only a one-each score, and not an abandonment.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

A tiebreak is only needed when competition rules require a winner, not automatically for every draw, not on a coach's request, and not at the referees' own discretion.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

The three named procedures are the away-goals rule, extra time and a penalty shoot-out, not a golden-goal period, a replayed match, or a plain coin toss.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

Extra time is capped at two equal periods of up to five minutes each, not fifteen, not a single ten-minute period, and not left uncapped.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · applied

Competition rules stipulate the exact duration within the cap, not an agreement between captains, an on-the-day decision, or an automatic fixed figure.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

Law 10 explicitly allows combining the listed procedures, so it is not limited to one alone, not restricted to away-goals combinations, and does not need separate FIFA approval.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · applied

The third named procedure is the away-goals rule, not the disciplinary record, a shot-count recount, or whichever team scored first.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · recall

The away-goals rule is named specifically for a home-and-away tie, so a single match cannot use it, extra time remains available regardless, and it is not conditional on a goalless scoreline.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · applied

Both a draw and a home-and-away tie can trigger the same three named procedures, not an automatic loss for the visitors, not a replay by default, and both are explicitly mentioned alongside the tiebreak procedures.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team) · applied

An awarded goal is simply a goal for every purpose, including the result, not recorded separately, not conditional on a later shoot-out, and not limited to the away-goals count.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

Since the throw was never awarded as a goal, it cannot count toward the away-goals rule either, regardless of the ball crossing the line, and it has no special double-counting or second-leg effect.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

The same whole-ball-over-the-line definition applies to every shoot-out kick, not a different definition, not only the first kick, and not a video-only decision.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · recall

The same goal-frame rule carries into extra time unchanged, so the goal can be awarded, does count toward the result, and does not become a penalty kick instead.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

Goal scored is the one that defines the goal line event itself; winning team is about totalling the match result, so the two are not the same thing and are not reversed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · recall

Whether a tiebreak follows depends on the actual result once play correctly resumes, not on the earlier mistaken signal, and it is not automatically the away-goals rule specifically.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

A goal awarded this way is a full, ordinary goal for the score, not a half-value goal, not something only cancellable by the away-goals rule, and not excluded from the away-goals count.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · recall

An awarded goal is real for every purpose, including checking whether the tie is level, so it is not discounted, not conditional on which tiebreak is used, and does not disqualify anyone from extra time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

Goal Scored is the subsection that decides whether a goal counts; Winning Team and Penalties answer different questions, about the overall result and the shoot-out procedure respectively.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · recall

Goal Scored settles each individual goal, and Winning Team then totals those goals into a result, so the two are not the same rules, are not reversed, and are directly connected rather than unrelated.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1-2 (Goal Scored; Winning Team) · applied

An offence by anyone on the scoring team before the goal cancels it, so crossing the line does not make it uncancellable, the rule is not limited to penalty-area fouls, and it is not restricted to the scorer's own offences.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

The condition names the scoring team's own offence specifically, not the defending team's, not whichever offence is most recent, and not the referees' own conduct.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

The goal-frame rule and the no-offence condition are two separate rules that can each disallow a goal, so they are not one rule described twice, and both are genuine Law 10 rules on their own.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

Both conditions are required together, not either one alone, not the goal line alone without them, and the posts are explicitly named alongside the crossbar.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Without the referees' confirmation that the ball would have entered normally, the goal is not awarded, whatever the intent behind the move; a deliberate move alone is not enough, and the player is not automatically spared a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

The referees confirm the ball's path relative to the normal post position, not an apology, a request from the attacking team, or a count of how many players moved the goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Law 10 uses 'cautioned' for a deliberate move, not a sending-off, an informal warning, or a fine.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Any attacking player moving the goal disallows it, not just the shot-taker, not the captain specifically, and not limited to a substitute.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · recall

Only an attacker's move disallows the goal; an unmoved goal and a defender's confirmed move both still let it count, so it is not the defender's move, not both, and not neither.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

All three rules converge on the ball fairly crossing at the goal's normal frame, not any part of a wider goal area, not personal witnessing by the referees, and not mutual agreement between the teams.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §1 (Goal Scored) · applied

A shoot-out is taken after the match has ended, not during extra time as part of the match, not before the match, and not as a break within normal time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The Futsal Laws of the Game apply by default, not a wholly separate rulebook, not a coaches' agreement, and not just the host country's own rules.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Law 10 explicitly separates the shoot-out from the match, so it is not an added period, not part of the match only for discipline, and its kicks do not add to the match score.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A sent-off player is barred from the shoot-out regardless of the match/shoot-out split, not allowed even as a substitute role, and the bar applies whichever period the sending-off happened in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Warnings and cautions from the match are wiped for the shoot-out, so an earlier caution does not combine with a shoot-out one, is not limited to the second period, and this is separate from the sent-off-player bar, which works differently.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The wipe covers cautions from the match up to the shoot-out's own coin toss, not just the first period, not a fixed fifteen minutes, and not only before half-time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Match cautions do not carry forward, so two of them do not combine into a sending-off, the period they happened in makes no difference, and there is no rule sitting the player out of a round.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The default is simply the ordinary Futsal Laws applying, not an improvised ruling, not a coaches' agreement, and not an abandonment.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The shoot-out is administratively separate from the match yet still governed by the Laws, so the two statements are not contradictory, the shoot-out is not secretly part of the match, and the Laws are not merely loose guidance.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A sent-off player stays barred, while ordinary cautions are wiped, so it is not both carrying over equally, not neither carrying over, and not the reverse pairing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The first toss decides the goal used, not who kicks first, not which goalkeeper starts, and not the benches' position.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Named considerations like facility conditions, safety or camera placement can override the toss, or competition rules, not a captain's request, the match's own earlier toss, or home-side status.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The second toss decides kicking order, not the goal used, not which goalkeeper starts, and not whether extra time is played.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Camera placement is explicitly named as a consideration that can override the toss, not something written approval is needed for, and it is not an extra-time-only factor.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Bench positions carry over unchanged from the second period, not moving to the shoot-out goal, not swapping sides, and this holds whether or not extra time was played.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

When extra time is played, it is the second period of extra time's positions that carry over, not normal time's second period, not the first period of extra time, and not a captain's preference.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The referee conducts both tosses, not the captains between themselves, not the fourth referee, and not the timekeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Kicking order is decided by its own separate toss, so winning the goal toss does not decide both, the loser of the first toss is not automatically given the kick order, and it has nothing to do with cautions.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Only the goal-choice toss carries a named override; the kick-order toss has none, so the two are not reversed, are not both routinely overridable, and are not both fixed with no override at all.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The three fixed things are the goal used, the kicking order, and the unchanged bench positions, not a goalkeeper choice, not the referee's own role, and not the match ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Eligibility starts broad, all players and substitutes, narrowed only by the named exceptions, not just those on the pitch at full time, not only unused players, and not limited to the captain and goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Only players withdrawn injured or sent off are named as ineligible, not those simply substituted out or cautioned once, not based on when they entered the match, and not by age or registration.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

An unused substitute is still eligible, since only withdrawn-injured or sent-off players are excluded, not a requirement to have actually played, not a fresh warm-up requirement, and substitutes are not excluded as a group.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A tactical substitution is not one of the named exceptions, so eligibility survives it, is not conditional on the replacement's status, and is not limited to those who finish the match.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Withdrawing injured removes eligibility outright, whatever the later recovery, with no medical-clearance route back in, and it makes no difference which period the withdrawal happened in.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Each team picks its own kicking order, not the referees by shirt number, not a fresh coin toss per kick, and not the opposing team's request.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The referees do not need the order in advance at all, not in writing, not even for the first three kickers, and the opposing team is not told either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Since the referees never need the order in the first place, a last-moment change breaches nothing, does not need reporting, and needs no approval from the fourth referee.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The goal comes from a coin toss while the order is each team's own choice, so the two are not decided the same way, and neither is entirely the referees' own call.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A team decides which eligible players to use and in what order, not which goal to defend (fixed by toss), not which referee to inform (none needed), and not who to caution (not a team's decision).

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The team with more players has a real choice, keep or reduce, not a forced reduction, not adding outside players, and not a choice made by the opponent.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The referees must be told each excluded player's name and number specifically, not just a total count, not left unreported, and not the reason behind each exclusion.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A bare total count does not satisfy the requirement, which names each excluded player specifically, regardless of whether the opponent objects or when the exclusion happens.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

An excluded player is not eligible to take a kick in any round; the one exception in the Law lets an excluded player replace a goalkeeper who cannot continue, and even then they may not kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

An excluded player is out of the shoot-out both as a kicker and in goal; the single exception lets them replace a goalkeeper who is unable to continue, as 10.102 test 5 describes.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

With equal numbers, the equalising rule simply does not apply, so no exclusion is forced on anyone, and there is no away-team-only version or a pretend record.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Keeping the number is explicitly one of the two named choices, so reducing is not the only option, no written consent from the opponent is needed, and keeping extra players is not an offence.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The comparison happens at the end of the match or extra time, before the shoot-out starts, not at kick-off, not once the shoot-out is already running, and not at half-time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Exclusion comes from the team's own choice to equalise, unlike a sending-off, which is imposed by the referees; the two are not the same kind of restriction, and both do bar a player from kicking.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The point is a level number of eligible players on both sides, not giving the weaker side extra substitutes, not an easier record for the referees, and not a fixed round count.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Only a player or substitute already excluded to equalise numbers can step in, not any eligible outfield player, not a fresh outside substitute, and not the opponent's goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A replaced goalkeeper is simply done for the shoot-out, not moved to an outfield role, not eligible to kick later, and not automatically cautioned.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The replacement waits for the next round, not an immediate kick in the same round, not waiting for the whole shoot-out to finish, and the team does not forfeit its remaining kicks.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The wait-for-next-round rule is specifically tied to the goalkeeper having already kicked, so it does not apply here, there is no separate one-round sit-out, and it has nothing to do with normal time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

This is the one named exception letting an excluded player return, so it is not an absolute bar, is not limited to the captain, and exclusion is not permanent for the rest of the day.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The rule names both before and during the shoot-out, not just one of the two, and it is not true that goalkeepers cannot be replaced at this stage.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

An excluded player only exists because their team had more players and chose to reduce, not because every team excludes someone by default, not because of a caution, and not at the opponent's request.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The referee (or referees) runs the coin tosses and receives the exclusion information, not the timekeeper, not specifically the fourth referee, and not the team captains.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The only route back for an excluded player is this one specific goalkeeper-replacement role, not a general return for any role, not something that almost never happens, and never a loan from the opposing team.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The pre-shoot-out rules are dominated by eligibility, numbers and set-up questions, not the mechanics of taking a kick, not an equal split, and not the final scoreline, which belongs to Winning Team.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Only the referees and the other match officials are added to eligible players and substitutes, not coaches, not injured players who already left, and not excluded substitutes.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Everyone else waits in the centre circle or near the halfway line, not seated on the bench, not behind a goal, and not free to stand anywhere in their own half.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The exemption names the kicker and the two goalkeepers specifically, not the captains, not every substitute, and not the referees, who are never in the centre circle anyway.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The distance is at least 5 metres, not the kick-off's 3 metres, not 10 metres, and not fixed to the goal line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

This goalkeeper stands outside the penalty area and on the side opposite the benches and second referee, not inside the area, not on the benches' own side, and not on the halfway line.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A team official is not one of the named groups permitted on the pitch, so staying silent does not help, being the head coach makes no difference, and the restriction holds for every round, not just the first.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The positioning rule applies regardless of interference, the goalkeeper's own view, or the substitute's playing position.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The 5-metre minimum is fixed, so 3 metres does not satisfy it, being outside the penalty area does not excuse the distance, and the distance failure alone is already enough regardless of which side they stand on.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The named opposite reference points are the benches and the second referee, not the halfway line and centre circle, not the corner flags and technical areas, and not the other goalkeeper and the ball.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The three zones are the kicker's-team goalkeeper's spot opposite the benches, the goal being shot at, and the centre circle or halfway line for everyone else, not the bench and technical area, not the corner arc, and not behind the goal or on the touchline.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Any eligible player or substitute may swap in as goalkeeper, not just the same one throughout, not a one-time-only swap, and not limited to an excluded player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Any eligible player or substitute may swap in, not just someone who already kicked, not the captain exclusively, and not only an excluded player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Completion is the ball stopping, going out of play, or the referees stopping play for an offence, not a save or crossbar hit specifically, not a time limit or a caution, and not celebration or retrieval.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The kicker simply may not play the ball twice, whether or not anyone else touches it, whether or not it was saved, and regardless of the ball's direction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A rebound does not reset the no-second-touch rule, an immediate uncontrolled shot is still a second touch, and the outcome does not depend on how cleanly the goalkeeper handled it.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The ball simply stopping is one of the three completion conditions by itself, so a save or offence is not required, location does not matter, and there is no double-whistle requirement.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The referees keep the official record, not the timekeeper, not each coach independently, and not a scoreboard operator.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The referees' record is the official one regardless of a private count, so it is not a race to write it down first, does not need the two to agree, and a private count is never treated as equally official.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The swap rule settles who is in goal, while the no-second-touch rule governs how the kick itself is played, so the pairing is not reversed, not both about roles, and not unrelated to either question.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Alongside who may be in goal, Law 10 controls how that one kick is completed, not the total number of kicks, not the competition it counts toward, and not the half-time interval, which belongs to Law 7.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A first offence causing a retake draws only a warning, not an immediate caution, not a sending-off, and not nothing at all.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A repeat offence by the same goalkeeper draws a caution, not a second warning, not an automatic sending-off, and not forfeiting the kick outright.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The warning is personal to the player who committed the first offence, not a one-per-team allowance, not an automatic escalation to sending-off, and not conditional on any relationship between the goalkeepers.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The rule is tied to a retake actually caused by the goalkeeper's offence, not any missed kick, not a conceded goal, and not restricted to the first round.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Without an actual retake, this specific rule does not engage, so the offence alone is not enough, no precautionary caution follows, and a protest changes nothing.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The goalkeeper is warned for the first offence and cautioned for each later one, and the Laws still apply during the shoot-out, so the third offence brings a second caution and with it a sending-off; an eligible player or substitute then takes over in goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The first offence draws only a warning, not a caution, not nothing at all, and this does not depend on whether a goal was prevented.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A kicker's offence after the signal is cautioned immediately, with no free warning stage, is not left unpunished, and this does not depend on which kick in the shoot-out it is.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The progression follows the individual player through the whole shoot-out, not resetting each round, not resetting on a save, and not resetting on a swap and return.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Everything hinges on the goalkeeper's own offence actually causing a retake, not conceding a goal, not being past the first round, and not any earlier caution for the kicker.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

This offence is recorded as a missed kick with a caution, not a retake and warning, not a counted goal, and not an automatic sending-off.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The kicker has no free-warning stage, unlike the goalkeeper, so the caution is immediate, not a formal-request substitute, and not limited to the first round.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Timing relative to the signal is exactly what matters here, so a before-the-signal offence falls outside this rule, and it is not cautioned under this rule regardless, nor is it about the exact instant of the whistle.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A simultaneous offence by both is recorded as missed with the kicker cautioned, the same outcome as the kicker's own rule, not a retake with warnings, not a double caution with a retake, and not a goalkeeper-only caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Only a goalkeeper-alone offence leads to a retake; a simultaneous offence instead records a missed kick, so it is not both cases, not neither case, and not reversed.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

This clause names only the kicker's caution, not an explicit caution for both, not an explicit exemption for both, and not a goalkeeper-only caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A kicker's offence produces a missed kick and a caution, not the goalkeeper's retake outcome, not a warning-first stage, and not a discretionary retake request.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Only the goalkeeper's rule includes a free first warning; the kicker's does not, so it is not the kicker instead, not both, and not neither.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The kicker's very first offence, alone or simultaneous, already draws a caution; the goalkeeper's does not, so it is not the goalkeeper's, not neither, and not both equally.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A goalkeeper's offence alone causes a retake, while a kicker's offence causes a missed kick, so the pairing is not reversed, the outcomes are not the same, and both do change how the kick is recorded.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The team with more players gets the same keep-or-reduce choice as before the shoot-out, not a forced reduction, not lending a player, and not a referee-made decision.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The referees must be told each excluded player's name and number, not just the reason for the change, not nothing at all, and not merely a new total.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Exclusion mid-shoot-out bars any further part in the kicks, however the numbers move and however many rounds follow; the one way back is as a replacement for a goalkeeper who cannot continue.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The mid-shoot-out rule reuses the same idea as before the shoot-out, so numbers are adjusted here too, the choice still belongs to the team with more players, not the smaller one, and it is not a referee-forced reduction.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The choice sits with the team that now has more players, not the disadvantaged side, regardless of the scoreline, and it is not the referees who choose.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The one named exception is the goalkeeper-replacement role, not a sudden-death kicking right, not a one-round wait to return, and there genuinely is this one exception.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The retake and missed-kick rules are specifically about offences during a kick, while the zone, completion and numbers rules cover positioning, kick mechanics and player counts, so it is not the reverse, not all of them, and not none of them.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The rules before the kicks set up eligibility and structure, and the rules during them move to the mechanics of each kick, so the shift is not reversed, the two sets of rules are not the same material, and both are squarely about the shoot-out.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Law 10 runs Goal Scored and Winning Team, then the shoot-out before the kicks, then during the kicks, in that order, not starting with the shoot-out, not splitting Goal Scored and Winning Team apart, and not without any organising order.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 (whole Law) · recall

Law 10 is unified by how the match's result is ultimately determined, not playing time (Law 7), not restarts after the ball leaves play (Laws 8-9), and not officials (Law 6).

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 (whole Law) · applied

The basic structure is five kicks per team, not three, not five shared between both teams, and not a fixed combined-goals target.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Kicks alternate between the two teams throughout, not a simultaneous first kick, not all of one team's kicks in a block, and not switched based on the scoreline.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Each of the five kicks needs a different kicker, regardless of skill, with no exception for the fifth kick or for the goalkeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A second kick for anyone waits until every eligible player and substitute has had a first one, not a lost shoot-out, a fixed round count, or a goalkeeper swap.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The one-kick-each principle continues for every later sequence, regardless of squad size, and is not limited to the first five kicks.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A team may reorder its own kickers for a later sequence, so the original order is not locked in, the opponent has no say, and the referees do not do the reordering.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Team A may pick any new order for the next sequence, not the same one repeated, not limited to a single swap, and this freedom belongs to each team for its own kickers.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Reordering changes who kicks when, not whether everyone kicks first, so skipping a player is not allowed, is not curable by their own agreement, and is not something the referees can approve around.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Law 10 frames it as the same principle continuing, not a new rule set, not a suspension, and not a rule limited to one team.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Alternation and the one-kick-each rule are fixed, while only the kicker order may be changed, not the reverse pairing, not both freely changeable, and not a structure fixed in every respect.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Only a mathematically settled result ends it early, not simply taking any lead, not running out of substitutes, and not a discretionary referee call.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Team B's two remaining kicks could take it to 4, level with Team A, so the shoot-out goes on; the rule looks at what a team could still score with its remaining kicks, not at the current gap or the kicks already used.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Team B's maximum possible total is mathematically below Team A's, so it can be called early, without needing all ten kicks, a coach's request, or any realistic path to level for Team B.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A level score after five kicks each moves into further kicks until one side is ahead by one, not a declared draw, not a switch to the away-goals rule, and not a coaches' decision.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The continuation is one kick each per round, not two, not an open-ended number, and both teams kick every round, not just the trailing side.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The comparison only happens once both teams have taken the same number of kicks in the round, so scoring first does not decide it, and being past the first five kicks does not by itself decide anything either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Matching scores in the same round keeps it level and moving to the next round, not a win for whoever scored first, not a draw, and not a coin toss.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Once the whole squad has kicked once, repeats are fine in sudden death, so it does not require fresh kickers, is not limited back to the original five specifically, and does involve further kicks.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The early-stop rule can end things before five kicks each, and sudden death can extend past it, so the pairing is not reversed, and neither rule only ever does one of the two things.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Both rules exist to end the shoot-out exactly when the result is certain, not on a fixed ten-kick count, not on a coach's request, and not on player fatigue.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The shoot-out simply must not be delayed for a missing player, not waiting a reasonable time, not a fixed one-minute allowance, and this holds whatever the reason for leaving.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The kick is forfeited and recorded as not scored, not postponed, not handed to a team-mate, and certainly not an automatic goal.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

The reason for leaving does not change the outcome, so an equipment issue is not an excuse, the strictness is not limited to injuries, and the referees do not weigh the reason's validity.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A forfeited kick is never actually taken, unlike a missed one, so the two are not recorded identically, a forfeited kick is not a scored goal, and it does not automatically add a caution.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The rule places this squarely on the player themselves, not the captain, not the referees, and not the timekeeper.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

There is no rescheduled or bonus slot for a brief delay, and no fixed thirty-second grace period either; the forfeiture simply applies.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The forfeiture rule runs through the whole shoot-out, not just the first five kicks, not only sudden death, and it has nothing to do with whether extra time was played.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Intention does not change the outcome, so an innocent mistake is not treated more leniently, the involvement of a team official makes no difference, and returning later in the shoot-out does not undo the forfeiture.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A forfeited kick involves an otherwise-eligible player who is just not back in time, unlike an excluded player who was never eligible to kick at all, so the two are not the same situation, and exclusion is not itself recorded as a forfeiture.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The shoot-out's own momentum takes priority over one player's readiness, so it is not the reverse priority, the shoot-out is not really about punctuality, and brief delays are not generally tolerated.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Discipline continues into the shoot-out for players, substitutes and team officials alike, so it is not suspended, not limited to players only, and sendings-off remain possible too.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

A sent-off goalkeeper must be replaced, so the team does not play on without one, the shoot-out does not end automatically, and the sent-off goalkeeper does not finish out the current kick.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

An outfield player or substitute who cannot continue during the shoot-out is not replaced and no extra kick is given; the replacement rules belong to the goalkeeper, who must be replaced if sent off and may be replaced if unable to carry on.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Law 10 explicitly says the referees must not abandon the match for this reason, so there is no such minimum at two, three, or one player.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Being reduced to two players is not itself grounds for abandonment, so there is no mandatory minimum triggered, no need for the other team's agreement, and no automatic forfeiture either.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A team official's caution is a discipline matter separate from kicker eligibility, so it does not cost the team a kicker slot, does not single out any particular player, and does not itself remove the official from the technical area.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

The named groups are substitutes and team officials, not match delegates, not spectators, and not limited to the two goalkeepers.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · recall

Only a sent-off goalkeeper must be replaced; a sent-off outfield player is not, so it is not both cases, not neither case, and not conditional on a substitute being available.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

A sending-off forces the same optional swap into a mandatory one, so the two rules are connected, the swap rule does not stop applying, and it is a sending-off, not an injury, that forces it here.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Discipline and continuity coexist: cards still apply and the shoot-out still runs, so it is not paused, not switched off, and not stopped the moment any card is shown.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §3 (Penalties (Penalty Shoot-out)) · applied

Law 10 makes it optional for competition rules to provide for, not mandatory everywhere, not mandatory only internationally, and not conditional on skipping extra time.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · recall

The trigger is an equal aggregate after the second match, not a drawn first match alone, not a goalless second match, and not the away team winning the first match outright.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · recall

Only goals scored on the opponent's own pitch are doubled, not goals by substitutes specifically, not second-half goals generally, and not extra-time goals specifically.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · recall

The aggregate is 2-1 to Team A, not equal, so the away-goals rule never even engages here; winning one match each does not make the aggregate equal, and the away-goals rule does not itself equalise anything.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · applied

Team A scored in the first match on Team B's pitch and Team B scored in the second on Team A's pitch, so both goals were scored away and both count double under the away-goals rule.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · applied

Doubling an equal number of away goals for both sides keeps it level, so it does not break the tie by itself, does not favour the original home side automatically, and the rule is simply inconclusive here rather than abandoned.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · applied

It sits alongside extra time and penalties as one of the three named procedures, does not replace them, is genuinely one of Law 10's own named procedures, and is not sequenced strictly after the other two.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §2 (Winning Team); §4 (Away Goals) · recall

The away-goals section fills in the actual doubling mechanism, not a claim about how often it is used, not a restriction to a single match, and not a replacement for any coin toss.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 §4 (Away Goals) · applied

The away-goals mechanism has its own section at the end of Law 10, not the earlier ones, which cover the goal-frame rules, the list of tiebreak procedures, and the shoot-out's eligibility, coin tosses, positioning and kick completion respectively.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 (whole Law) · recall

Every part of Law 10 ultimately serves determining a fair, unambiguous winner, not spectator entertainment, not lengthening broadcasts, and not existing without any shared purpose.

Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025-26, Law 10 (whole Law) · applied