# Goal Clearance, Corner Kick and Other Restarts · Futsal Level 2: Elementary

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Goal Clearance, Corner Kick and Other Restarts in Futsal (Level 2: Elementary) on Insporta: 50 sourced facts behind 5 tests. Covers: the goal clearanc.

This sub-level teaches the goal clearance — thrown, not kicked, by the goalkeeper from inside his own area, the four-second limit, opponents kept outside the area, no direct goal — and its infringements: a throw that doesn't clear the area, a second illegal handling, attackers still inside the area; the corner kick — taken from the arc, opponents 5 m back, four seconds, and unlike the other restarts studied, IT CAN score directly — and its own infringements, including the overrun penalty being a goal clearance rather than an indirect free kick; and two other restarts, the ceiling-contact kick-in and the dropped ball, the latter decided by where play stopped rather than by touch.

## Test 1: The Goal Clearance — Procedure

- A goal clearance is awarded when the whole ball crosses the goal line, having last touched a player of the attacking team. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.1)
- A goal clearance is taken by the goalkeeper throwing the ball, from any point inside his own penalty area. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.2)
- The Law requires a goal clearance to be thrown by the goalkeeper, not kicked or rolled. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.2)
- The goalkeeper must take the goal clearance within four seconds of being ready to do so. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.3)
- Holding onto the throw past the limit hands the restart itself over to the other side. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.3)
- The goalkeeper's own area is the exclusion zone here, not a flat metre figure like most other restarts. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.4)
- The goal clearance rule requires opponents to be outside the penalty area, with no separate distance figure attached beyond that. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.4)
- A goal may not be scored directly from a goal clearance. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.5)
- However far or clean the throw, a goal clearance cannot produce a goal directly. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.5)
- The goal clearance is thrown by the goalkeeper; the corner kick, like the kick-in and the free kick, is kicked. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16 & 17 (contrast))

## Test 2: The Goal Clearance — Infringements

- A goal clearance not thrown clear of the penalty area is retaken, and the four-second count does not reset. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6)
- The four-second count is not reset by a retake for landing short of the penalty area; it simply continues. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6)
- A deliberate second handling by the goalkeeper is judged under the ordinary handball rules, so its location on the court decides direct or indirect. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6 & Law 12 (synthesis))
- Handling the ball again inside his own penalty area, before another player touches it, is an indirect free kick offence for the goalkeeper. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6)
- Once he's chasing his own throw beyond that line, he's just another outfield player with respect to his hands. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6 & Law 12.1 (synthesis))
- A goal clearance is retaken if attacking players are inside the penalty area during it. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.7)
- The presence of an attacking player inside the penalty area during a goal clearance forces a retake, whatever the throw's own quality. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.7)
- Only the goalkeeper's second handling varies between a direct and an indirect free kick depending on where it happens; the other two infringements each have one fixed consequence. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6-16.7 (synthesis))
- A goal clearance retaken for not clearing the penalty area never resets the four-second count, no matter how many times it happens. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.6)
- Every one of Law 16's infringements, whether an unclear throw, a second handling, or attackers inside the area, is about the restart's own fairness and procedure. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16 (purpose, synthesis))

## Test 3: The Corner Kick — Procedure

- A corner kick is awarded when the whole ball crosses the goal line, last touched by a defender, without a goal being scored. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.1)
- A corner kick is taken from inside the corner arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.2)
- Unlike a kick-in or a goal clearance, a goal may be scored directly from a corner kick. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.3)
- Defending players must stay at least 5 m from the corner arc until the ball is in play. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.4)
- The 5 m distance for a corner kick applies to defending opponents, and two metres falls well inside that minimum. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.4)
- The corner kick's own clock runs to the same four-second figure the rest of this level has used throughout. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.5)
- A mere touch or nudge doesn't start the restart; the ball has to actually be struck and travel. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.5)
- The nearest corner arc gives the kicker room close to wherever the ball actually crossed the goal line, rather than one rigidly fixed spot. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.2 (purpose))
- Each corner kick is taken from whichever arc is nearest to where the ball crossed the line that particular time, not from one fixed arc. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.2)
- Like the sixth-foul free kick, a corner kick is a direct restart that can produce a goal on its own, without needing a second touch. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 13.4 & 17.3 (contrast))

## Test 4: The Corner Kick — Infringements and Other Restarts

- Encroachment inside the required distance at a corner kick leads to a retake, with the encroaching player cautioned. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.6)
- Deliberately distracting or impeding an opponent at a restart is treated as unsporting behaviour and cautioned, separate from physically encroaching. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.6)
- A corner's own overrun is one of the few that breaks the general "overrun equals indirect free kick" pattern. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.6)
- Unlike the kick-in, free kick, or goal clearance, a corner kick's own four-second overrun specifically produces a goal clearance for the opponents. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.6 (contrast))
- A corner kick's second-touch rule mirrors the kick-in's own: a free kick to the opponents, escalating to a direct one and an accumulated foul if the ball is deliberately handled. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 17.7)
- Striking the ceiling puts the ball out of play, restarting with a kick-in to the opponents of the side that last touched it, from the nearest touchline point. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 9 (ceiling contact))
- A dropped ball inside the penalty area is taken not at the exact spot, but on the penalty area line nearest to where play stopped. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8 (dropped ball))
- The line-based adjustment only kicks in for a stoppage inside a penalty area; elsewhere the default rule governs. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8 (dropped ball))
- A dropped ball is in play as soon as it touches the ground, with no separate touch or time requirement attached. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8 (dropped ball))
- A dropped ball is decided purely by where play stopped, with no last-touch question involved; a corner kick depends specifically on a defender having last touched the ball. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8 & 17.1 (contrast))

## Test 5: Putting It Together

- Of these three restarts, only the corner kick can produce a goal scored directly; both the kick-in and the goal clearance cannot. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.4, 16.5 & 17.3 (synthesis))
- Only the goal clearance lets the taker choose any point inside a whole area, his own penalty area; the corner kick is confined to a small arc, and a dropped ball is fixed by where play stopped. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8, 16.2 & 17.2 (synthesis))
- A throw is the goalkeeper's own method here; every other restart studied puts the ball back in play off someone's boot. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.2 & 17 (contrast))
- A goal clearance's rule is "outside the penalty area," a larger exclusion at most points on the court than a flat 5 m figure, not the same rule as the others. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.4 (contrast with 15.3 & 17.4))
- The goal clearance and the corner kick both share the same underlying second-touch pattern as the kick-in: an ordinary second touch is a free kick, deliberate handling escalates further. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 15.5, 16.6 & 17.7 (synthesis))
- A ceiling-contact kick-in is taken from the touchline point nearest to the spot on the ground directly below where the ball struck the ceiling. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 9 (ceiling contact))
- A goal clearance is specifically the goalkeeper's own restart to take; a corner kick, unlike that, may be taken by any attacking player. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.2 & 17 (contrast))
- However well either restart is struck, only a corner kick can produce a goal directly; a goal clearance never can. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 16.5 & 17.3 (synthesis))
- The penalty-area line is only a special-case adjustment for a dropped ball stopped inside the area, whereas a goal clearance is normally taken from inside the area by design. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8 & 16.2 (contrast))
- The goal clearance, the corner kick and the kick-in all carry a four-second limit; the dropped ball, in play the instant it touches the ground, carries no such limit. (Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 8, 15.3, 16.3 & 17.5 (synthesis))

Sources: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26 (approved by the Bureau of the FIFA Council, effective 5 September 2025) for every rule. Free to download but not open-licensed, so questions are authored in original wording, never reproduced. A specific clause reference sits in each question's source field, never in the stem.

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