Editing Field hockey (section)

===Scoring===
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The teams' object is to play the ball into their attacking circle and, from there, hit, push or flick the ball into the goal, scoring a goal. The team with more goals after 60 minutes wins the game. The playing time may be shortened, particularly when younger players are involved, or for some tournament play. If the game is played in a countdown clock, like ice hockey, a goal can only count if the ball completely crosses the goal line and into the goal ''before'' time expires, not when the ball leaves the stick in the act of shooting.

{{Main|Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)}}
If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a [[tie (draw)|draw]] is declared or the game goes into extra time, or there is a [[penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|penalty shoot-out]], depending on the format of the competition. In many competitions (such as regular club competition, or in pool games in FIH international tournaments such as the Olympics or the World Cup), a tied result stands and the overall competition standings are adjusted accordingly. Since March 2013, when tie breaking is required, the official FIH Tournament Regulations mandate to no longer have extra time and go directly into a [[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|penalty shoot-out]] when a classification match ends in a tie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4281-executive-board-makes-key-decisions-at-latest|title=Executive Board makes key decisions at latest meeting|access-date=4 August 2013|date=21 March 2013|archive-date=10 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110192522/http://www.fih.ch/en/news-4281-executive-board-makes-key-decisions-at-latest|url-status=live}}</ref> However, many associations follow the previous procedure consisting of two periods of 7.5 minutes of "golden goal" extra time during which the game ends as soon as one team scores.

There are many variations to overtime play that depend on the league or tournament rules. In American college play, a seven-a-side overtime period consists of a 10-minute [[golden goal]] period with seven players for each team. If the scores remain equal, the game enters a one-on-one competition where each team chooses five players to dribble from the {{convert|25|yd|m|adj=on}} line down to the circle against the opposing goalkeeper. The player has eight seconds to score against the goalkeeper while keeping the ball in bounds. The game ends after a goal is scored, the ball goes out of bounds, a foul is committed (ending in either a penalty stroke or flick or the end of the one-on-one) or time expires. If the tie still persists, more rounds are played until one team has scored.