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The Claim

In association football, a match decided by a penalty shoot-out after being level at the end of extra time is officially recorded as a draw, with the shoot-out used only to determine which team advances or wins the title.

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The Short Version

The evidence supports the core point. Under IFAB rules, kicks from the penalty mark happen after the match has ended and do not change the scoreline, so the match remains a draw after extra time. FIFA reporting reflects this by listing the draw and the shoot-out separately to identify who advances or becomes champion.

Caveats

  • Some official secondary systems, such as FIFA ranking calculations, may treat a penalty-shootout winner as a separate outcome for points or analytics.
  • Data providers and competition summaries sometimes display 'won on penalties' in ways that can be mistaken for the match itself being recorded as a win.
  • The rule concerns the official match result under association-football laws; presentation conventions in statistics tables can vary.

The Receipts

  1. Law 10 – Determining the Outcome of a Match

    The IFAB

  2. Laws of the Game 2023/24 – Kicks from the Penalty Mark

    The IFAB

  3. Penalty shoot-out | IFAB

    IFAB (via footballrules.com)

  4. FIFA World Cup regulations – tie-breaking procedures

    FIFA

  5. Does a Penalty Shootout Count as a Win?

    Opta Analyst

  6. Brazil v Italy – 1994 FIFA World Cup Final (match report page)

    FIFA

  7. 2023 IFAB Football Rules – Simplified Laws of the Game

    EPSARC (simplified IFAB Laws)

  8. Law 10 – Determining the Outcome of a Match

    The Football Association

  9. 1994 World Cup Final – Brazil vs Italy (archive match report)

    FIFA

  10. World Cup (football)

    Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Filed Under

1994 FIFA World Cup FinalBrazil National Football TeamFédération Internationale de Football AssociationInternational Football Association BoardItaly National Football Team

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