The
golden goal or
golden point is a rule used in
association football,
bandy,
lacrosse,
field hockey,
ice hockey and
korfball to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the end of normal time. It is a type of
sudden death. Under this rule, the game will end when a goal or point is scored; the team that scores that goal or point during
extra time will be the winner. Introduced formally in 1992, though with some history before that, the rule ceased to apply to most
FIFA authorized football games in 2004. The similar
silver goal supplemented the golden goal between 2002 and 2004.