延 長 戦(えんちょうせん)

えんちょうせん

noun

extra innings, overtime, extended play

1. extra innings, overtime, extended play

Additional play time when a game is tied at the end of regulation. In baseball, this means extra innings; in soccer, this means extra time periods.

試合(しあい)は延長戦(えんちょうせん)にもつれ込(こ)んだ。

The game went into overtime.

両(りょう)チームとも譲(ゆず)らず、試合(しあい)は延長戦(えんちょうせん)に突入(とつにゅう)した。

Neither team would give in and the match went into extra time.

延長戦(えんちょうせん)の末(すえ)、ホームチームがサヨナラ勝(が)ちした。

After overtime, the home team won on a walk-off.

USAGE (by sport):

延長(えんちょう)○回(かい) (baseball extra innings - e.g., 延長(えんちょう)10回(かい))
延長(えんちょう)前後半(ぜんこうはん) (soccer overtime halves)
PK戦(せん) (penalty shootout - follows overtime in soccer)

Related words

引(ひ)き分(わ)け (draw, tie)
同点(どうてん) (tied score)
サドンデス (sudden death)

Common collocations

延長戦(えんちょうせん)に入(はい)る (to go into overtime)
延長戦(えんちょうせん)にもつれ込(こ)む (to drag into overtime)
延長戦(えんちょうせん)の末(すえ) (after overtime)
延長戦(えんちょうせん)を制(せい)する (to win in overtime)

Related Words

Related: 延長(えんちょう) (base word)

Related: 引(ひ)き分(わ)け (draw, tie)

Related: 同点(どうてん) (tied score)

Related: サドンデス (sudden death)

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Added 2026.1.18 8:50 · Revised 2026.10.11 9:21

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