# How long should a game slot be?

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**Created:** [October 20, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.goattourney.com/t/how-long-should-a-game-slot-be/32 "2026-10-20T22:05:54Z")\
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A director asked: How long should a game slot be?

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For soccer, the slot is the playing time plus 5 minutes for halftime plus a changeover between games (5 minutes unless you want more). Two halves of 30 minutes is a 70 minute slot; two halves of 25 is 60. Leaving halftime out is the most common mistake: every game that overruns its slot pushes the rest of that field’s day back. For every other sport, the slot is the game’s own length; for hockey, include warm-up and the resurface, since the ice is booked for the whole slot, and for baseball and softball, the time limit plus the changeover.