This scoreboard template is a table to fill in and print, not a design file to edit: two rows, a box for each period and a total that adds itself. Print blank sheet gives an empty scoreboard on one page.
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Eight boards in the menu
Any game opens first: four periods, overtime and a total. Football and Basketball are four quarters and overtime, and basketball has a second board in two halves. Soccer is a blank soccer scoreboard: two halves, extra time and a shoot-out box kept out of the goals. Hockey has three periods, Volleyball five sets. Curling is a baseball-style curling scoreboard of ten ends.
A blank scoreboard template, or a running score
For a blank football scoreboard template, pick Football and press Print blank sheet. To keep score on screen, type the team names over Visitors and Home, then the points after each period. T adds up, and the row in front is marked Leading.
Tips
As a football score keeper the board takes one number a quarter, so add the quarter's scores before you type.
Flag football scoreboard: pick Football. A league that plays two halves types them in boxes 1 and 2.
Add #sheet=soccer to the page address to open on the soccer scoreboard template. #sheet=hockey and #sheet=curling work the same way.
Questions and answers
Is this a free editable scoreboard template?
Yes, if editable means typed into. Every box takes typing, team names included, so the Football board is an editable football scoreboard that prints. It is not an image, a slide or a layered design file.
Is there a blank basketball scoreboard template?
Yes. Pick Basketball for four quarters and overtime, or the two-halves board, which is how college men's games in the United States are played. Then press Print blank sheet.
Does the printable scoreboard fit on one page?
Yes. Print blank sheet puts the open board and its key on one portrait page of Letter or A4, empty even when a game is typed in. Choose Save as PDF in the print window to keep a file.
Why is the shoot-out not added to the soccer score?
Shoot-out kicks are tallied apart from the goals of the match. A match that ends 1 to 1 stays 1 to 1 on the board, and PK shows who went through on kicks.
1st periodThe first quarter, half, period or set, whichever your game is played in. The upper row is the side named first: type over Visitors and Home to rename them.
2nd periodThe box that closes a game of two halves. A standard adult soccer match is two halves of 45 minutes.
3rd periodThe last regulation box of an ice hockey game, which is three periods of 20 minutes at the professional level.
4th periodThe last regulation box in football and in basketball played by quarters. College and professional football quarters run 15 minutes, and high school football typically plays 12.
5th periodThe deciding set of a best-of-five volleyball match, usually played to 15 points and not 25, and the fifth end on the curling board.
Curling end boxes, 6 to 10 5
10th endThe last end of a ten-end game, the length international competitive games generally have.
6th endCurling only. An end is over when both teams have thrown all of their stones, sixteen in all.
7th endOnly one team can score in an end, so in each column at least one of the two boxes holds a 0.
8th endThe last end of most recreational curling games, which are eight ends long.
9th endPlayed in ten-end games only. Leave it empty on an eight-end game.
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Overtime, extra time and shoot-out boxes 6
Extra endCurling's tie-break: when the teams are tied after the last end, extra ends are often played. Type the points of every extra end as one number.
Extra timeIn a soccer knockout match that is tied at the end of regulation, two further periods of 15 minutes. Type the goals of both periods as one number.
OvertimeFilled only when the score is tied at the end of regulation. Every overtime period of the game is added together in this one box.
Penalty shoot-outSoccer only: kicks from the penalty mark that pick a winner when a knockout match is still tied after extra time. The kicks each side scored stand to the right of the total.
Sets wonTyped by the scorer. The sheet cannot work it out, because a set is won against the other row and each row is added up alone.
ShootoutHockey only: penalty shots that settle a game still tied after overtime. Each side's shootout goals go in this box, to the right of the total, and are never added to it.
Totals 6
Pts: points over five setsEvery point a side scored across the sets played. It does not decide a volleyball match, so this board marks no leader.
T: four periods and overtimeThe four period boxes and the overtime box of a row, added while you type. The row with more points is marked Leading, and equal rows are marked Tied.
T: goals in two halves and extra timeThe goals of the first half, the second half and extra time. The shoot-out box is left out, so a match settled on kicks still shows a tie here.
T: points over the ends and an extra endEvery end box of the row and the extra end, added while you type. Ends 9 and 10 stay empty, and add nothing, in an eight-end game.
T: three periods and overtimeThe goals of three periods and overtime. Shootout goals are left out of it.
T: two halves and overtimeBoth halves and the overtime box of a row, added while you type, for basketball played in halves.
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A blank end is two zerosWhen neither team scores, the end is called a blank end. Type 0 in both rows so the end reads as played.
A scoreless period is a 0An empty box means still to play, so a glance at the board tells a latecomer how far the game has gone.
A set goes to 25, ahead by twoThe first side to 25 points with a two-point margin takes the set, so a set can finish 27 to 25. Type each side's points for the set.
Basketball by halvesCollege men's games in the United States are two halves of 20 minutes. The two-halves board in the menu has a box for each.
Basketball by quartersInternational games are four quarters of 10 minutes, and the top North American professional league plays four of 12.
Best of five setsThree sets win the match, and a fifth set is usually played to 15. Leave S4 and S5 empty when the match ends sooner.
Curling is eight or ten endsA game usually consists of eight or ten ends, and most recreational games are eight. For an eight-end game leave boxes 9 and 10 empty.
Football is four quartersCollege and professional quarters last 15 minutes and high school quarters typically 12. The teams change ends after the first and the third.
Hockey is three periodsA professional game is three periods of 20 minutes. Recreational and children's leagues often play three shorter ones.
One box holds all of overtimeAfter a second overtime period, add it to the first and type the sum in OT. Leave OT empty when the game ends in regulation.
Only one team scores in an endType the points for the team that scored and a 0 for the other. This is the baseball-style board, with a column for each end and a total.
Pts is not the resultPts adds every point in the row. The match goes to the side with more sets, which you type under Sets.
Rename Visitors and HomeBoth names are boxes you can type in. Print this game prints the names with the numbers; Print blank sheet leaves everything typed off the paper.
Shoot-out kicks are counted apartA shoot-out is usually treated as separate from the match before it for the record. That is why PK stands to the right of T and is not added to the goals.
Shootout goals go in SOSeveral leagues settle a game that is still tied after overtime with a shootout. Type each side's shootout goals in SO, apart from T.
Shorter volleyball matchesScoring differs between leagues and levels. Some high school matches are best of three sets to 25.
Soccer is played in two halvesA standard adult match is two halves of 45 minutes, and the referee adds time for stoppages to each half.
T is worked out for youIt changes with each number typed. On a printed blank, add the row by hand at the final whistle.
Tied after four quarters of footballHow overtime is played differs by level, and some professional regular-season games still end tied after it. Whatever is scored after regulation goes in OT.
Tied after the last endExtra ends are often played to break a tie. Their points go in X, the column after the last end.
Tied after the third periodSeveral leagues and tournaments play sudden-death overtime: the first goal ends the game, so OT holds a 1 or a 0.
Tied at the end of a basketball gameThe teams play five-minute overtime periods until one is ahead. Below college level an overtime period is half the length of a standard quarter.
Tied in a knockout matchSome competitions play extra time, two further periods of 15 minutes, and then a penalty shoot-out if the score is still tied. A league match may simply end in a tie.
How this list was compiled: The layout is our own work: two rows, one for each side, a box for every period of the game and a total at the right. Checked on 2026-10-02 against English Wikipedia: college and professional football is four quarters of 15 minutes, high school football typically plays 12-minute quarters, the teams change ends after the first and third quarters, and a professional regular-season game still tied after one overtime period ends as a tie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_rules); basketball is four quarters of 10 minutes under international rules and 12 in the top North American professional league, and college men's games use two 20-minute halves (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball); five-minute overtime periods in basketball, half the length of a standard quarter below college level (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtime_(sports)); a standard adult soccer match is two halves of 45 minutes with time allowed for stoppages, extra time is two further 15-minute periods, and some competitions then use a penalty shoot-out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football); a shoot-out is usually considered separate from the match for statistical purposes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)); a professional ice hockey game is three periods of 20 minutes, recreational and children's leagues often play shorter periods, and sudden-death overtime and the shootout are used by several leagues and tournaments (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey); a volleyball set goes to 25 points by a two-point margin, matches are best of five sets, the fifth is usually played to 15, and some high school matches are best of three to 25 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball); a curling game usually consists of eight or ten ends, most recreational games are eight ends, only one team can score in an end, an end in which neither scores is a blank end, extra ends are often played when the teams are tied, and the baseball-style scoreboard has a column for each end, usually one for an extra end, and a total (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling). No league's rule book is reproduced and no league or team is named. Licence: The layout, the choice of boxes and the notes are own work. The facts about periods, overtime and shoot-outs follow the English Wikipedia articles named in source (CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), restated in our own words.