penalty shootout
informal
a game or part of a competition that decides the final winner out of a number of players or teams:
Only the top 10 drivers were eligible to win the 10-race shootout.
England travel to Ireland for a probable Grand Slam shoot-out in Dublin.
An arena full of fans watched their team lose in a shootout to the Devils.
Monza this weekend is the hot ticket, with the shootout for champion of the GP2 series between two young rising stars.
The top players rose to the top of the leaderboard and provided an exciting Sunday shootout.

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shootout | American Dictionary

shootout
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃut̬ˌɑʊt/

shootoutnoun[C] (GUNS)

a fight using guns

shootoutnoun[C] (SPORTS)

a competition in making goals, used in some sports to decide who will win when a game ends with both teams having the same number of points