An Australian Football League (AFL) game consists of four quarters, each 20 minutes of actual playing time. However, due to stoppages in play ("time on"), each quarter typically lasts about 25 to 30 minutes in real time. Adding in the breaks—two 6-minute quarter-time breaks and a 20-minute half-time break—the entire game usually runs for just under three hours, approximately 2.5 to 3 hours from start to finish.