diff --git a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGame.js b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGame.js
index 06efbf7..383334a 100644
--- a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGame.js
+++ b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGame.js
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ export class PongGame extends Component {
       case "tournament-winner":
         this.setRouteContext("TournamentWinner", message.contents);
         break;
+      case "timeout":
+        if (document.getElementById("timeoutMessage")) {
+          document.getElementById("timeoutMessage").innerHTML =
+            "Timeout requested.";
+        }
+        break;
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameHome.js b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameHome.js
index f3b4228..1ddb734 100644
--- a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameHome.js
+++ b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameHome.js
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ export class PongGameHome extends Component {
         alert(message.contents);
         this.goNextPage("/error");
         break;
+      case "timeout":
+        if (document.getElementById("timeoutMessage")) {
+          document.getElementById("timeoutMessage").innerHTML =
+            "Timeout requested.";
+        }
+        break;
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameTournament.js b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameTournament.js
index 29f2230..807c16d 100644
--- a/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameTournament.js
+++ b/pong/pong/static/pong/components/PongGameTournament.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export class PongGameTournament extends Component {
       alert("connection failed.");
       this.goNextPage("/");
     }
+    this.connection = this.getRouteContext("PongGameWebSocket");
     const tournamentContext = this.getRouteContext("Tournament");
     this.bracket = new PongGameTournamentBracket(
       this.route,
@@ -20,12 +21,28 @@ export class PongGameTournament extends Component {
     );
     this.element.appendChild(this.bracket.element);
     this.unsetRouteContext("Tournament");
+    this.timeoutButton = document.getElementById("timeoutButton");
+    if (this.timeoutButton) {
+      this.timeoutButton.onclick = this.onClickTimeoutButton;
+    }
   }
 
+  onClickTimeoutButton = async () => {
+    this.connection.send(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        sender: "player",
+        type: "timeout",
+        contents: "timeout",
+      }),
+    );
+  };
+
   get html() {
     return `
-      <main class="text-center p-5>
+      <main class="text-center" p-5>
         <h1>Pong-Game Tournament</h1>
+        <button id="timeoutButton" class="btn btn-primary">TimeOut</button> 
+        <h2 id="timeoutMessage"></h2>
       </main>
     `;
   }
diff --git a/pong/realtime_pong_game/roommanager.py b/pong/realtime_pong_game/roommanager.py
index c25067f..44f8a35 100644
--- a/pong/realtime_pong_game/roommanager.py
+++ b/pong/realtime_pong_game/roommanager.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def __init__(self, room_name, number_of_players):
         self.participants_state = dict()
         self.max_of_participants = int(number_of_players)
         self.game_results = []
+        self.is_timeout = False
 
     def set_room_state(self, new_room_state):
         with self.instance_lock:
@@ -167,6 +168,19 @@ async def send_room_state_to_group(self):
     async def on_receive_user_message(self, participant, message_json):
         if self.room_state == RoomState.In_Game:
             await self.handle_game_action(participant, message_json)
+        elif self.room_state == RoomState.Display_Tournament:
+            self.is_timeout = True
+            await self.channel_layer.group_send(
+                self.room_name,
+                {
+                    "type": "send_room_information",
+                    "contents": {
+                        "sender": "room-manager",
+                        "type": "timeout",
+                        "contents": "timeout",
+                    },
+                },
+            )
 
     def change_participants_state_for_game(self, player1, player2):
         for participant in self.participants_state.keys():
@@ -236,7 +250,9 @@ def game_dispatcher(self, dummy_data):
             # change room state to Display_Tournament
             self.set_room_state(RoomState.Display_Tournament)
             async_to_sync(self.send_room_state_to_group)()
-            time.sleep(3)
+            time.sleep(5)
+            if self.is_timeout is True:
+                time.sleep(30)
             # change room state to In_Game
             self.set_room_state(RoomState.In_Game)
             async_to_sync(self.send_room_state_to_group)()