Tournament Rules

KCM Easter Festival Tournament Rules/Format:

There are four divisions consisting of:

1. Mens Premier (8 teams)
2. Mens Challenge (11 teams)
3. Ladies Premier (8 teams)
4. Ladies Challenge (4 teams)

There will also potentially be a Masters Men and Masters Ladies Division consisting of two teams each.

Regardless of the Division all teams will:

1. Regardless of travelling, should be ready to play at 14:00 on Friday 6^th April 2011 (NO EXCEPTIONS)
2. A squad can name a MAXIMUM of 18 players however only 16 players will be allowed to fielded per match.
3. All matches are 25 min a side with a 5 min break!
4. Fixtures are scheduled with 70 min apart to allowing 15 min between games for watering, warm-up of teams, changing of officials etc., for example, if Match one is at 14:20 (teams play for 55 min incl. break) then Match two is promptly at 15:30 and Match three is at 16:40 etc.
5. All games will START on TIME and should a team be late:
   1. 5 min grace will be allowed and the match will be shortened to two equal halves of 22.5 min each with a break period of 5 min in order for the next match to be unaffected.
   2. Should a team be more than  5min late, the opposition will be awarded the points and 5 goals and a friendly may still be played within the remaining allocated time slot i.e. the next match will still begin at its scheduled time!
6. The play-offs and semi-finals will remain at 25 min a side with a 5 min break. Should there be no result the match will go directly into penalty strokes.
7. The FINALS will be 30 min a side with 5 min break! Should there be no result the match will go directly into penalty strokes.
8. NO extra time shall be played
9. All teams will play a MINIMUM of FOUR matches for the tournament.  Exception to this are the Masters and the MC league where 2 teams will play a minimum of 3 matches which is unavoidable due to new 11 Team format.
10. All teams will have a SUNDAY fixture!

TOURNAMENT FORMATS:

1. Mens and Ladies Premier Divisions

1. Consists of 8 teams each
2. There will be two pools of four teams each
3. Each team will play a round robin of 3 matches within their pool
4. The teams that end 1^st and 2^nd in their pool will progress into the semi-finals
5. The losers of the semi-finals WILL NOT play in a play-off while the winners of the semi-finals will progress to the FINALS
6. Teams that end 3^rd and 4^th in their pool will play a direct play-off against the team that ended 3^rd or 4^th in the other pool i.e. 3^rd in Pool A plays 3^rd in pool B; 4^th in Pool A plays 4^th in Pool B
7. Therefore each team play a minimum of 4 games in the tournament

2. Mens Challenge Division

1. Consists of a total of 11 teams
2. There will be three pools of 3 teams each (A, B, C) while the fourth pool (D) will have 2 teams
3. Each team (apart from Pool D) will play a round robin of 2 matches each within their pool
4. The winners, runners-up of each pool will combine to form two new pools of four teams each (Pool E and F) while the 3^rd placed position of all of the pools will combine to form 3 teams in Pool G
5. Teams in Pool E will play for positions 1 to 4; Teams in Pool F will play for positions 5 to 8; and teams in Pool G will play a round-robin (see Figure 1 schematic)

3. Ladies Challenge Division

1. Consists of 4 teams in total and therefore there is one pool
2. Each team will play a round robin of 3 matches
3. The teams that end 1^st and 2^nd will play in the Ladies challenge final
4. Teams that end 3^rd and 4^th will play each other for 3^rd and 4^th position
5. Therefore each team play a minimum of 4 games in the tournament

RANKING of TEAMS in pools for all divisions:

In each pool, all the teams will play against each other, and the following points will be awarded for each match :

1) 3 points to the winner

2) 1 point to each team, in the event of a draw

3) No points to the loser

In each pool, teams will be ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated in the competition.

1)       If at the end of the pool matches two or more teams have the same number of points for any place in a pool, these teams will be ranked according to their respective number of matches won.

2)       If there remains equality among two or more teams, then these teams will be ranked according to their respective goal difference (which means “goals for” less “goals against”). A positive goal difference always takes precedence over a negative one.

3)       If there still remains equality among two or more teams, then these teams will be ranked according to their respective number of ‘goals for’.

4)       Should there still remain equality among two teams, then the result of the match played between those teams will be taken into consideration to determine the ranking of the tied teams.

5)       Should there still remain equality among two teams, then the matter will be settled by a penalty shoot out competition between those teams (paragraph 4).

Figure 1: Men’s Challenge Division Tournament Format Schematic

UMPIRES

Each squad to supply a suitably graded umpire at own cost at a rate agreed to between the umpire and the squad. Should a squad NOT have an umpire and the LOC is informed by NLT Tues 3rd April, an attempt will be made to identify a suitably qualified umpire. The squad will be liable for costs at a rate of R150 per match as recommended by the WP Province Umpires Association.  Such costs to be  be calculated at a minimum of 4 fixtures for the tournament (TOTAL: R600) payable on Fri 6 April 2012 at 11h00 before the Briefing Session commences at 11h30.