TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Tournament Standings

Tournament Format - ROUND ROBIN

Each team will play one game against all teams in the league.

                          3 points will be awarded for a win.
                          1 point will be awarded for a tie
                          0 points awarded for a loss

Top two teams in points will play for championship

If two or more teams tie for the final championship game slot the tie will be broken as follows.

1. Head to head if two teams are tied (tiebreaker skipped if more than two teams tied)
2. Most Wins
3. Goal differential (a maximum of three goals positive or negative shall count for each match)
4. Fewest Goals allowed
5. Most goals scored

The tiebreakers are followed in the above order. Should teams remain tied after the first tiebreaker then you comtinue to the next until a team is eliminated. Should more than two teams be tied the tiebreaker starts at number two and then progresses until one team remains.

Championship game tie:

• If regulation time ends in a tie: there will be a 10 minute overtime period, played in its entirety, with the winner decided by any typical goal advantage over the opponent when time expires.
• If the first overtime period ends in a tie: there will be a second 10 minute overtime period, played in its entirety, with the winner decided by any typical goal advantage over the opponent when time expires.
• If the second overtime period ends in a tie: A 5 person Penalty Shootout will decide the final outcome of the game, using the following format………

Each team must decide on a goalie for their team to use during the entire shootout, and that goalie must have played either a half in regulation time, or one of the 10 minute overtime periods. Each team must select their first 5 penalty shooters, which can include the goalie. Penalty shots will then be taken, alternating a shot from a player from each team. The team with the most penalty goals scored from their 5 attempts is the Champion. However, if the first 5 shooters from each team have arrived at another tie, each team must then select 5 NEW players to take the next penalty shots….IN SUDDEN VICTORY format. This means that the Championship is decided when any team has a goal advantage at the end of a single round of one attempt from each team.

GIRLS 11-13 Tournament Rules Addenda

Relative to Tournament Play:  It is assumed that all teams will post all eligible players and that all games will be played in the standard 11 v. 11 format. In the event that a team posts with less than eleven (11) eligible players at the start of the game, the following rules engage:

Burdened Team = the team with the least number of eligible players present at the start of game.

1.) Seven (7) is the minimum number players permitted to start a game without forfeiting up-front.

a.) If the burdened team starts with seven (7) players and an injury occurs during the game, which results in less than seven (7) players able to continue play, the decision to continue to play is solely at the discretion of the coach of the burdened team. If the burdened team with the injured player opts to stop playing at that time, then that team will forfeit the game and will take a loss regardless of the score at the time of the injury.

b.) If, at 15 minutes past the scheduled game time, the burdened team still does not have at least seven (7) eligible players available to start the game, then the burdened team will be forced to forfeit the game and take a loss.

2.) Relative to number of players present at the start of the game and the scope-of-play (i.e 9v9, 10v10, etc.):

a.) The team with the least amount of players present at the start of the game (burdened team) gets to decide how many players both teams play with, but the burdened team has to play with a maximum of only one (1) substitute.
EXAMPLE 1: Team A has ten (10) players at the start of game, and Team B has (9) players at the start of game: Team B gets to decide how many players to play with, but their only two options can be to play with nine (9) players and no substitute or eight (8) players and one (1) substitute. They cannot choose to play with seven (7) players and two (2) substitutes.

b.) If additional burdened-team eligible players arrive after the start of the game, the players can be added under the normal substitution guidelines (i.e. your throw-in, a goal kick, etc.), only upon the burdened team notifying the opposing team through the referee that they are adding to the number of players on the field. The opposing team will then add players proportionately.

*Reminder – Please show respect for the referees! They are kids, making $10 a game, and while we all may have legitimate issues with poor calls or non-calls, we need to remember that this is for fun! All of us are competitive, but we must show restraint in our actions towards the refs during play. Make every effort to address issues with them during half-time or after the game has ended, and be a leader with regards to your player’s and parent’s conduct towards them as well. Good luck to everyone, have a great tournament!!!  

 Joel C. Ackermann – Commissioner -- 11-13 Girls League