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2010 BB Sting Indoor Tournament Rules
1. General Information The tournament will be March 28th and March 29th . All teams are guaranteed 3 games minimum. All teams must check in at main table at the site of their first game no later than half an hour before the start of their first game. 2. Team Eligibility and Restrictions The tournament is open to boy’s and girl’s travel league, competitive, recreational, and classic teams. Co-ed teams are allowed; but must register as a boy’s team. 3. Player Eligibility and Restrictions Players must be in good standing with their state association. All players must be eligible to play in their grade group. Coaches are responsible for ensuring that all players have proper insurance. All players must sign a copy of the tournament’s insurance waiver form. Coaches must provide these forms for inspection at check-in. If form is not available at check-in, then they will be crossed off the roster and will be unable to participate. All players playing in the tournament must be on the roster at check-in with all proper paper work. Rosters are frozen once you check-in. 4. Age Brackets Varsity: 12th grade or lower, 4 v 4 plus goalie J.V.: 10th grade or lower, 4 v 4 plus goalie Jr. High: 8th grade or lower, 4 v 4 plus goalie Elementary: 6th grade or lower, 5 v 5 plus goalie 5. Game Guidelines Games will be played in accordance with FIFA and New York State West Youth Soccer Association rules, except with a few exceptions: Free Kicks: All restarts are from the point of infraction and are Indirect Kicks unless it is a flagrant foul committed inside the goal area, then a Penalty Kick will be awarded. Indirect Kicks for the opponent inside the goal area will be taken outside the goal area. Kickoff: The ball may be passed backwards off the kickoff. Boarding: Charging a player into the wall is not allowed. Sliding: No sliding allowed by players, except keepers trying to get the ball in their taped area. Restart is an Indirect Free Kick for opposing team. If in the opinion of the Referee it is a slide tackle, then the referee may caution/eject the player. The goalie may slide within the taped goal area to get the ball. Yellow Cards: Two yellow cards in a game is equivalent to a red card. player issued a yellow card must leave the floor for a minimum of two minutes. The offending players team must also play down a player for the two minutes or until a goal is scored by the opposition. Red Cards: The player is ejected for the remainder of the game. They must leave the gym area. The team must “play down” one player for the remainder of the game. The ejected player must also sit the next game, however, the team no longer must “play down” a player. If a coach is removed, then another adult must be present as a coach for the team. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to lengthen the suspension of a red card for more than one game. Fighting Red Card—Any player issued a red card for fighting is disqualified from the rest of the tournament and must leave the school grounds. The offending players team will forfeit the game in which the red card was issued. Time: All games will be 17 minutes long unless noted differently on schedule. After a game ends, 19 minutes will be put on the clock. When the time reaches 17 minutes, the game will begin. There will be no warm-up time. The clock does not stop. However, if time expires and a Penalty Kick needs to be taken, then time is extended just for the Penalty Kick. Ball: A futsal ball will be used as the official ball of the matches. These balls have a “low bounce” and are smaller than what players may be used to. Substitutions: Substitutions may be made on all dead balls and on the fly. Players leaving the field of play must be within the bench area before the new player may enter the field of play. Goalkeepers: The Keeper’s Goal Area is marked with tape, as is the penalty kick mark. The keeper has six seconds to release the ball. Keepers can kick or throw the ball. The ball must hit the floor or a player before the ball crosses half court. Drop kicks are not allowed. Failure to do so will result in an Indirect Free Kick for the other team at the place it crossed half court. All indirect kicks taken by the opposing side will be taken outside the Keeper’s Goal Area. Out of Bounds: Any ball that hits the ceiling or anything hanging from it (such as basketball hoops) shall be considered out of bounds and restarted with an indirect free kick on the floor directly below where it hit the ceiling. The sidelines are marked with tape. There are no throw-ins, rather, indirect free kicks from the point the ball completely left the field of play. The opposing team must provide 3 yards of space. The wall is in play on the goal lines. If the ball gets caught behind the goal (in the net somehow, but not scored), then the keeper may start with the ball in his/her hands. Points: Points will be awarded during the round robin format. Top teams will advance to the Championship Game. If there are enough teams entered, a Semi-Final Round may be included. Win – 5 points Draw – 3 points Loss – 0 points Shutout – ½ point Each team is awarded a point for a goal, with a maximum of 3 points allowed. Therefore, the maximum amount of points possible for a single game is 8 points. Ties: Only in the case that a winner is required (not round robin games), then there will be a five minute overtime period with Golden Goal Rule in effect. In addition, during the five minute overtime period, we will remove one player from each team after each minute. So, the OT period will start as a 4 v 4 (plus goalie), then at the four minute mark, one player from each team will come off the floor and the game will now be a 3 v 3 game. This will continue until the game is 1 v 1 plus goalies. In the event that the game is still tied after the overtime period, the game will go straight to FIFA penalty kicks. The winner of the penalty kicks win the match If a tie occurs with points, then a tie will be broken in the following order: 1. Winner head to head (if more than 2 teams are tied, then start with #2) 2. Most number of wins 3. Difference between goals scored for and goals scored against 4. Least number of goals scored against 5. FIFA Penalty Kicks (coaches may choose kickers from their bench) Referees: All referees are USSF certified. The referee will have the highest authority on the field and will be able to suspend a match if they detect any wrong behavior or attitude. 6. Schedules It may be necessary to reschedule games at the last minute if a team drops out, dangerous weather conditions, unavailability of fields, or some other unforeseen reason. Schedule changes will be posted at the check-in table. Every attempt will be made to contact each team based on the contact phone number given at registration. It is the responsibility of each team’s coach or manager to become aware of any schedule changes and communicate them to the rest of their team. Any rescheduled games that are missed will count as a forfeit. 7. Match Information Coaches have total responsibility for the conduct of their players, coaching staff, and team spectators. At no time shall foul or abusive language or misconduct be permitted in any gym or other facilities. Varsity Boys Teams must have a roster with identifying numbers for all players matched to their jerseys. Home team will be identified on the schedule. In the event of uniform color conflict, the home team uniform color will need to be changed. If a forfeit occurs, a score of 1-0 is recorded (6 points) to the other team. No ½ point for a shutout will be awarded. Scores will be reported to the scorer’s table by the referee. All protests or other problems are to be reported to the Head of the Tournament Committee, Dennis Crowe, immediately following the match. All decisions by the Tournament Committee are final. 8. Awards Champion teams will receive 10 Championship T-shirts. More can be ordered at a cost to the team.
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