| AGE GROUP |
PLAYER BIRTH DATE RANGE |
| U09 (8v8) |
8/1/2002 |
to |
7/31/2003 |
| U10 (8v8) |
8/1/2001 |
to |
7/31/2002 |
| U11 (8v8) |
8/1/2000 |
to |
7/31/2001 |
| U12 (8v8) |
8/1/2000 |
to |
7/31/2000 |
| U12 (11v11) |
8/1/1999 |
to |
7/31/2000 |
| U13 (11v11) |
8/1/1998 |
to |
7/31/1999 |
| U14 (11v11) |
8/1/1997 |
to |
7/31/1998 |
Qualification Round: Teams will be randomly placed into Four Team Pools for a round-robin tournament format during which each team plays three 20-minute games. Teams are awarded points based on their wins, losses, and ties. Total points earned are used to seed the teams into Eight Team Divisions for the Championship round of play. At the end of each game the winning and losing teams will be awarded game points based on the following criteria:
Regulation win 3 game points
Drawn Match (both teams scoring i.e. 1-1) 2 game points
Drawn Match (neither team scoring i.e. 0-0) 1 game point
Regulation loss 0 game points
At the conclusion of all qualification matches in an age group the game points will be totaled. The team with the highest game points will be seeded in the highest position. The team with the next highest game points will be seeded in the next position. This will continue until all teams have been seeded. Should two teams have the same number of game points tiebreakers will take effect. The tiebreakers used in determining the seeding into the championship round will be as
follows:
1. Bonus points will be added or subtracted based on a +(-) goal differential. The
differential will be the difference between the goals scored and goals allowed by
each team in regulation play with the maximum differential points allowed for a
single match being +(-) 4. The +(-) difference will be summed. The team with the
highest number of differential points will be seeded in the higher position.
2. If two or more teams have the same number of differential points (1), the team
that has allowed the fewest goals in the qualification round of play will be seeded
in the higher position.
3. If after (2) above two or more teams have the same number of goals allowed, then
the team that has scored the highest number of goals in the qualification round
shall be seeded the higher position.
4. If after (3) above, two or more teams have the same number of goals scored, the
higher seed shall be determined by the winner of a coin toss.
Championship Round: Each eight team division will start its own series of championship elimination games on Saturday afternoon. The four winning teams will advance into Sunday’s winners’ bracket and the four losing teams will move into the losers’ bracket. In Sunday’s Championship round’s elimination format; one team will advance from the losers’ bracket to challenge the team from the winners’ bracket for the division championship. Teams will play at least 3 championship round games. All games are now 40-minute games and drawn matches are decided by a Shootout format.
