Rules

The tournament is played according to the FIL 2015 rules with the following modifications.

Game time:

Penalties:

Minor penalty = 1 minute
Major penalty = 3 minutes
Players penalized with match penalty are automatically suspended for next game.
Organizators reserve the right to add aditional game suspension(s) or expel a player from the tournament for particularly serious or dangerous foul and/or unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Timeouts:

Tournament play system:

it is not allowed to play for different teams

round-robin groups
- 5 groups of 3 teams
- in the group everyone plays with everyone
- the match can end with a tie
- win – 3 points
- tie – 1 point
- lose – 0 ponts
playoff
- 1st to 8th place games:
  - 5 teams from group A-E placed 1st in the group
  - 3 teams from group A-E placed 2nd in the group based on “mini table of 2nd teams” according to the following key:
    - number of points
    - difference of score
    - number of goals scored
    - coin toss
  - matching key is as follows:
    - from two groups only 1 team advance, these will play QF4
    - the remaining three groups are alphabetically sorted to group 1-3, when:
      - QF1: 1st group 1st place vs. 3rd group 2nd place
      - QF2: 1st group 2nd place vs. 2nd group 1st place
      - QF3: 2nd group 2nd place vs. 3rd group 1st place
- 9th to 15th palce games:
  - 5 teams from group A-E placed 3rd in the group
  - 2 team placed on the last 2 places in the “mini table of 2nd teams”
  - matching key is as follows:
    - 3rd team A vs 3rd team C
    - lower placed 2nd team vs 3rd team E
    - 3rd team B vs 3rd team D
  - better placed 2nd team goes dirrectly to game 30

Standings in the groups is determined by following criteria :

Individual awards: