Rules
The tournament is played according to the FIL 2015 rules with the following modifications.
Game time:
- 2×15 min. running clock (break 2 minutes)
- Final game 3×15 min. running clock (each break 2 minutes)
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:
- One 45 seconds long timeout per game.
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
- 1st to 8th place games:
Standings in the groups is determined by following criteria :
- points
- mutual match
- score difference
- goals scored
- draw
Individual awards:
- Best goalkeeper
- Best scorer
- Player with the most points
- Best Defensive Player