Rules and Regulations
- The Organization shall plan the tournament(s) in compliance with the present Rules and Regulations and according to international rules.
- The Organizers shall appoint a Management Committee for the Tournament.
- For each football (soccer) field, the Organization shall appoint a Field Manager who shall be responsible for organizing the games in conformity with the published calendar.
- The referees appointed by the Organizers are duly qualified for the performance of their task, being international referees.
- Authorization to play
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- The only athletes allowed to participate in the tournament are holders of a form issued by their own federation, in compliance with the FIFA regulations.
- Before each competition, the field manager should be handed a list with the names of 18 players at most. This list shall have the complete names of these players and shall be signed by the manager in charge of the team. It should be submitted to the Field Manager, 30 minutes before the start of the game to perform on it the necessary controls.
- Associations players participating in a given tournament with two or more teams of the same category should play with the same team exclusively from the beginning till the end of the Tournament. In these cases, they should personally submit to the Tournament management, just before the start of the games, a list of the names of the players in each individual team.
- The players list
Before each game, a form should be filled in for each player and according to the number figuring on his/her shirt. The forms shall contain the name, surname, and birth date of each player. The form shall also be signed by the respective team managers. At the end of the game, the Field Manager or the referee should complete the forms. The tournament management, as well as both competing teams shall receive a copy of the report. - Categories and age groups
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- Males under 19 (born between 01.01.1989 and 31.12.1990). Special regulations for the U19 category: 4 players Under 20 (born between 01.01.1988 and 31.12.1988) can be introduced into the field in every game.
- Cadets Under 17 (born between 01.01.1991 and 31.12.1992).
- Youngsters Under 15 (born between 01.01.1993 and 31.12.1994).
- Debutants Under 13 (born between 01.01.1995 and 31.12.1996).
- Juniors Under 11 (born between 01.01.1997 and 31.12.1998) - 7 players category.
- Females Under 17 (born between 01.01.1991 and 31.12.1992). Special regulations for the Females category U19: 4 female players Under 19 (born between 01.01.1989 and 31.12.1989) could be introduced into the field in every game.
- Female seniors Over 17.
- Male seniors Over 19.
- Substitutions
In each game of the Tournament 5 players can be substituted. The substitution of a player could occur only during time-outs and it shall be reported to the referee. The substituted player cannot return to play in the same game. That however does not apply for the E category (Juniors Under 11) where a substituted player can participate again in the game, by substituting in his turn another player; the change should be signaled by the referee. - Duration of the games
For categories A / B / C / D / F/ G (please refer to point number 7): two halftimes, 20 minutes each. - Disciplinary provisions
Warning (yellow card): temporary expulsion from the field. In this case the expulsed player cannot return to the game and the team cannot substitute him. Moreover, such a player cannot play in the following game. For grave behavioral violations, on or off the football field, the management of the Tournament can ban the player (s) from the whole Tournament. - Phases
The first phase of the Tournament shall be played in 4-team legs. Exception can be made to play legs with 3 or 5 teams. - Score calculation
The classification of the single game legs shall be done following the criteria hereunder: -
- Won game: 3 points; tie: 1 point; lost game: 0 point.
- In case of a tie between more teams, the following references shall be respectively resorted to: higher number of scored goals; results of direct confrontations; holding a draw.
- For all direct elimination games, in case of a tie at the end of the original game time, penalty kicks shall be called in. Attention: the players authorized to take the penalty kicks are only the ones who are still present in the field at the end of the game.
- Teams should arrive at the facility where the game is scheduled to take place, 30 minutes before its starts. If the team arrives beyond the time, it would automatically lose the game with a 0-2 score. In case the team was able to prove that the delay was the result of force majeure it should forward its claim to the management of the Tournament, who after evaluating it, can either accept it or reject it. If a game is abandoned or interrupted because of unsportsmanlike behavior or aggressiveness by a given team, the game would be considered lost with a 0:2 score. The same could also apply in case of unsportsmanlike behavior even outside the field. The management can make the decision to exclude the team from the Tournament and is entitled to inform the FIGC about such behaviors.
If, due to extremely unfavorable climatic conditions, some of the games are suspended or cancelled without the possibility of recuperating, given the limited timeframe, the results of these games will be subjected to a draw (2:0. 1-1, 0:2 options).
- Separate rules
The E category with the 7-player formation: for that category the goalkeeper is entitled to 4 plus steps to resend the ball; the corner kick should be effectuated from the border of the wide area (16.5 m); the passage behind the goalkeeper is allowed; the width of the goal mouth is 5x2 (eventually even smaller); the penalty kick shall be shot 9 meters away from the goal mouth; the goalkeeper can resend the ball with his hands, and it is not compulsory to receive the ball before midfield line. The offside rule is annulled; the rule of the goalkeeper's six seconds is also annulled; the passage behind the goalkeeper is allowed; it is also allowed to substitute and reintroduce the same players as much as needed. The game shall consist of two halftimes, 15 minutes each. - The team topping the list in the program, in case of shirts similarity, should have at its disposition reserve shirts.
- Any claim of any type shall be submitted to the tournament's management, 60 minutes before the end whistle coupled with a 25.00 euros claim fee. The decision regarding that claim shall be made within 24 hours and the teams concerned shall be immediately informed of it.
- Registration fee: 100 Euros for each participating team. The fee does not comprise the transportation costs for which the Organizers are not responsible.
- It is possible to agree with our representative on reduced tariffs for stays in two-star hotels.
- By virtue of their participation in the Tournament all the associations shall explicitly endorse the provisions contained in the present set of Rules and Regulations (that we advise you to print out). Violating these provisions could lead to the exclusion of a team from the Tournament. The management waives any responsibility regarding incidents and damages occurring before, during and after the games. Ignorance of the regulations and all other provisions herein cannot be used as a pretext in any way (Ignorance of the law is no excuse).
- Except where it is mentioned otherwise, each game shall comprise two halftimes, 20 minutes each.
By virtue of their participation in the tournament, each team recognizes and endorses the Rules and Regulations of the Tournament as well as the Additional Provisions.
We hope that all the participating teams respect the norms of sporting spirit and fairplay!
The Tournament Management
