Rules.
What Kind of Tournament - The Barbados Soccer Classic is designed to be a highly competitive soccer tournament for club teams U-12 to U-17 for both boys and girls. All teams will be guaranteed four games.
Dates - The tournament will be held on February 13-19, 2005 in Bridgetown, Barbados. All teams must be checked in at Registration on Sunday night February 13, location to follow.
Entry Fee - The entry fee is included within your tour package. If you wish to attend without participating in the packages provided you must contact Harvard Sports Management Group for your rates.
Entry Deadline - The entry deadline for all monies and paperwork is November 15, 2004. Notice of acceptance will be mailed before December 10, 2004.
Refund Policy - All teams not accepted into the tournament will receive a full refund.
Selection Criteria – Teams will be selected on their relative strength in their state, regional and national competitions, and then grouped accordingly to ensure the highest level of soccer.
Travel and Housing – contact Harvard Sports Management Group
Registration
General - All players (except guest players) must be registered to the team
making application. No "All Star" teams or ODP teams are allowed
without written permission from the Tournament Director. A team is allowed
up to Six guest players who must meet the age criteria for the team playing
and they must be currently registered and be in good standing with their state
association. They also must have a valid player card (U-14 and above) from
their state association. All teams must submit a roster (including jersey
#, name and date of birth for each player) signed by the Association Registrar
with their application to the tournament. Each team will consist of not more
than eighteen players (including guest players). All players (including guest
players) must be duly registered and in good standing with their respective
state, provincial or national soccer associations, as per FIFA rules, and
U-14 players and older must have a valid state player ID card.
Check In - All teams must have a representative check in on Sunday night February 13, 2005. (Location TBA). They MUST bring with them the following information:
1. The most current signed team roster, with guest players added.
2. Completed guest player forms (if you have guest players).
3. Travel papers if you are an out of state team.
4. Player cards (U-14 and above) and/or birth certificates (required for all
players) for each player (including guest players).
5. Medical Release forms for each player (a sample medical release form will
be posted on the web page).
Playing Rules
No Protests: The tournament Director’s decision is final.
Who's Eligible: All players must be eligible to play in their age division (including guest players). A team roster listing the jersey number, name and date of birth of each player, plus player cards or birth certificates for each player must be carried by the coach/manager to all games for inspection by the referee. Players U-14 and above must also have with them, a valid player card from their state association. All players must also have a medical release form available at each game.
Age Groups:
AGE GROUP---BORN ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1ST
U-17---1987 U-16---1988 U-15---1989 U-14---1990
U-13---1991 U-12---1992 U-11---1993
Conduct: All 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 at any field or other facilities being used for the tournament. Coaches who are either unable or unwilling to control themselves or their sidelines may be cautioned or sent off. The referee will file a written report with the tournament director. A copy of the report and a statement of any action will be sent to the respective state, provincial, or national office.
Termination of Play: If in the opinion of the referee, game play must be terminated for misconduct of the coach, players and/or spectators, the offending team will be charged with a loss and the score will be determined by the tournament director. If, in the opinion of the referee, both teams are offending, the game will be terminated and the tournament director will determine the score.
Red and Yellow Cards: Any player receiving two yellow cards or one red card in a game will be sent off from that game. In addition, said player(s) will not take part in the next game of the tournament. A player accumulating three yellow cards during the tournament will have to sit out the next scheduled game. A red card for violent conduct may result in either a three game suspension or elimination from further play in the tournament as determined by the tournament director. All yellow and red cards affect this tournament only. However, the respective state, provincial or national office of the disciplined team or player will be notified.
Substitutions: Either team may substitute on a goal kick or following a goal. A team may also substitute on throw-ins of their possession and for their injured player.
Permission to Travel: All teams both international and US based must provide proof of permission to travel from their National or Provincial Association.
Reporting of Scores: Referees are responsible for the game and will report the score of all games to the Field Coordinator at the field and they will then be posted on the scoreboards.
Game Duration (Length of each half)
Age Preliminary Matches & Semi & Final Matches
U-17 35 min. 45 min.
U-15 & 16 35 min. 40 min.
U-13 & 14 30 min. 35 min.
U-11 & 12 30 min. 30 min.
All games will have five-minute half times unless shortened by the authority of the Field Coordinator (not the referee). If the start time of a game is more than 10 minutes behind schedule, the Field Coordinator may make a decision to shorten the game. He/She will do so by informing the coaches, prior to the start of the game, if the game time will need to be shortened by 5 minutes for each half. Field Coordinators will make every effort to have Semi-Final and Final games start on time and run their full length.
Home Team: The Home Team is the team listed first and will have field side selection and be responsible for uniform color change in the event of uniform color conflict.
Overtime: All preliminary games will have NO OVERTIME period and may end in a tie (see scoring below). All semi-final games will have a winner. All Semi and Final games that end in a draw will have 2 overtime periods of 10 minutes (5 minutes for U-11 and U-12) each and the first team to score during the overtime period will win the game (Golden Goal). If the game is still a draw after the overtime periods, penalty kicks per FIFA rules will be used to determine the Champion and Runner-up.
Scoring for Preliminaries: The
team(s) with the highest point totals will advance to the semi finals. Points
will be awarded as follows:
1. Win - 3 points
2. Draw - 1 point
3. Loss - 0 points
4. One point for each goal up to a maximum of 3
5. One point for a shutout
6. Explanation of draws: 0-0 draw = 1 pt/team (no shutouts pts); 1-1 draw
= 2 pts/team; 2-2 draw = 3 pts/team; 3-3 = 4 pts/team
Note: In the case of a "Bye" because of no show or cancellation, a score of 1-0 (4 points) will be awarded to the winning team. (The Tournament Committee will make every effort to try to find a replacement team when a cancellation occurs.)
Tie Breaking
1. Head to head competition
2. Difference between goals scored for and goals scored against (limit of
3 per game)
3. Most goals scored
4. Least number of goals scored against
5. Most number of wins
6. Least number of loses
7. Coin toss or Penalty Kick (Tournament Director discretion)
When selecting more than one team using the tie breaking rules, the tie breaking rules will be re-applied from the beginning after each team is selected.