Indoor Soccer Tournament Rules | Niagara Rec Sports

Niagara Rec Sports 2013 Coed Indoor Soccer Tournament Rules

General Rules:

Shin pads MUST be worn by all players on the field.
Duration of the games will be 24 minutes (straight time); teams will be given a two minute warm up.
After the previous game is over the referee will put 26min on the clock when the clock reached 24min the game will begin, the clock will not stop so be organized and ready to play before the previous game is over.
If one team is ready to play and the other team is not, a goal will be awarded against the team that is not ready after each 5min interval has elapsed.
There is NO OFFSIDE in indoor soccer!!
No slide tackling by outfield players, Goalkeepers are not permitted to slide tackle outside of their penalty area. A free kick will be awarded to the opposing team and potentially a foul awarded to the sliding player (at the referees discretion)
Players can slide to stop a goal, to stop a ball from going out of bounds, to score a goal, a long as there is no other player in the vicinity of the player sliding. If any other player is in the vicinity of the sliding player it will be deemed a slide tackle. This call is 100% up to the referees discretion.

Players

Only registered players can play, all players must fill out a registration form and sign the waver before stepping on the field.
Teams will consist of 5 outfield players and a goalkeeper
The outfield players are typically made up of three men and two women
The goalkeeper can be either male or female; the gender of the goalkeeper will not affect the make-up of the outfield players.
Teams must have a minimum of 3 outfield players on the field one of whom has to be a female.
Maximum of 3 Male outfield players on the field at one time
Minimum of 1 Female outfield player must be on the field at all times or they will forfeit
Teams can have up to 5 Female outfield players on the field at one time
Goalie can be Male or Female and does NOT count as a player on the field for the above qualifications.
If during a game one of the teams fails to meet the minimum player requirement, the game will be stopped by the referee. The league will award the opposing team 3 points for a win, the winning team will be awarded a minimum of 3 goals (if more goals were scored during the game that number of goals will stand).
Teams must wear the same coloured and numbered uniform, shin pads must be worn. Teams are asked to bring a home and away set of jerseys.
The facility will adhere to the playing rules of the Ontario Soccer Association if not covered in this document.

General Rules for Substitutions:

Substitutions are ongoing (on the fly), the only time play will stop for a substitution will be on a Goalkeeper change.
Substitutions must be made at the center line not to give the substituting team any advantage from the substitution.
Players entering the field may not do so until the player they arereplacing is within one metre of the centre line on the side of the player’s team bench.
The player leaving the field must immediately leave the field and not impede play while doing so.

General Rules for Time Clock:

Games are 24min in duration.
At the end of the game 26min will be put on the clock, time will continue counting the game will start at 24min, time will not stop.
If one team is ready and the other team is not, 1 goal will be awarded against the team that is not ready after each 5min interval.

Injuries
Please keep in mind that this is a coed Soccer tournament, we all have to work the next day. Play safe and fair.
We are on a very tight time schedule, if a player is injured on the field please try and make your way off the field as quickly as possible so play can resume (time will not stop).
To keep things fair if a player is injured on the field and unable to make their way off the field a goal will be awarded to the the opposing team every 4min.
If the game is not able to be completed due to an injury a 2-0 win will be given to the opposing team.
This is to prevent teams from taking advantage of this rule and holding onto a lead.
Games may be shortened by the referee for the following reasons; serious injury, a team or both teams are not ready to start at their scheduled time or any other unforeseen event.

General Rules for Slide Tackling:

No slide tackling by outfield players, Goalkeepers are not permitted to slide outside of their penalty area.
Goalkeepers are allowed to slide at an opponent’s feet if they have the ball inside of their penalty area as long as they do not go in feet first or with an intent to injure.

General Rules at Restarts:

When the play is starting from the initial kick off or after a goal is scored, all players must be on their own side of the field, and play will restart on the referees whistle.
All other restarts must be taken within 6 seconds unless informed by the referee to wait for his whistle, failure to do so will result in loss of possession.
Time wasting will result in a two minute penalty and a yellow card.
All opposing players must remain 6‘ from the ball at corner kicks, kick-ins and free kicks. (Players must ask for the 6′ if they want it)
All free kicks are indirect
No goals can be scored directly from a kick off, free kick, goal kick, kick-in or corner kick.

Rules for Fouls and Misconduct

Any physical altercations = immediate ejection from the entire tournament
Teams may receive penalties during the game at the referee’s discretion.
Penalties will be either one, two or five minutes depending on the severity of the offence.
All referees will carry 2 discipline cards; yellow and red.
Depending on the severity of the foul or misconduct the referee will decide the severity of the penalty.
A yellow results in a two minute penalty, if the opposing team scores the penalized player may re-enter play or be substituted.

A player receiving a second yellow card will be ejected from the remainder of the game and must leave the field of play. The player’s team must put another player from the playing roster into the penalty box and serve a full five minute penalty.
A red card will result in a sending off, the player must leave the field of play and one of his teammates must serve a full 5 minute penalty.
Any player ejected from a game will be forced to sit out a min of one game potentially more at the referee and convener’s discretion.
All players, coaches and team representatives ejected from play must leave the entire playing surface area.

Injuries

Please keep in mind that this is a coed Soccer tournament, we all have to work the next day. Keep play safe and fair.
We are on a very tight time schedule, if a player is injured on the field please try and make your way off the field as quickly as possible so play can resume (time will not stop).
To keep things fair if a player is injured on the field and unable to make their way off the field a goal will be awarded to the the opposing team every 3min.
If the game is not able to be completed a 2-0 win will be given to the opposing team.
This is to prevent teams from taking advantage of this rule and holding onto a lead.

General Rules for Discipline:

Any player ejected from a game will be forced to sit out a min of one game potentially more at the referee and convener’s discretion.

Structure
12 teams total 3 groups of 4 teams
8 teams make the quarter finals

Top 2 teams from each group
The final 2 teams (wild cards) based on

Total Most Points (3 points for a win, 1 for a tie)
Plus minus
Goals for
Head to Head (if applicable)
If everything is equal a coin toss.

Rankings
Of the 8 teams going through to the quarter finals, teams will be ranked as follows

1st in each group is ranked 1st, 2nd & 3rd accordingly
The remaining 5 are ranked 4th, 5th , 6th ,7th, 8th accordingly

Quarter finals and on

single elimination knock out

1st seed plays 8th seed
2nd seed plays 7th seed
3rd seed plays 6th seed
4th seed plays 5th seed

Group stages can end in a tie.

Quarter finals and on will have 5min over time followed by penalty shots.

Over time (only in playoffs)

4 vs 4 consisting of
Goalie
MIn 1 Female
Max 2 Males

Penalty Shots

Best of 5 rounds will alternate Guy, Girl, until there is a winner.
If still tied after 5 rounds they will continue one round at a time until there is a winner.
Everyone (of their specific gender) must shoot on the team before starting the order over goalies included
This is the only time where goalies gender counts as a Male or Female and to follow the above penalty shot rules.