Team Rules & Procedures
Name of Tournament: 2010 Building Services World Cup.
Tournament Organiser: Engineering Sport Ltd & Liverpool City Council
Tournament Director: Andy Sneyd
Tournament Manager: Steve Swinnerton, LCC.
MANAGEMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT
The Tournament shall be governed in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of The Football Association. Matches shall be played in accordance with the Laws of the Game as settled by the International Football Association Board. The tournament will take place from Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th June, 2010. The event draw will take place on the 10th June, 2010, venue to be confirmed.
ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY FEE
Each team shall consist of a maximum of 20 persons. Entry to the tournament will be confirmed on payment of the appropriate entry fee.
The admission subscription shall be payable on or before the 31st May 2010 for inclusion into the competition draw. Only teams included within the competition draw will be included within competition leagues.
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, OFFICERS AND POWERS
The officers of the 2010 Building Services World Cup shall be: Director, Manager & Officer(s).
The Management Officers shall have the power to apply, act upon and enforce the rules of the tournament and shall also have jurisdiction over all matters affecting the tournament, including any matters not provided for by the rules. The Management Officers shall adjudicate in cases of dispute, protest or complaint excluding those of a football nature. All complaints of a football nature will be handled and resolved by a disciplinary panel appointed by Liverpool County Football Association. Other members may be co-opted if required.
All decisions of the council shall be binding subject to the right of appeal. Decisions must be notified in writing to all concerned within a period of 7 days.
A team failing to satisfactorily attend to the business and/or the correspondence of the event shall be liable to be fined or otherwise penalized at the discretion of the Council.
REGISTRATION
Team Registration.
Team registrations must be received and completed by May 31st 2010 at the latest.
In the 1st instance, to secure a team place in the 2010 Building Services World Cup, the following information must be forwarded electronically to the event organisers through the event web site, team name, team Director, team Manager, contact details and invoice address.
Following initial registration, teams Directors have 21 days to pay in full the registration fee to officially register their respective team in the 2010 Building Services World Cup. To be entered in to the event draw, all registration fees must have been received and funds cleared before the draw take place.
The FA and Engineering Sport Ltd recommend Individual team personal accident insurance is taken out if not covered by company wide personal accident insurance or employer sick pay schemes.
Qualification of Players
(a) For the purposes of this competition a bone fide playing member of a team shall be one who, being in all other respects eligible, has signed a fully and correctly completed registration form prior to the competition draw taking place. Teams shall have a maximum of 20 players.
A player will not be allowed to play in the 2010 Building Services World Cup if:
1 He has currently signed forms with any professional club.
2.He has registered for two qualifying teams for this competition, a player must choose one team for the entirety of the competition and once played for that team cannot then play for his/her second.
(b) Should team managers become involved in any violent or threatening behaviour, or be found guilty of any pitch encroachment, then their team’s registration within this competition could be withdrawn immediately.
(c) All Managers will be responsible for the correct Name & DOB on the players registration form and there eligibility for the competition. Any clubs found to be in default of this rule will be eliminated from the tournament. Player registration in the 1st instance will be via the event web site. Prior to the event matches taking place, the competition secretary will present a printed copy of the registration form to each club Director for individual player signing in ink.
(ii) If there is an element of doubt over a player’s eligibility the matter must be brought to the attention of the council within 7 days of the match in question by letter, whose decision will be final and binding.
(iii) Players registered to participate must be 18 years of age or older. For players less than 18 but at least 16 years of age at the time of the tournament, they may be eligible to take part but application for their inclusion must be made to the tournament Director prior to the event.
Team Colour, Team Name
(a) Every team must register its colours with the competition management who shall approve their suitability. Goalkeepers must wear colours to distinguish them from other players and the referee.
(b) In the event of TWO clubs, in the opinion of the referee having the same or similar colours, the designated AWAY team shall wear bibs.
Time of Kick-Off and duration of play
(a) Fixtures shall be arranged by the competitions manager, who shall be responsible also for the allocations of kick-off times and pitches. A set of fixtures for the competition will be notified to the teams following the event ‘draw’ prior to the commencement of the tournament.
(b) All matches shall be played in accordance with the laws of the game as settled by the International Football Association board.
(c) Tournament group matches will be 25 minutes each way. The score and relevant points will be awarded to each team upon completion of the game.
In case of extra-time at Semi-Final or Final a further 10mins each way will be played. The referee in charge of the match has the right to shorten this time or in fact go straight to penalties should the circumstances permit him from completing the extra-time permit in its entirety.
NB No golden/silver rules will apply.
If after extra-time, neither side has won the match, then the game will be decided on penalties.
There will be five penalties per team, then sudden death if the score remains level after five.
(d) In the event of a match not being played or abandoned due to reasons beyond either team’s control, the match will be replayed in its entirety on a date to be approved by the competition management.
(f) The competition management shall review all abandoned matches and in cases where it is to the advantage of the competition and does no injustice to either of the teams, the score at the time of the abandonment to be recorded as a result.
In all cases where the competition management are satisfied that a game has been abandoned owing to the conduct of one of the team or its supporters/members including spectators they shall be empowered to award the points or cup progress for the game to its opponents and/or take what other action they may deem necessary.
(g) Players involved in abandoned matches, including substitutes, shall be deemed to have played, and providing team sheets are submitted, such games shall count as an appearance.
(h) When for whatever reasons, a team is reduced to less than 7 players during a match, the game will be abandoned.
(i) Up to a maximum of 7 substitutes may be named for each match but a maximum of 5 substitutes used. Roll on Roll Off is not permitted under FA/FIFA regulations.
(j) In the event of a team not being present, or having insufficient players, or for any other reason being unable to commence a match being played 10 minutes after the scheduled kick-off, the referee shall be empowered to cancel the fixture.
If it becomes necessary to make a late start, the referee shall be empowered to curtail the game by the equivalent time of the delay, and shall advise both teams before the kick-off of his decision. In such circumstances the game must still be played in two halves of equal duration.
(k) The Half-time interval shall not exceed 10mins; this may only be altered with the consent of the referee.
(l) Any player receiving two cautions (yellow cards) during the group and knock out stages of the competition, in possibly two different matches, will be suspended from his team’s next 2010 Building Services World Cup match. Likewise, if a player received a straight red card or dismissed from the field of play he will automatically be suspended from his team’s next 2010 BSWC competition match.
The yellow or red card rule from the group stage does not carry forward to the knock out phase.
In the event of a situation arising not covered by the above rules it will be deemed to go before the competition management who will have the power to decide on the most beneficial outcome to all parties.
Players dismissed for violent and or racist conduct will be dealt with by the County FA and responsible for the fine incurred. A disciplinary date will be set and the player and club Manager will be expected to attend the hearing. A £200 deposit will be required to be paid to the event officials following the match in question and should any appeal be unsuccessful, any outstanding monies due must be paid to the event organisers by the player dismissed or the player’s team manager. This deposit, following a successful appeal, or any balance, will be returned to the player or club official following the FA disciplinary hearing once the FA fine is paid.
ALL PLAYERS AND TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS AND PAYMENT OF DISCIPLINARY FINES INCURRED.
Team managers are responsible for ensuring that they fulfil fixture obligations. Failure and or early withdrawal from the event without the organisers consent may result in future event registrations being refused.
Pre-Match Registration
Team colours and a squad list of no more than 20 eligible players must be lodged for registration at the results service at least 15 minutes prior to each game. For any one match up to 18 players may be registered including up to seven substitutes. 5 substitutes may be used during the match. Any player who has been substituted cannot later re-enter the match. The referee shall be responsible for returning the match sheet and notifying the result’s service of the result of each game at the conclusion of each game.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The Tournament will be played on a league basis in the first stage with the teams divided into groups of 4, depending upon final team numbers. Each team shall play one match against each other team in its group.
Three points shall be awarded for a win and one point for a draw. In the event of any team being level on points for any place in a group the final position shall be decided by:
- goal difference
- number of goals scored
- the result of the match between the two clubs
- by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark
- the toss of a coin
The knockout competition shall comprise of teams finishing in the highest place(s) in their group(s).
Recognition of Fair play
All teams must take part in the Tournaments fair play directive, whereby teams will parade onto the centre of the pitch before exchanging handshakes in acknowledgement of fair play.
Technical Area
A technical area of size 10 metres by 1 metre will be marked inside the roped boundary on the touchline of each pitch. Only two designated officials from each team will be allowed in the technical area. All other officials, players and spectators will be expected to keep behind the roped boundary.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Liverpool County FA will appoint registered referees and assistant referees. Match Officials will be paid an agreed fee per match.
PROTESTS AND COMPLAINTS
All questions of eligibility, qualification of players or interpretation of rules shall be referred to the Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee. The disciplinary committee will not accept any complaints or objections relative to the dimensions of the pitch or other appurtenances unless an official protest is lodged with the match referee before the start of the match. All protests and complaints relative to a particular match in the tournament shall be made in writing to the Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee within 15 minutes of the end of the match.
The Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee will not accept complaints made in relation to decisions taken by a referee in a match. Comments, complaints and compliments should be made using the official sheet from the results service and returned, marked for the attention of the Tournament Director.
Medals & Trophies
(a) The competition managment will provide a maximum of 20 medals (subject to the number of registered players in the squad) per team to the winners and runners-up of the competition.
(b) The CIBSE trophy will be awarded to the winning team of the group stage first and second place play offs and final, as scheduled in the event fixture structure.
The Everyman Shield will be awarded to the winning team of the group stage third and fourth place play offs and final, as scheduled in the event fixture structure.
(c) A top goal scorer trophy ‘Golden Boot’ will be awarded to the player who has scored the most goals in the tournament - penalty shoot-out goals will not be included in this total.
(d) A tournament Fair Play award will be awarded to the team with the most nominations for Fair Play, nominated by the event match officials.
(e) Manager of the tournament award will be awarded to the manager with the most nominations for MoT.
(f) Goal Keeper of the tournament award will be awarded to the keeper with the most nominations.
Match Day Rules for Manager
(a) Register at the team registration point 15 minutes prior to the scheduled kick off time.
Ensure that team sheets are correctly completed and handed to the referee prior to each game. We request that each team brings 10 printed copies of the team registration sheet as submitted to the tournament event organisers.
(b) Ensure that the team is ready in time for the scheduled match KO time.
(c) In the interest of all concerned, discourage players from bringing valuables to the ground, i.e. rings, money, chains, watches, bicycles etc
(d) The competition management take no responsibility for Loss or Damage to Any Property owned by player, team or spectator
First Aid
All teams should have a qualified first aider available at each match in which they are playing.
St John Ambulance will also be in attendance.
Insurance Cover
Public Liability Insurance cover has been taken out by the 2010 Building Services World Cup through the LCFA, however, this does not cover personal accidents to players, team officials or supporters. Personal accident insurance cover is recommended and to be taken out by the individual teams for which the players are performing. This insurance is not the responsibility of the 2010 Building Services World Cup. All team Directors/managers must inform all players of this ruling. Therefore, players taking part in the matches are deemed to have been informed of this rule and play at their own risk.
Rules binding on teams
Each team and member shall be deemed to have given its assent to the foregoing rules and agree to abide by the decision of the Council.
In the unlikely event of the tournament being cancelled due to extreme weather conditions or some other major catastrophe, then there can be no refunds returned to the participating teams.
MISCONDUCT
A player who is sent off the field of play (red card) shall be suspended for one match in the tournament. A player who receives two cautions (yellow card) shall be suspended for one match in the tournament.
All cases of misconduct on the field of play will be reported immediately by the referee to the Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee and to the appropriate County/National Association.
Any misconduct by a player before or after a match, or by an official before, during or after a match, shall be reported to the Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee. The Liverpool County FA disciplinary committee are entitled to take appropriate disciplinary action. Players are wholly responsible for their own behaviour and responsible for any disciplinary action which may follow a serious incident. In any cases where players receive a red card for violent conduct or racially abuse a FA disciplinary hearing will be scheduled. It is the player and team managers responsibility to ensure that the player attends this hearing. In such cases, a £200 deposit will be required from the player/team, to be paid after the incident. This deposit will be returned to the player/team responsible prior to the disciplinary hearing. In the event of the player receiving a fine from the FA disciplinary committee, the player receiving the fine is responsible for payment direct to the FA.
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