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2020 RVA Adult Futsal Festival Rules

Hosted By FutsalRVA

The rules of this tournament shall be in accordance with USYS, FIFA, USSF and USSSA except as modified and approved herein. 


TOURNAMENT STAFF

Tournament Directors:  Joe Farrell – jfarrell@futsalrva.com
During tournament play, headquarters will be located at U-Turn Sports Academy – 2101 Maywill St., Richmond, VA, 23230

TOURNAMENT VENUES

  • U-Turn Sports Academy - Please CLICK HERE for U-Turn parking information.  Only Water and Gatorade are allowed in the facility.  No other outside food or drink.

Official futsal goals will be utilized.  All courts are marked accordingly to the Laws of the Game.  To download a copy of the most recent FIFA laws of the game.

SCHEDULES AND STANDINGS

Please go to www.futsalrva.com for schedules.

FutsalRVA INVITATIONAL AGE GROUPS

U18 and over

TEAM CHECK-IN

Team check-in will be held up to 30 minutes before the first game. Coaches and/ or managers only.  Players do not need to be present at this check-in.  

Player and Coach Identification Needed at Team Check-in

  • Valid driver’s license

Tournament staff will conduct credential checks and compare the printed roster to the player identification presented.  Upon approval, each team will receive a laminated Official Tournament Roster.  The Official Tournament Roster is to be carried throughout the tournament and presented to the referee staff prior to each match.   

All games shall be accordance with the FIFA “Futsal Laws of the Game”, except as modified below.  Competition sanctioned by the association shall abide by the “Laws of the Game

Players’ Equipment

Player equipment must conform to FIFA rules.  All players will wear shin-guards (under the socks).  Players wearing a permanent orthopedic cast shall not be eligible to participate in any game.  However, soft braces can be worn as long as they are properly wrapped.  The safety of all players and final decision on safety is at the discretion of the referee.

Teams must wear uniforms of matching design and color with a minimum of six (6) inch numbers affixed to the back of the uniform shirt.  No two players may have identical uniform numbers while both players are playing on the field at the same time.  The first team listed on the schedule is considered the Home team.  The Home team is to wear light color uniform tops.  If the Home team has on its light color kit and there is a discrepancy with the visiting team, the visitor must change their uniforms.

The uniform of the goalkeeper must be a distinctly different color from the basic colors of the competing teams and the referee.

The Referee

Referees are required to sign and complete an official USSF or tournament specific game report to the Tournament staff as well as a Red Card report containing any information relating to any game incidents involving players/coach, spectator misconduct, or injuries.

The Duration of the Match

The duration of the game will be:

  • Two (2) twenty (20) minute halves**

  • One three (3) minute half time

  • One Time Out per half

  • No Overtime 

  • Referees will keep time for all matches

ADULT RULES

  1. Goalkeeper can throw the ball into the opponent’s box. 

  2. Scoring from kick-off is NOT allowed.

  3. Goalkeeper can punt the ball.

  4. The pass-back rule will be implemented. Once the keeper touches the ball, they can not play the ball again until ball is touched by an opponent.

  5. Mandatory switching of benches between halves

  6. Game length is (two) 20 minute halves  

Abandoned matches will not be replayed

Coin toss may be used at beginning of game and half time to determine kick off

Each team scheduled to play 3 matches

GAME BALLS

  • Provided by the Tournament

SCORE TABLE

Each score table will be comprised of 2 individuals:

1 – Volunteer from the home team will keep the score sheet

1 – Volunteer from the visiting team will run the clock and score machine

CONTROL OF SIDELINE CONDUCT

Players, reserve players, managers, coaches and fans are expected to conduct themselves within the letter and spirit of the “Laws of the Game”.  The Tournament Staff has the authority and the responsibility to remove any person(s) from the tournament for abuses of conduct, in addition to any specific disciplinary action brought about by any other authority.  In addition to good manners, the following rules will apply to USYF Tournaments:

Tournament staff will designate a sideline to be for the sole use of the players listed on the game roster and a maximum total of three (3) managers/coaches/trainers from each team, with one team occupying one side of the mid field and one team, the other.  At halftime, teams will switch benches so as to substitute from their defending area.  While the game is in progress coaches/managers/trainers/players must remain on their respective benches and may not roam the sidelines.

Artificial noise making devices are prohibited.

The manager/coach will be responsible for the behavior of their fans and the referee will have the authority to warn and ultimately send off, any manager/coach and the fans who behave in an abusive or disruptive manner.

POST GAME PROCEDURES

As a mutual courtesy, both teams will meet at the center circle and congratulate each of the opposing team members for a game well played.  Manager/coach of both teams will insure their respective sideline areas are clean and that all trash is in containers.

It is the responsibility of the coach/manager to retrieve their Official Tournament Roster card from the referee at the conclusion of the match.

DISCIPLINE

A player manager or coach ejected will have an automatic minimum one (1) game suspension regardless of the cause of the ejection.  All referee rulings stand.

Depending upon the severity of the unacceptable conduct, a suspension of up to the duration of the tournament may occur.

If a Red Card is given to a player/coach and they are sent off, a report shall be filed with Tournament Staff.  The Official Tournament Roster will be placed with the red card report and turned in to the administrative desk to be marked with the next game information.  The coach/administrator may pick up their roster card and take the card to their next match, but the offending player/coach must serve his/her game suspension during the scheduled match.  This will be noted on the roster card.  A Red card suspension can only be served with the team with which the suspension was earned in games played by their team.

DETERMINATION OF POOL PLAY WINNERS

In pool play there will be no overtimes given.  Standings in a division or pool will be determined by:

  • 3 points for a win

  • 1 point for a tie                        

  • 0 points for a loss

If two teams tie in points, the division or pool winner will be determined by:

  1. Head to head result; if no clear winner, 

  2. Net goal differential, only a maximum of seven (7) goals differential per game will count, if no clear winner 

  3. Fewest goals allowed, if no clear winner 

  4. Coin toss

POOL PLAY AND PLAYOFFS - NUMBER OF GAMES 

Divisions with 4 teams – 2 pool - Each team plays each other once.  The 1st  place teams from each pool advance to the semi finals and/or finals. Each team will receive a minimum of 2-3 games. 

Playoff Games ending in ties at regulation

If at the end of match where a winner must be decided and the score is tied, the referees will go directly to penalty kicks to determine winner of the match. Three (3) PKs will be taken by each team and if the score is still tied at the end of that phase then sudden death PKs are taken.

If a team finishes the match with fewer players than the opposing team (due to injury or misconduct), the captain/coach of the team with the greater number of players must select and identify for the referee those players who will not participate in kicks from the mark. In other words, the team must “reduce to equate” so that the kicks from the penalty mark procedure begins with teams having an equal number of players.  

Once kicks from the penalty mark have begun, there is no further application of the “reduce to equate” principle. 

FORFEITED GAMES / CANCELLED GAMES / PROTESTS

A minimum of three (3) players is necessary to start a game. Games will start at the given time. In case a team does not have three (3) players present, there will be a maximum of a 5-minute grace period while the clock runs before awarding the game to the opponent.

A forfeit will be scored as 4-0

In no case should a team that forfeited a pool play match be declared a winner of wild card team.  The team with the next best record will advance to semi-final or final play.

PROTESTS

There will be NO PROTESTS.  Referee and Tournament Staff decisions are final.
 

TERMINATED GAMES

If the referee terminates a match for reasons other than field conditions, the Tournament Disciplinary Committee will decide the result of the match after reviewing the match report and written testimony of both coaches.

GENERAL RULES

Products and behavior prohibited by the facility are not allowed in the facility, including but not limited to animals except service animals, outside beverages and food, verbal abuse, etc.  The tournament reserves the right to remove and or ban individuals violating the general rules

REFUNDS

No refunds will be given

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FutsalRVA INVITATIONAL