TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

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Every win will give a team 3 points, a tie will give a team 1 point and a loss will not give any point. 

The winners of the quarterfinals of every age group will play the semifinals, and, the winners of the semifinals will play the final.

Every team have 4 games guaranteed.

Groups can be of 8 - 12 -16 teams. Teams will qualify for champions playoffs or consolation playoffs.

Every win will give a team 3 points, a tie will give a team 1 point and a loss will not give any point. 

The winners of the quarterfinals of every age group will play the semifinals, and, the winners of the semifinals will play the final.

Men's:

  • U19: 2006-2007
  • U17: 2008-09
  • U15: 2010
  • U14: 2011
  • U13: 2012
  • U12: 2013 (F8)
  • U11: 2014 (F8)
  • U10: 2015 (F8)

Women’s

  • U19: 2006-2007-08
  • U16: 2009-10
  • U14: 2011-12
  • U12: 2013-14 (F8)

2 x 25 minutes during both the group stage and the final stage, in every category. The organization has the right to change the length of the games in case of any exceptional circumstances. Halftime during the games would be 5 minutes in length.

4 games guaranteed.

The games will be played according to the FIFA and the Spanish Football Association rules, and will be refereed by referees ascribed to the different technical committees. Their decisions will be unappealable. 

For the different age groups, the players have to be born between the 1st of January of each year and the 31st of December of each year. All the players will have to identify themselves with their player license, ID card or passport. There will be a review of the players identity before their first game or at some point of the tournament if the organization requires it. If there is a team which does not meet the requirements, it will lose the game 3-0. 

Every team can field up to 3 players one year older.

All the shirts will have to be numerated and the numbers will meet the players list handed or e-mailed to the organization in advance. All the players must wear the same number during the whole length of the tournament. In case of coincidence in colors, the team listed second in the games schedule will have to wear a different color uniform.

In each game every team will play initially eleven players in the 11vs11 categories and 8 players in the 7vs7 categories, including the Goalkeeper. Substitutions will be rolling, without the need of advising the referee in every substitution made or waiting for the referee to authorize it. Every player coming out of the field will be able to come in again.

A red carded player will automatically be suspended for the next game, having the final decision on the suspension the tournament organization. It will not be suspended for the next game all that red cards derived of light fouls. The tournament organization will have as well the final call on this.

All those complaints related to refereeing decisions will not be admitted. The complaints related to other aspects of the tournaments will have to be submitted by the person responsible for each team to the organization. In the case that they refer to a concrete game, they will have to be submitted not more than 15 minutes after the game finishes, together with a 60euro fee. This fee will be returned in the case that the complaint is successful. The organization will decide and will have the final call.

To speed up the tournament development, the teams mentioned in first place in the game schedule will start the game as if they would have won the toss and will choose field. The teams mentioned in second place will do the kick off.

If two teams tie at the end of the group stage, the team which will go through will be:

  1. Winner in the head to head.
  2. Winner in the goal difference.
  3. The team with more goals scored.
  4. The team with least goals conceded.
  5. Toin coss.

In case of a draw between two or more teams:

  1. Number of points in the games played between the teams involved in the draw.
  2. Goal difference between the teams involved in the draw.
  3. Goal difference in the games played between the teams involved in the draw.
  4. The teams with more goals involved.
  5. Goal difference in the games played against all the teams in the group.
  6. Coin Toss.

A 5 pk shootout per team will be deciding any draw in the final round. There will no be any extra time except for the final, where a 10 minutes extra time (divided into two halves of 5 minutes), will be played to decide the winner. In the draw persists after the extra time, the winner will be decided in a 5 pk shootout per team.

It will be done according to the FIFA regulations. The teams will shoot 5 pk’s alternatively. If the draw persists, the teams will continue shooting pk’s until one of them scores and the other one misses. Only the players in the field at the end of the game will be the ones that could be appointed for shooting pk’s.

Any circumstance that is not reflected in this document will be exclusive competence of the tournament organization, being their decisions unique and unappealable, reserving the right to add, modify or apply the rules attending to their criteria and the tournament needs.

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JAN ESTELLER

Tournament Director

Tournament Director with +10 years experience in Youth Sport Events all over the world. Working, as well, in major sport events like EURO 2020 or FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

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The tournament will be divided into 2 groups of 5 per age group, where all the teams in each group will play against each other. The top 4 in each group will be qualifying for the quarterfinals.

Every win will give a team 3 points, a tie will give a team 1 point and a loss will not give any point. 

The winners of the quarterfinals of every age group will play the semifinals, and, the winners of the semifinals will play the final.

2 x 20 minutes during both the group stage and the final stage. The organization has the right to change the length of the games in case of any exceptional circumstances. Halftime during the games would be 5 minutes in length.

The games will be played according the FIFA and the Spanish Football Association rules, and will be refereed by referees ascribed to the different technical committees. Their decisions will be unappealable. 

For the different age groups, the players have to be born between the 1st of January of each year and the 31st of December of each year. All the players will have to identify themselves with their player license, ID card or passport. There will be a review of the players identity before their first game or at some point of the tournament if the organization requires it. If there is a team which does not meet the requirements, it will lose the game 3-0. 

All the shirts will have to be numerated and the numbers will meet the players list handed or e-mailed to the organization in advance. In case of coincidence in colors, the team listed second in the games schedule will have to wear a different color uniform.

In each game every team will play initially eleven players in the 11vs11 categories and 7 players in the 7vs7 categories, including the Goalkeeper. Substitutions will be rolling, without the need of advising the referee in every substitution made or waiting for the referee to authorize it. Every player coming out of the field will be able to come in again.

A red carded player will automatically be suspended for the next game, having the final decision on the suspension the tournament organization. It will not be suspended for the next game all that red cards derived of light fouls. The tournament organization will have as well the final call on this.

All those complaints related to refereeing decisions will not be admitted. The complaints related to other aspects of the tournaments will have to submitted by the person responsible for each team to the organization. In the case that they refer to a concrete game, they will have to be submitted not more than 15 minutes after the game finishes, together with a 60euro fee. This fee will be returned in the case that the complaint is successful. The organization will decide and will have the final call.

To speed up the tournament development, the teams mentioned in first place in the game schedule will start the game as if they would have won the toss and will choose field. The teams mentioned in second place will do the kick off.

If two teams tie at the end of the group stage, the team which will go through will be:

  1. Winner in the head to head.
  2. Winner in the goal difference.
  3. The team with more goals scored.
  4. The youngest team. 

In case of a draw between two or more teams:

  1. Number of points in the games played between the teams involved in the draw.
  2. Goal difference between the teams involved in the draw.
  3. Goal difference in the games played between the teams involved in the draw. 
  4. The teams with more goals involved.
  5. Goal difference in the games played against all the teams in the group.
  6. The youngest team.  

A 5 pk shootout per team will be deciding any draw in the final round. There will no be any extra time except for the final, where a 10 minutes extra time (divided into two halves of 5 minutes), will be played to decide the winner. In the draw persists after the extra time, the winner will be decided in a 5 pk shootout per team.

It will be done according to the FIFA regulations. The teams will shoot 5 pk’s alternatively. If the draw persists, the teams will continue shooting pk’s until one of them scores and the other one misses. Only the players in the field at the end of the game will be the ones that could be appointed for shooting pk’s.

Any circumstance that is not reflected in this document will be exclusive competence of the tournament organization, being their decisions unique and unappealable, reserving the right to add, modify or apply the rules attending to their criteria and the tournament needs.

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JORDI GOMEZ GANAU

Tournament Director

Jordi is a UEFA-A licensed coach and has three years of experience as a tournament director. He also serves as the Academy Director for International Development Academy (IDA) - Valencia.

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