WELCOME TO THE FIFA 08 OFFSIDE CUP!

By: Dave Martinez | March 12th, 2008

Well, the day is finally here.

WELCOME TO THE FIFA 08 OFFSIDE CUP!!!!!!

All information has been sent to your emails, including passwords and league names

If anyone wants to be on our reserve list, leave you tag info here, or email me at daveredbulls@Hotmail.com if you have any questions.

** Now, the vote is in, and we now have a group stage resembling the World Cup Exactly - 1 game against each other. Top two advance.

So here are your finalized rules.

THE OFFSIDE CUP - Tournament Rules and Regulations

#1 - You are allowed only ONE entry into the tournament
#2 - Teams are assigned to you as they were received - first come first serve
#3 - Teams will be split into 8 groups (A-H)
#4 - Teams will be randomly selected into these groups
#5 - Each group will have 4 teams. All 4 teams must play each other once. The top two teams shall advance to the next round (tie breakers will be decided upon points first, then head to head competition, then goal differential.)
#6 - The group stage shall last two (2) weeks after the commencement of the tournament. Should the groups finish early, the tournament schedule shall be advanced.
#7 - The Playoffs - The round of 16, round of 8, and Semifinals shall be decided on a best of 3 series. This is the capacity provided by the Online League
#8 - Players will have one week to play both playoff games in any round.
#9 - The Championship Game.
#10 - If by some chance there are participants that do not finish nor start the tournament, your team will either be replaced or dropped from the tournament.

PRIZE: The winner shall receive a t-shirt from “The Offside,” and will be featured on this, and the main page as The Offside Cup Champion, including interview et al. Other prizes may be announced during the tournament.