THE OFFSIDE CUP – Tournament Rules and Regulations
By: Dave Martinez | March 6th, 2008THE 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 twice. 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. If all remains tied, a coin flip)
#6 – The group stage shall last two (2) weeks after the commencement of the tournament.
#7 – The Playoffs – The round of 16, round of 8, and Semifinals shall be decided on a best of 2 series (home and away). *we are exploring the capacity of online league to create a definitive winner in cases of draws.
#8 – Players will have one week to play both playoff games in any round.
#7 – The Championship Game.
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.
The Round of 16 shall be played as follows:
BRACKET 1
Group A winner v. Group B Runner Up
Group C winner v. Group D Runner Up
Winners play each other in the quarterfinals
Group E winner v. Group F Runner Up
Group G winner v. Group H Runner Up
Winners play each other in the quarterfinals
BRACKET 2
Group B winner v. Group A Runner Up
Group D winner v. Group C Runner Up
Winners play each other in the quarterfinals
Group F winner v. Group E Runner Up
Group H winner v. Group G Runner Up
Winners play each other in the quarterfinals
Winners of Quarterfinal stage in each respective bracket face each other in the Semi Finals. Winners of that will move onto the Cup Championship
Best of luck to everyone!
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With the way the tournament is now set up, the groups A-D are the ones you want to avoid, just based on the teams there in. Of course, the other side E-H have Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool and Villareal, but come on, that doesnt stack up against AC Milan, Inter, Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Boca Juniors, Sao Paolo . . . damn. I cant wait.
BTW, tenative post for tonite or early tommorrow will feature the date of this tournament. I will email you all or leave you a message on LIVE with a friend request.
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A few questions:
In regards to #5, why not goal differential? Even if it’s not first tiebreaker it would be better to use that than a coin flip.
And #7, Is their a tourney setting on xbox live where if we tied over two legs it would automatically go into extra time and then pk’s?
Also, is gambling permitted? if so, any takers in my group (Sevilla, Toulouse, Villareal)
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lol what are the gambling laws?
Anyhow, I will make the change for rule 5, it should be a coin flip after differential. You are right.
#7 is a possibility I should have an answer for later tommorrow. I am working on how we will format this tournament, keep track, post scores, weekly reports – the whole nine.
The main option now is making an individual online league per group A-h, winners shall advance. Thats when I will contact everyone and get the one on ones going.
Keep the opinions coming! I am very flexible in adjusting this.
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I forgot about this one but how about aggregate, it would really give another dimension to being the home team and the away team.
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No flipping coins Dave, that is the worst idea ever.
I am also using this post to blatantly advertise my blog, go here- http://michfan17.blogspot.com/
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