TOURNAMENT RULES

The valid IFF international rules will be applied. The Men Elite category and Ladies Elite category is ruled in accordance with "IFF - Friendly International Matches" edition 2006. Participation in these two categories requires the approval from the respective National Floorball Association and players must be registered in their club or have to arrange a Temporary Play Transfer with the IFF. For the other categories this rule is not enforced by the organizer.

Playing Time

Men ELite

2x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in the basic groups, eight-finale groups and all play off matches upto the quarterfinale. The interval between the first and second period is 2 minutes. No time out allowed in the group matches.

3x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in the quarterfinal, semi-final and final matches. The interval between the periods is 10 minutes.

Ladies Elite

2x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in the group matches, eight-finale groups and play off matches up to the quarter finale. The interval between the first and second period is 2 minutes. No time out allowed in the group matches.

2x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in quarter finale and semi-final matches. The interval between the first and second period is 5 minutes.

3x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in final matches. The interval between the periods is 10 minutes.

Men, Female, Junior

2x15 min with last 3 minutes not being effectively measured in all the group matches and play off matches upto the quarterfinal. The interval between the first and second period is 2 minutes. No time out allowed in the group matches.

2x20 min with last 3 minutes being effectively measured in all quarterfinal, semi-final and final matches. The interval between the periods is 5 minutes.

Qualification Key

Victory in group games gives 3 points, draw 1 point and lost game 0 points.

If two/more teams reach the same amount of points after the group matches the final position is decided as follows:

• - the amount of points reached in mutual direct matches
• - the score difference reached in mutual direct matches
• - the amount of scored goals in mutual direct matches
• - the total score difference
• - the total amount of scored goals
• - lot

A draw in the eliminating matches is followed by:

• - 3 penalty shots
• - penalty sudden death

Tournament Jury

Tomáš Vaculík

Jan Jirovský

Jaroslava Fišerová

Protest

A potential protest must be delivered to the JURY or to the hall secretariat in a written form 15 minutes after the match at latest. Protest fee: CZK 1,000. In case of refusing the protest the fee is not refunded. The verdict of the JURY is final and cannot be questioned.

Team List

Every team must complete the on-line team list on the tournament web page till the start of the tournament at the latest. Only the players named on the on-line list are allowed to play. Addition to the list is not allowed after the first game has been played.

Match Report

The match protocol must be filled in block letters and handed over to the match secretariat at latest 30 minutes before every match. The forms will be available during the team registration or you can download it here. 

Walk Over

The maximum waiting time is 5 minutes, after that the de ‘fault result will be 0:5. Any team missing two matches due to the walk over will be excluded from the tournament and all played matches annulled.

Players Participation

Any player can take part only in one team during the entire tournament. The only exception is a junior player who can participate also in the men team of his own club in case the match schedule enables this. In the JUNIOR category only players born in 1993 and younger are allowed to participate. Player’s identification may be requested in case of misgivings. The players’ passports or other ID must be for disposal for this case. The players identification can be requested also by the opponent but only till the end of the break between the 1st and 2nd period after handing over the protest fee. In case of potential unfitness the de ‘fault result of this match will be 0:5.

Match Penalty

Match penalty 1 leads automatically to suspensation till the end of the respective match, match penalty 2 to suspensation in the following match and the match penalty 3 leads to the players suspensation in the whole tournament.

Team colors

In case the referees decide that one team should change shirts due to the similarity of the opponents coloures the team listed as away team in the official match schedule is obliged to change.

Warm Up

There will not be any opportunity to warm up on the floorball ground (except for the final matches) and warming up before every match will therefore have to take place next to the ground or outside the hall.

Dressing Roms

The number of dressing rooms in all halls is limited and therefore it has to be used by „walking through“ system. After changing before the match please take all the teams belongings in bags to the ground. After the match you may be given a different dressing room. The organizers cannot be taken responsible for any loss of personal belongings during the tournament.

Match Schedule

The organizers have the right to change the published match schedule. In such a case a notice will be given to each team leader affected by the change.

Awards

In each category the winner will be awarded by a cup. Teams on the medal positions will be awarded by diplomas and medals (max. 20 medals per team). At the same time the best goal scorer, best goal-keeper and best player in each category will be decorated. The teams and individuals will be decorated immediately after the semifinal and final game of the given category.