Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Draw and Prizes

The Mauritian Futsal Cup organizers have announced the official draw. With a record 9 teams participating in the tournament, the organizers have decided on a single pool for the single round robin tournament. This results in a long day of competition with a massive 48 matches.

In the round robin qualification round, which consists of 45 matches, a team will play 8 matches (one against every other team), and will have one bye. The top four ranked teams will then progress to the elimination round.

In the elimination round, the first ranked team will play against the forth ranked team and the second ranked team will play against the third ranked team. The winners of these two semi-finals will then progress to the finals.

Once again, the tournament organizers have decided that each team will need to referee a number of games. The organizers feel that refereeing in futsal and football is always a contentious issue and that hiring referees will not necessarily resolve or improve it. Thus, the organizers feel that team each refereeing a number of matches is a good compromise and it also keeps the cost of the tournament low and fair.

The actual schedule for the tournament is as follows.


Qualifying Round (Single Round Robin)

R

M

Home

Away

Referee

1

1

The Waka Waka All Stars

Pression FC

The Wolves

1

2

Club Maurice

Undefeated

Nioukyen FC

1

3

The Wolves

Black Hawk United

Pression FC

1

4

Nioukyen FC

The Replacements

The Waka Waka All Stars

1

5

Short Notice

Bye

2

1

Pression FC

Short Notice

Club Maurice

2

2

The Waka Waka All Stars

Black Hawk United

The Wolves

2

3

Club Maurice

The Replacements

Short Notice

2

4

The Wolves

Nioukyen FC

Pression FC

2

5

Bye

Undefeated

3

1

Short Notice

Undefeated

The Waka Waka All Stars

3

2

Pression FC

Black Hawk United

Club Maurice

3

3

The Waka Waka All Stars

Nioukyen FC

Black Hawk United

3

4

Club Maurice

The Wolves

Undefeated

3

5

Bye

The Replacements

4

1

Black Hawk United

Short Notice

Pression FC

4

2

Undefeated

The Replacements

The Waka Waka All Stars

4

3

Pression FC

Nioukyen FC

Short Notice

4

4

The Waka Waka All Stars

Club Maurice

Black Hawk United

4

5

Bye

The Wolves

5

1

Short Notice

The Replacements

Undefeated

5

2

Black Hawk United

Nioukyen FC

Pression FC

5

3

Undefeated

The Wolves

Nioukyen FC

5

4

Pression FC

Club Maurice

The Replacements

5

5

Bye

The Waka Waka All Stars

6

1

Nioukyen FC

Short Notice

Black Hawk United

6

2

The Replacements

The Wolves

Undefeated

6

3

Black Hawk United

Club Maurice

Short Notice

6

4

Undefeated

The Waka Waka All Stars

Nioukyen FC

6

5

Pression FC

Bye

7

1

Short Notice

The Wolves

The Replacements

7

2

Nioukyen FC

Club Maurice

Undefeated

7

3

The Replacements

The Waka Waka All Stars

Club Maurice

7

4

Undefeated

Pression FC

The Wolves

7

5

Black Hawk United

Bye

8

1

Club Maurice

Short Notice

The Replacements

8

2

The Wolves

The Waka Waka All Stars

Black Hawk United

8

3

The Replacements

Pression FC

Short Notice

8

4

Black Hawk United

Undefeated

The Wolves

8

5

Nioukyen FC

Bye

9

1

Short Notice

The Waka Waka All Stars

Nioukyen FC

9

2

The Wolves

Pression FC

The Replacements

9

3

Nioukyen FC

Undefeated

The Waka Waka All Stars

9

4

The Replacements

Black Hawk United

Club Maurice

9

5

Club Maurice

Bye


Elimination Round (Knock-Out)

Semi-finals

Home

Away

Referee

1st Ranked Team

4th Ranked Team

5th Ranked Team

2nd Ranked Team

3rd Ranked Team

6th Ranked Team


Finals

Home

Away

Referee

Semi-finals Winner 1

Semi-finals Winner 2

TBA



The tournament organizers have displayed the prizes for the competition champions. The most impressive prize is the new Mauritian Futsal Cup, which is decorated with four colours of the Mauritian flag: red, blue, yellow, and green. The Mauritian Futsal Cup will be awarded to the first team which wins the competition 5 times or 3 consecutive times. The Mauritian Futsal Cup will surely be the most sought after silverware.


It seems that this inaugural tournament will set the pace for all Mauritian Futsal Cup tournaments to come. The journey to victory will be long and hard, however, the champions will be well rewarded for their arduous and perilous journey. With the draw and silverware announced, there is only a brief wait before the tournament.

As excitement builds up and teams covet the new silverware, only their preparation, skill, and determination will allow them to emerge as champions.

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