MKS Melbourne Shield 2011 Tournament Format and Schedule

MKS Melbourne have announced the much awaited tournament format and schedule for the inaugural MKS Melbourne Shield 2011.  As anticipated, the tournament format is much the same as other MKS Melbourne tournaments.

The tournament will consist of a qualification round and an elimination round.  The qualification round is a single round robin competition in which every team plays every other team exactly once.  All eight teams have been placed in one group.  At the end of the qualification round, the top four teams will proceed to the elimination round, which is a knock-out competition (only winning teams progress to the next matches).

The match schedule is as follows for the qualification round.

Round 1

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Milli Takim	Gajack United	2
2	Fesse Plate United	Dark Hawk United	3
3	Dodos	Impact	2
4	Sowmai FC	Wolves FC	3

Round 2

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Dark Hawk United	Milli Takim	2
2	Gajack United	Impact	3
3	Fesse Plate United	Wolves FC	2
4	Dodos	Sowmai FC	3

Round 3

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Milli Takim	Impact	2
2	Dark Hawk United	Wolves FC	3
3	Gajack United	Sowmai FC	2
4	Fesse Plate United	Dodos	3

Round 4

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Wolves FC	Milli Takim	2
2	Impact	Sowmai FC	3
3	Dark Hawk United	Dodos	2
4	Gajack United	Fesse Plate United	3

Round 5

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Milli Takim	Sowmai FC	2
2	Wolves FC	Dodos	3
3	Impact	Fesse Plate United	2
4	Dark Hawk United	Gajack United	3

Round 6

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Dodos	Milli Takim	2
2	Sowmai FC	Fesse Plate United	3
3	Wolves FC	Gajack United	2
4	Impact	Dark Hawk United	3

Round 7

Match	Team 1	Team 2	Court
1	Milli Takim	Fesse Plate United	2
2	Dodos	Gajack United	3
3	Sowmai FC	Dark Hawk United	2
4	Wolves FC	Impact	3

One change that MKS Melbourne would like to point out to competitors is the addition of the "accumulated foul" rule (refer to rule 1.6 of the official rules).  MKS Melbourne are trialling the addition of this official FIFA futsal rule in an attempt to improve the tournament.

MKS Melbourne is putting the final touches on the tournament and will further communicate with team captains and vice captains before the start of the tournament.  In the mean time, MKS Melbourne advises competitors to ensure that they arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the tournament (0900) and that the tournament is expected to end at approximately 1430.

MKS Melbourne looks forward to all participants enjoying a competitive but friendly tournament on the day.