Futsal Tournament Rules

MKS Melbourne

Futsal Tournament Rules

1. Knowledge of the game

1. The laws of indoor soccer that apply are those of FIFA.
2. In the event of conflict between FIFA rules and the rule of the tournament, the tournament rule will prevail.
3. Specific rule amendments:

1. The decisions of the referees is final.
2. An indirect free kick shall be awarded in the following situations:

1. If a goal-keeper touches or controls the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by his team-mate.
2. If a goal-keeper touches or controls the ball with his hands or feet in his own penalty area for more than four seconds.

3. The free kick:

1. There are two types of free kicks:

1. Direct free kick: if a direct free kick enters the opponents' goal, a goal shall be awarded.
2. Indirect free kick: a goal shall only be awarded if the ball touches another player before it enters the goal.

2. All opponents shall be situated at least 5 meters from the ball until it is in play.  When a defending team is taking a free kick from inside its own penalty area, all opponents shall remain outside said area.

4. The kick-in:

1. The kick-in is a method of restarting play after the ball has gone out of bounds.  A goal may not be scored directly from a kick-in.
2. The ball shall remain stationary on the touch line.
3. The player taking the kick-in shall have part of one foot on the touch line or off the pitch at the moment he takes the kick-in.
4. The player taking the kick-in shall do so within 4 seconds of receiving the ball.
5. The players of the defending team shall be at least 5 meters from the place where the kick-in is taken.

5. Tackling:

1. Tackling from behind is allowed.
2. Players may not slide tackle, except for the goal-keeper.
3. The goal-keeper may slide tackle under following circumstances:

1. He must clearly be slide tackling for the ball.
2. The slide tackle must start from inside his own penalty area.

6. Send-offs:

1. A player who is sent off may not re-enter the play, and should not interfere with the play.
2. A substitute player may enter the pitch two full minutes after a team-mate has bee sent off, unless a goal is scored before the two minutes has elapsed.

2. Tournament format

1. The following describes an example of the tournament format with a single team.  The actual tournament format will vary depending on the number of teams participating.
2. The tournament is composed of two parts: (1) a qualifying round (a.k.a. “group stage” or “group round") and (2) the elimination round.
3. The qualifying round:

1. The qualifying round shall consist of a single group.
2. The qualifying round is a single round robin competition.  That is, each team shall play every other team once.
3. After the completion of the qualifying round, the top four teams will qualify to partake in the elimination round. 
4. Team ranking in the qualifying round will be determined as follows:

1. Teams will first be ranked by points.  A win is awarded 3 points, a draw is awarded 1 point, and a lost or forfeit is awarded zero points.
2. If teams are equal on points, they will then be ranked as follows:

1. By goal difference (goals for - goals against)
2. By goals for
3. By goals against
4. By toss of a coin or penalty shootout (if time permits)

4. The elimination round:

1. The elimination round consists of two semi-final matches and a final match.
2. The elimination round is a knock-out competition.  That is, a losing team will not progress further in the tournament.
3. The semi-final matches shall be as follows:

1. The 1st ranked team from the qualifying round will play against the 4th ranked team.
2. The 2nd ranked team from the qualifying round will play against the 3rd ranked team.

4. The two winners of the semi-final matches will play against each other in the final match. 
5. The winner of the final match will be deemed the winner of the tournament.
6. In the case of a draw in the elimination round, winners will be determined by extra time (if time permits) or penalty shootout.

3. The games

1. Duration of the games:

1. Qualifying round games will consist of a single 10-minute match with no breaks.
2. Elimination round games will consist of a single 10-minute match with no breaks.
3. Games are to be strictly limited to the aforementioned durations.  Once a game has finished, no further play may take place.  The sole exception is if a team is awarded a penalty kick, in which case, even if the game has finished, the team will be permitted to take the penalty kick.  This does not apply to free kicks.

2. The game start and finish by the referee’s whistle or sirens.

1. Once a game has finished, no further play may take place.  The sole exception is if a team is awarded a penalty kick, in which case, even if the game has finished, the team will be permitted to take the penalty kick.  This does not apply to free kicks.

3. Kick-off is decided by toss of coin.
4. Time of the games:

1. Teams are to be on court at the scheduled time for the start of the game.
2. The clock will be started at the scheduled time to ensure all teams have their full game.
3. Failure to be on the court by at the scheduled time will result in a one-goal penalty. 
4. Thereafter teams will lose one goal for every minute after the scheduled start of the game.
5. The game will start with or without a full team.
6. Teams that have players running late must take the court when they have a minimum of three players.
7. An automatic forfeit will apply if a team is not on court within 5 minutes of the scheduled starting time.

4. Teams

1. A team must have at least three players for the game to start.
2. No more than five players will be allowed on the court at any time.
3. A team may have up to a maximum of 3 substitutes.

5. Injuries

1. Players play at their own risk.  The tournament organizers will not be held liable for any injuries or accidents.
2. To minimize the disruption of subsequent games, no extra time is allocated in this tournament.
3. An injured player must leave the court as soon as reasonably possible so that play may continue.
4. Once an injured player leaves the court, his position may be filled with a substituted player.
5. If a player is bleeding, he must vacate the court immediately and cannot return until the bleeding has stopped.

6. Substitution

1. The referee must be notified if the goal-keeper is substituted.
2. Failure to do so will result in a yellow card to the player and/or the captain.
3. Substitutions can be made at anytime during the game.  The player being substituted off must cross the sideline before the new player comes on.
4. Failure to do so will result in a yellow card to the player and/or the captain.

7. Fees

1. All payments should be finalized before the start of the tournament.
2. Teams will outstanding payments will not be allowed to compete in the tournament.  

8. Changes

1. Tournament organizers reserve the right to makes changes to any and all parts of the tournament without notice.

FIFA 10 PS3 Tournament

On 24th July 2010, MKS Melbourne held its first ever FIFA 10 PS3 Tournament.  The eleven competitors were:

• Kenny How (Cha Cha)
• Christopher Cheong (Chris)
• Nicolas How (Nikoko)
• Irwin Tse (Nation)
• Nicolas Chung (Ching Chong)
• Thierry Wong (Thie)
• Richard Ip (Tapaze)
• Kenny Lam (Loco)
• Christopher Lim (Nando)
• Stephan Ng (Folken)
• Michael Ng (Mike)

FIFA 10 projection

Ready to go!

The tournament was organized as a single round-robin league.  After some initial technical difficulties, the tournament began.

Resolving technical difficulties

In the initial stages of the league, competitors carefully tested each others' ability and it took a little while for most competitors to get into their full game.

The set up

Thie took an early lead in the league and it was difficult for other competitors to catch-up to him.  However, Nando was hot on his trail and fittingly, Thie and Nando had their showdown in the last round of the tournament.

The competition in action

Competitors in action

Bird's eye view of the competition

Thie entered the last round in the lead with 22 points and Nando was right behind him with 21 points.  Their match was a tight and nervious one, but eventually, around the 67th minute mark, Nando scored and quickly changed to a defensive formation to hold on to the league.  Thie push his team to attack, but to no avail.  The match ended 1-0, with Nando the winner of the match and champion of the first ever MKS Melbourne FIFA2010 PS3 Tournament.

Spectators and competitors watching the matches unfold from above

The ladder at the end of the tournament is as follows:

Rank	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	D	Pts
1	Nando	10	7	3	0	17	4	13	24
2	Thie	10	7	1	2	14	4	10	22
3	Folken	10	7	0	3	15	9	6	21
4	Cha Cha	10	5	4	1	24	11	13	19
5	Mike	10	5	2	3	15	8	7	17
6	Loco	10	3	4	3	7	14	-7	13
7	Chris	10	2	2	6	5	6	-1	8
8	Nation	10	1	5	4	4	11	-7	8
9	Nikoko	10	2	2	6	5	18	-13	8
10	Ching Chong	10	1	3	6	13	17	-4	6
11	Tapaze	10	0	6	4	3	9	-6	6

The match results are as follows:
Round 1

Round	Match
1	1	Cha Cha			Bye
1	2	Chris	0	1	Mike
1	3	Nikoko	1	0	Folken
1	4	Nation	0	0	Nando
1	5	Ching Chong	0	2	Loco
1	6	Thie	1	0	Tapaze

 

Round 2

Round	Match
2	1	Mike	2	2	Cha Cha
2	2	Bye			Folken
2	3	Chris	1	3	Nando
2	4	Nikoko	0	3	Loco
2	5	Nation	0	0	Tapaze
2	6	Ching Chong	0	2	Thie

Round 3

Round	Match
3	1	Cha Cha	5	0	Folken
3	2	Mike	0	2	Nando
3	3	Bye			Loco
3	4	Chris	0	0	Tapaze
3	5	Nikoko	0	3	Thie
3	6	Nation	3	1	Ching Chong

Round 4

Round	Match
4	1	Nando	2	2	Cha Cha
4	2	Folken	5	0	Loco
4	3	Mike	2	0	Tapaze
4	4	Bye			Thie
4	5	Chris	0	2	Ching Chong
4	6	Nikoko	0	0	Nation

Round 5

Round	Match
5	1	Cha Cha	1	1	Loco
5	2	Nando	0	0	Tapaze
5	3	Folken	1	0	Thie
5	4	Mike	0	0	Ching Chong
5	5	Bye			Nation
5	6	Chris	3	2	Nikoko

Round 6

Round	Match
6	1	Tapaze	0	2	Cha Cha
6	2	Loco	0	2	Thie
6	3	Nando	3	1	Ching Chong
6	4	Folken	1	0	Nation
6	5	Mike	5	0	Nikoko
6	6	Bye			Chris

Round 7

Round	Match
7	1	Cha Cha	1	2	Thie
7	2	Tapaze	0	0	Ching Chong
7	3	Loco	0	0	Nation
7	4	Nando	1	0	Nikoko
7	5	Folken	2	0	Chris
7	6	Mike			Bye

Round 8

Round	Match
8	1	Ching Chong	3	3	Cha Cha
8	2	Thie	0	0	Nation
8	3	Tapaze	1	1	Nikoko
8	4	Loco	0	0	Chris
8	5	Nando			Bye
8	6	Folken	1	0	Mike

Round 9

Round	Match
9	1	Cha Cha	5	1	Nation
9	2	Ching Chong	0	1	Nikoko
9	3	Thie	1	0	Chris
9	4	Tapaze			Bye
9	5	Loco	0	1	Mike
9	6	Nando	0	1	Folken

Round 10

Round	Match
10	1	Nikoko	0	2	Cha Cha
10	2	Nation	0	1	Chris
10	3	Ching Chong			Bye
10	4	Thie	3	1	Mike
10	5	Tapaze	1	2	Folken
10	6	Loco	0	4	Nando

Round 11

Round	Match
11	1	Cha Cha	1	0	Chris
11	2	Nikoko			Bye
11	3	Nation	0	3	Mike
11	4	Ching Chong	1	3	Folken
11	5	Thie	0	1	Nando
11	6	Tapaze	1	1	Loco

 
Congratulations to the winner of the first MKS Melbourne FIFA 10 PS3 Tournament, Christopher Lim!

The First Mauritian Futsal Cup Champions

On 3rd July 2010 the motherland called for a tournament, and her migrant sons and adoptive sons alike gathered to contest for supremacy.  They gathered into 9 teams to challenge each other for the very first Mauritian Futsal Cup.  The teams present at this historic event are as follows.

Wolves

The Replacements

 Nioukyen FC

 Club Maurice

 Black Hawk United

 The Waka Waka All Stars

 Pression FC

 

 Short Notice

 Undefeated

Qualifying Round
All the teams faced each other in the qualifying round.  In the early stages, The Waka Waka All Stars began to rise above the rest.  Hot on their trail were Club Maurice, Nioukyen FC, and Black Hawk United.  Tournament favourites, The Replacements, who have previously won the Champions Cup in both the Winter 2009 and Spring 2009 tournaments were placed in the bottom half.  They had began their tournament with a lackluster performance and paid the price for it.

The Waka Waka All Stars managed to draw with The Replacements, and both Club Maurice and Undefeated defeated The Replacements.  It was sweet revenge for Undefeated who, previously as Camion Lichien, fell to The Replacements in the finals of the Winter 2009 Champions Cup and again in the semi-finals of the Spring 2009 Champions Cup.  The victory must have also been satisfying for Club Maurice captain, Kenny Lam, who previously goal-kept for The Replacements.

As the qualifying round continued, the teams shifted position.  The Replacements unexpectedly finished first in the group followed closely by Nioukyen FC, Club Maurice, and Black Hawk United.  These top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.  The results for the qualifying round follows.

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	The Replacements	8	5	1	2	13	6	7	16
2	Nioukyen FC	8	4	2	2	11	4	7	14
3	Club Maurice	8	4	2	2	10	6	4	14
4	Black Hawk United	8	4	1	3	15	11	4	13
5	The Waka Waka All Stars	8	3	3	2	5	7	-2	12
6	Undefeated	8	3	1	4	10	10	0	10
7	Pression FC	8	3	0	5	7	18	-11	9
8	Short Notice	8	2	1	5	9	14	-5	7
9	Wolves	8	1	3	4	5	8	-3	6

The qualifying match results were as follows.

Round 1

• The Waka Waka All Stars def. Pression FC 1-0
• Club Maurice drew Undefeated 1-1
• Wolves drew Black Hawk United 2-2
• The Replacements def. Nioukyen FC 1-0

Round 2

• Pression FC def. Short Notice 2-1
• The Waka Waka All Stars def. Black Hawk United 1-0
• Club Maurice def. The Replacements 1-0
• Nioukyen FC def. Wolves 1-0

Round 3

• Undefeated def. Short Notice 2-0
• Black Hawk United def. Pression FC 3-1
• The Waka Waka All Stars drew Nioukyen FC
• Club Maurice drew Wolves 0-0

Round 4

• Black Hawk United def. Short Notice 3-1
• Undefeated def. The Replacements 2-1
• Nioukyen FC def. Pression FC 5-0
• Club Maurice def. The Waka Waka All Stars 2-0

Round 5

• The Replacements def. Short Notice 3-1
• Black Hawk United def. Nioukyen FC 2-0
• Wolves def. Undefeated 1-0
• Pression FC def. Club Maurice 1-0

Round 6

• Nioukyen FC drew Short Notice 1-1
• The Replacements def. Wolves 1-0
• Club Maurice def. Black Hawk United 3-1
• The Waka Waka All Stars def. Undefeated 1-0

Round 7

• Short Notice def. Wolves 1-0
• Nioukyen FC def. Club Maurice 2-0
• The Replacements drew The Waka Waka All Stars 1-1
• Undefeated def. Pression FC 3-1

Round 8

• Club Maurice def. Short Notice 3-1
• Wolves drew The Waka Waka All Stars 1-1
• The Replacements def. Pression FC 4-0
• Black Hawk United def. Undefeated 3-2

Round 9

• Short Notice def. The Waka Waka All Stars 3-0
• Pression FC def. Wolves 2-1
• Nioukyen FC def. Undefeated 2-0
• The Replacements def. Black Hawk United 2-1

The Semi-Finals
The first match of the semi-finals pitted Black Hawk United against The Replacements.  Black Hawk United had two players unavailable and had just narrowly lost to The Replacements 2-1 in their qualifying round match.  In the semi-final match, the teams struggled against each other for quite a while, but once The Replacements scored their first goal late into the match, the flood gates opened and they score another two in quick succession.

Arguably, the more intense match was the second semi-finals match in which Nioukyen FC faced Club Maurice.  Having lost 2-0 to Nioukyen FC in the qualifying round match, Club Maurice was determined to emerge victorious in this do-or-die encounter.  The teams battled each other, but at the end of normal time, they were both scoreless.  A penalty shot was awarded at the very end of the match to Nioukyen FC and penalty-taker Sebastien Lan had the opportunity to take Nioukyen FC to the finals.  Sebastian Lan placed his penalty shot to the bottom left of the goals and Club Maurice goal-keeper Kenny Lam dove to his right.  Just as it seemed the match was over, Sebastien Lan's shot hit the post.

Club Maurice scored first during extra time and edged closer to the finals, but Nioukyen FC prolonged the match by scoring with 30 seconds of extra time left.  With the scores leveled at 1-1,  the teams headed to a nervous penalty shoot-out.  The shoot-out proved to be a long and drawn out affair, but Club Maurice emerged victorious 11-10.

Semi-Finals

• The Replacements def. Black Hawk United 3-0
• Club Maurice def. Nioukyen FC 1-1 (penalties 11-10)

Finals
The road to the finals had proven long and hard for both The Replacements and Club Maurice.  Club Maurice seemed to be the more disadvantaged due to having two players unavailable and their long drawn-out match against Nioukyen FC.  However, right at kick-off Club Maurice's Kenny Choon had a superb shot which left The Replacements with a deficit of 1-0.  The shot must have been the quickest goal of the tournament.

Starting on the back foot, The Replacements pushed forward hard and laid siege to Club Maurice's goals,  However, on the other side of the pitch, Club Maurice took the defensive and stood their ground against The Replacements.  The two teams challenged each other and with 3 minutes left, The Replacements managed to get into their passing rhythm and fed the ball to vice captain, Cameron Holmes, who stepped up and leveled the scores.

With the match drawn and the tournament on the line, the two teams carefully attacked each other, each not wanting to prolong the match to extra time and neither wanting to attack too much to leave their defences opened.  With a moment of individual brilliance, The Replacements' captain, Jason Cheong, got by three defenders and took a quick shot.  His shot got past goal-keeper Kenny Lam, ahd he scored the tournament winner.  It was a beautiful shot to finish the tournament upon and to secure The Replacements' reign as the very first Mauritian Futsal Cup champions.

Finals

• The Replacements def. Club Maurice 2-1

 Mauritian Futsal Cup 2010 Runners-up 

Mauritian Futsal Cup 2010 Champions

Kenny Lam had the following to say about the finals:

"It was a very interesting finals.  Both teams played well.  I was impressed with the way they [The Replacements] played against us.  They kept their calm all the way even though they conceded early in the game.  They are good team players.  They never gave up.  Unluckily, we went on penalties in the semi-finals and our players were exhausted.  Our legs were tired and we found it hard to perform.  Well done to The Replacements."

Jason Cheong also put forth his opinion of the finals:

"We couldn't have had the worst start to the game when we conceded a goal straight from kick off. From that point on we knew it was going to be a tough game and our opponent meant business. Club Maurice had the psychological advantage after beating us 1-0 in the group stage.

The Replacements’ reputation was at stake but we continued on fighting even though being a goal down. We played with great fighting spirit and team cohesion. We never gave up even though it wasn't going our way. I knew persistence would pay off. When we were finally able to break the defence down and score the equaliser, it was all downhill from there. As captain of the team, it was a sensational feeling to score the winning goal and send my team to glory. It was a memorable final and magnificent performance from both teams.

Thank you to all the players ho participated, the spectators who came to support and cheer their team and also MKS Melborune for organising this event. It couldn't be possible with those essential people."

 Mauritian Futsal Cup 2010 Champions and Runners-up

With the tournament completed and the first Mauritian Futsal Cup determined, MKS Melbourne wishes to thank all participants and supporters, and also wanted to advise players to start training hard for the next Champions Cup Tournament -- the first of 2010!

From Champions Cup Tournament to MKS Melbourne

As we now have two tournaments, the Champions Cup and the Mauritian Futsal Cup, the group name "Champions Cup Tournament" is no longer appropriate. It was a name that we chose when we hosted the first tournament (way back in the winter of 2009!).

It's good to see that we've grown a fair bit since then (and hopefully we continue to do so!). Thus, we've decided on a name change. The new group name is now:

Mauritian Kestrel Society Melbourne

MKS Melbourne for short. All our tournaments will now be organized under this umbrella name. We want to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their support and participation, and look forward to more support and participation from you all as we head into the era of MKS Melbourne!