1.   The Official Futsal Rules of the Football International Federation (FIFA) will be adopted for the competition. The English text shall be the officially accepted one to be used in settling any dispute on the interpretation of the rules.

2.   Cases of general nature shall be resolved according to the Constitution and By-Laws of the WNCAA.

3.   Technical problems shall be resolved according to the current rules of FIFA.

GROUND RULES

1. TEAM COMPOSITION

1.1.        A team will be composed of fifteen (15) players. All are allowed to play.

A team may also have a maximum of three (3) officials that can sit on the bench. These include the coach, assistant coach, and trainer.

1.2.        Only those listed above will be allowed to sit on the bench.

1.3.        In the absence of the coach and assistant coach, the trainer can coach the   team.

1.4         In the absence of all officials, an authorization letter from the School Representative stating the substitute must be presented to the Commissioner prior to the game.

1.5        In the absence of any officials, the team will not be allowed to play.

2. TEAM UNIFORM

2.1.       The team uniform should be the same in color, except for the goalie.

2.2.        Shirts shall be of the same dominant color on both front and back, with numbers on front and back. 

2.3         All players must tuck-in their shirts during the game.

        2.4         All players must wear long socks and shin guards

2.5          Officials sitting on the bench must wear shirt with collar, long pants and shoes.

 3. TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

·         Single round elimination

·          Top four will advance.  No sweep will apply

• To determine the competing teams in the semi-final games, crossover will be done.  Single Elimination System will be used.

1^st  place             versus                        4^th place

2^nd place             versus                        3^rd place

                                 Finals – 1 game for 3^rd place and championship   

4. OFFICIAL BALL:

The official ball to be used will be Molten.

5.  RESOLUTION OF TIES:

5.1        If the following points shall be taken into account to decide the ranking of teams:

                Match Won – 3 points

                Match Lost – 0 point

                Draw – 1 point 

5.2             In case of ties, point system will be applied:

a.                    goal difference

b.                   number of wins

c.                    win over the other

d.                   penalty shoot (3-3)

6. DURATION OF MATCH:

           Twenty minutes per half with one (1) time out per half         

     7. FORCE MAJEURE:

Twenty minutes after a force-majeure has occurred, the following rules will be applied: 

7.1  If it occurred during the first half of the game, the game will be played from the             start. The game will be re-scheduled.

7.2  If it occurred during the second half onwards, all scores, fouls, team fouls,             the time remaining, time outs, will be carried over when the game is rescheduled and       only team members present in that particular game will be allowed to play. 

     8. SANCTIONS:

               Players slapped with technical or unsportsmanlike fouls or a combination of both will be sanctioned according to the gravity of the offense.

8.1    One (1) Yellow Card - warning

8.2             Two (2) Yellow card – Disqualification from the game

8.3        One (1) Red card (Unsportsmanlike Fouls) – Thrown out; One game Suspension (Next playing game)

             9. GAME TIME IS DEFAULT TIME.

    10. RESTRICTIONS

        10.1         Athletes should sport an appropriate haircut. Bald or Skinheads are not allowed.

       10.2        Athletes are not allowed to expose any tattoos.

    11.TYPHOON-SIGNALS:
    There will be no games for typhoon signal number 2, games in the Juniors and Seniors     Division will be postponed.    All games will be rescheduled.

    12. DELIBERATE LOSS

Coaching Staff who deliberately allows his/her team to lose the game, as reported by the     Commissioner, will be fined with an   amount and /or suspended or banned from the tournament, to be determined by the Executive Board.

    13. UNFORSEEN 

Any technical matter not mentioned in the Ground Rules shall be decided by Commissioner and the Technical Committee. Other matters by force majeure shall be decided in consultation with the WNCAA Executive Board.