The Macabees
31-08-2008, 11:30
Third International Futsal Tournament
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Welcome to the Third International Futsal Tournament! After two exciting previous Golden Cups, we're here to offer you the third installment. What is Futsal?
Futsal is the indoor version of association football (soccer) that is officially sanctioned by football's international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), as well as the Asociacion Mundial de Futsal (AMF). Its name is derived from the Portuguese futebol de salão, which means roughly room soccer (salão means "large room").
Futsal is played between two teams of 5 players, one of which is the goalkeeper; in addition each team may have a number of substitutes. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the field is delimited by lines, and not nets or boards which the ball may be played off.
Other forms of indoor football games, which are played by somewhat different rules, exist and may be referred to as indoor football, five-a-side football or indoor soccer. Those games predate the formulation of official rules of futsal.
Wikipedia
The rules are as follows:
There is no off sides, however, the goalkeeper cannot hold the ball for more than five seconds outside the area. He must either drive it to the other half of the field, or pass it.
There are three cards: Yellow, Blue and Red. Yellow signifies an intentional foul, while blue is two yellow cards. A blue card evicts the player from the game for one game only, and the player can be replaced immediately. The red card is given after a certain number of yellow cards, normally decided by the ref, and the player is evicted for the game, and he cannot be replaced for said game.
You cannot wear cleats. Futsal soccer shoes are completely cleat less, and have a leather bound at the front to reinforce the toes, which receive the most damage.
The goalie cannot pass the ball to the other half of the field without the ball bouncing at least once on his own side.
Six fouls in one part (of two parts) is a double penalty kick, without a wall.
Each half lasts twenty-five minutes, and the field is the size of a basketball court, but with all the lines standard to an eleven-on-a-side game; just miniaturized. The games are quick paced, and there is very little in the way of defensive play - it's mostly aggressive. There are other tricks to playing the game, but they are tricks not rules, that nations will have to learn with experience. And, yes, the game often has very high scores. Well, high in comparison to football/soccer scores.
New rules to take into consideration:
The RP bonus will now go from 1-4, instead of 1-3, so it will be more important.
Rankings will give a +1 modifier to teams ranked higher than those they're playing.
Some new "federation rules":
All players must wear footwear.
All players must have a proper uniform.
Ranks:
Rank Nation Name Points
1. Jeruselem 27
2. Macabees, The 19
3. Daehanjeiguk 18
4. L1011 Tristars 12
5. Yafor 2 10
6. Nethertopia 10
7. Milchama 10
8. Pablicosta 10
9. The Indonesian States 9
10. Taeshan 9
11. Jeuna 7
12. Cafundeu 6
13. Starblaydia 4
14. Frontenax 3
15. Lovisa 1
Signed-up Nations [alphabetical order][16]:
Blackhelm Confederacy
Cafundeu
Castilla y Belmonte
Daehanjeiguk
Diseased Writer Guild
Docky
Greal
Jeruselem
kenavt
Lovisa
Macabees, The
Maestro L Pavarotti
Maimeiras
Magnus Valerius
Myedvedeya
Ryou Black Islands,The
Sorthern Northland
Yafor 2
http://www.fifa.com/mm/StaticPhoto/AboutFifa/Developing/Futsal/DevFutsal_2.jpg
Welcome to the Third International Futsal Tournament! After two exciting previous Golden Cups, we're here to offer you the third installment. What is Futsal?
Futsal is the indoor version of association football (soccer) that is officially sanctioned by football's international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), as well as the Asociacion Mundial de Futsal (AMF). Its name is derived from the Portuguese futebol de salão, which means roughly room soccer (salão means "large room").
Futsal is played between two teams of 5 players, one of which is the goalkeeper; in addition each team may have a number of substitutes. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the field is delimited by lines, and not nets or boards which the ball may be played off.
Other forms of indoor football games, which are played by somewhat different rules, exist and may be referred to as indoor football, five-a-side football or indoor soccer. Those games predate the formulation of official rules of futsal.
Wikipedia
The rules are as follows:
There is no off sides, however, the goalkeeper cannot hold the ball for more than five seconds outside the area. He must either drive it to the other half of the field, or pass it.
There are three cards: Yellow, Blue and Red. Yellow signifies an intentional foul, while blue is two yellow cards. A blue card evicts the player from the game for one game only, and the player can be replaced immediately. The red card is given after a certain number of yellow cards, normally decided by the ref, and the player is evicted for the game, and he cannot be replaced for said game.
You cannot wear cleats. Futsal soccer shoes are completely cleat less, and have a leather bound at the front to reinforce the toes, which receive the most damage.
The goalie cannot pass the ball to the other half of the field without the ball bouncing at least once on his own side.
Six fouls in one part (of two parts) is a double penalty kick, without a wall.
Each half lasts twenty-five minutes, and the field is the size of a basketball court, but with all the lines standard to an eleven-on-a-side game; just miniaturized. The games are quick paced, and there is very little in the way of defensive play - it's mostly aggressive. There are other tricks to playing the game, but they are tricks not rules, that nations will have to learn with experience. And, yes, the game often has very high scores. Well, high in comparison to football/soccer scores.
New rules to take into consideration:
The RP bonus will now go from 1-4, instead of 1-3, so it will be more important.
Rankings will give a +1 modifier to teams ranked higher than those they're playing.
Some new "federation rules":
All players must wear footwear.
All players must have a proper uniform.
Ranks:
Rank Nation Name Points
1. Jeruselem 27
2. Macabees, The 19
3. Daehanjeiguk 18
4. L1011 Tristars 12
5. Yafor 2 10
6. Nethertopia 10
7. Milchama 10
8. Pablicosta 10
9. The Indonesian States 9
10. Taeshan 9
11. Jeuna 7
12. Cafundeu 6
13. Starblaydia 4
14. Frontenax 3
15. Lovisa 1
Signed-up Nations [alphabetical order][16]:
Blackhelm Confederacy
Cafundeu
Castilla y Belmonte
Daehanjeiguk
Diseased Writer Guild
Docky
Greal
Jeruselem
kenavt
Lovisa
Macabees, The
Maestro L Pavarotti
Maimeiras
Magnus Valerius
Myedvedeya
Ryou Black Islands,The
Sorthern Northland
Yafor 2