Tournament Rules

• Substitution. There are no restrictions on the number of substitutions. And it's OK for a player previously substituted out to be substituted back in.
• Red and yellow cards.
  1. A red card, whether issued directly or accumulated through two yellow cards during the same game, will result in a combination of ejection of the player involved from the ongoing game, at least one game suspension (expulsion from the tournament if fighting is involved).
  2. A yellow card does NOT carry over to the next game.
• Power of the referees.
  1. Two licensed referees are hired for each game except teh finals for which 3 referees will officiate. All teams must follow the referees' decision on the field, any violation may result in forfeiting the game and subsequent ejection from the rest of the tournament.
  2. Center referee, i.e. the referee in charge, has the FINAL say on any play during a game and can NOT be overridden even by the ruling committee.
• Player equipment.
  1. All players must wear shin-guards.
     
     

Player Qualification Rules

• To qualify, a player must look like Chinese and speak Chinese. If a team is found to have unqualified players, either by the referee or by the opponent team and subsequently confirmed by the ruling committee, any previous games the team has played with disqualified players will be recorded as a loss as forfeiture, the team deposit will be confiscated, though the team may continue to play in the tournament based on adjusted status without disqualified players.
• Players MUST be on one and only one team's during the tournament. Violation of this rule will result in the forfeiture of all games played by the offending team.

Tournament Ruling Committee

• Kang, Jie (SV Tigers)
• Yang, David (SDKW)
• Sha, Wesley (LA Dragons)
• Yang, Dannis (LA Kickers) 
• Peng, Peng (LA Reds, Chair)

California Super Cup 2008

• Champion: LA Reds FC
• Runner-up: Silicon Valley Tigers
• Consolation Cup: San Diego Killer Whales
  

Participating Teams

• America Catamount
• Irvine Cheetahs 
• LA Dragons
• LA Kickers
• LA Reds FC (Host) 
• San Diego Killer Whales
• Sillicon Valley Tigers
• USC Trojans
  

Sponsors

• Great Wall Travel
• Chinese General Consulate, Los Angeles
  
  

Organizers

• LA Reds FC
• SW-CSSA

California Super Cup 2008 Participating Teams

• America Catamount [Manager: Richard Lee]
• Irvine Cheetahs [Manager: Liang Zhang]
• LA Dragons [Manager: Thomas Zhao]
• LA Kickers Manager: Dannis Yang]
• LA Reds FC (Host)  [Manager: Peng Peng]
• San Diego Killer Whales [Manager: Qiang Gao]
• Sillicon Valley Tigers [Manager: Scott Bao]
• USC Trojans [Manager: Rui Wang]

Schedule

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• Opening Ceremony: 8:30am, Oct 25, 2008

Tournament Format

• General Description. Cal Cup 2008 will have a group stage on the first day followed by an elimination phase on the second day.
• Group Stage- Saturday, Oct 25. The eight teams will be divided into two groups of 4, with each team playing 3, 70min games with 5 minute intermission.
  
  • FIFA pointing system will be used-- with 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a defeat.
  • The ranking of each team in each group will be determined in the order of the following FIFA compliant rules.
    1. greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
    2. goal difference in all group matches;
    3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.
       If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
    4. greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
    5. goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
    6. greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
    7. drawing of lots by the Ruling Committee for Cal Cup 2008.
       
• Playoff Stage. Sunday, Oct 26. The top 2 teams from each group play for championship, while the bottom two teams play for consolation cup. All games in playoff stage are 90min with 15 minute intermission. If a game ends in a tie, the two teams will go directly to PK-- there will be no overtime period.
  
• Each team is guaranteed 3 games on Saturday and at least 1 playoff game on Sunday.
  
• All games will officiated by 2 licensed referees, except the Championship and Consolation finals for which 3 referees will be used.
  
•  In case of any controversy or unclarity due to the rules stated on this section we should fall to FIFA world cup rules as the default.
  
  
  

Seed Team Selection

• LA Reds FC (Host)
• Silicon Valley Tigers (Runner-up, Grand 2007)
  
  

Group Assignment And Game Order Scheme

1. Sort the seed teams alphabetically
   1. LA Reds FC (Host)
   2. Silicon Valley Tigers (Runner-up, Grand 2007)
      
      
2. Sort the rest of the 6 teams alphabetically
   1. America Catamount
   2. Irvine Cheetahs
   3. LA Dragons
   4. LA Kickers
   5. San Diego Killer Whales
   6. USC Trojans
      
      
3. Team group assignment
   1. Use the 1st number of California MegaMillion Lotto from Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008 , to determine the date from which we take the Daily 3 Evening numbers. For example, if the 1st number is 10, we will start taking the Daily 3 numbers from 10 days before the day we do the drawing, i.e. Oct 21, 2008, and continue taking numbers from the previous days until all drawings are done. Past results can be obtained from http://www.calottery.com/Games/dailythree/winningnumbers/dailythreeeve.htm.
   2. The assignment scheme works as follows. For every team, the Daily 3 number mod 2 determines its group (Group A = 0; Group B =1). For an example, if the daily 3 number mod 2 is 0 for LA Reds FC is 0, the team will be in Group A, otherwise Group B.
   3. The draw stops when one group is filled with 4 teams and rest of the un-assigned teams will be automatically in the other group.
       
4. Group game order. The order of the group games will be randomly (daily 3 mod by 6) selected from the following 6 possibilities.
   1. Round 1: 1-2 & 3-4; Round 2: 1-3 & 2-4; Round 3: 1-4 & 2-3.
   2. Round 1: 1-2 & 3-4; Round 2: 1-4 & 2-3; Round 3: 1-3 & 2-4.
   3. Round 1: 1-3 & 2-4; Round 2: 1-4 & 2-3; Round 3: 1-2 & 3-4.
   4. Round 1: 1-3 & 2-4; Round 2: 1-2 & 3-4; Round 3: 1-4 & 2-3.
   5. Round 1: 1-4 & 2-3; Round 2: 1-2 & 3-4; Round 3: 1-3 & 2-4.
   6. Round 1: 1-4 & 2-3; Round 2: 1-3 & 2-4; Round 3: 1-2 & 3-4.
       
      
5. [Optional] Group precedence draw
   1. Only necessary if SDKW and SV Tigers are drawn to different groups
   2. Daily 3 mod by 2, Group A plays first round = 0; Group B plays first = 1.
      
      
6. Drawing order
   1. Seed team group assignment
   2. Non-seed team group assignment
   3. Group game order determination
   4. Group precedence draw (optional)

Past California Chinese Tournaments

• 2007: San Diego [Cancelled due to wildfire]
• 2006: Los Angeles. Champion: LA Reds FC. Runner-up: San Diego Killer Whales
• 2005: San Diego. Champion: LA Reds FC. Runner-up: San Diego Killer Whales
• 2004: Los Angeles. Champion: Silicon Valley Tigers. Runner-up: LA Reds FC
• 2003: Los Angeles. Champion: Silicon Valley Tigers. Runner-up: Topway FC
• 2002: Santa Barbara. Champion: Silicon Valley Tigers. Runner-up: UC Irvine
• 2001: Los Angeles. Champion: Caltech. Runner-up: UCLA

California Super Cup 2008 Announcement!

Registration

• Registration fee per team: $250 
• Number of teams: 8
• To register: Send an email to info @ lareds.com

Important Timelines

• Registration deadline: Oct 10, 2008
• Tournament format and seeding announcement: Oct 17, 2008
• Group and Match Assignments: Oct 20, 2008
• Tournament dates: Oct 25-26, 2008
• Tournament starting time on each day: 8:30am, PST

Tournament Location

• Location: Kellogg Field in Cal Poly Campus, Pomona
• Street address: Cal Poly Pomona,  3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, California .91768
• Campus map: Cal Poly Campus Map
  
• Driving direction: http://www.csupomona.edu/map/campus/location.shtml

Walter Yuan
On Behalf of LA Reds FC