TOURNAMENT RULES

1. All matches will be played according to the 2008 edition of the International Rules of Hockey, with the following exceptions:
1. The Mixed division will require a minimum of 3 women on the field at all times, not including Goalie.
2. Games will be a 9-a-side format. 8 field players and 1 Goalie.
3. Duration of all matches shall be two periods of 20 minutes each.
4. If both teams have similar colored team jerseys, the team listed first in the schedule will wear the bibs available at the Umpires Tent unless they have alternate non color clashing uniforms.
2. Discipline during matches-colored cards will be used by each umpire at his/her discretion.

This tournament is being used as gateway for promoting Field Hockey in Arizona, and in the West. At any given time during the tournament, there will be kids, families, first timers to hockey, university officials, and probably potential sponsors. So everyone's best behavior is compulsory. Umpires are advised to be very stern in the event of individual/teams constantly disputing calls during the games.

1. Green card - warning
2. Yellow card - temporary suspension for a minimum of Three (3) minutes.
3. Red card - permanent match suspension∗.

∗ Any player sent off the field for disciplinary reasons will have his/her name and the circumstances recorded by the umpire. A player who has been ejected (red card) shall automatically be suspended from his/her team's next match. Based upon the Umpires' report and the severity of the infraction, the Tournament Disciplinary Committee will determine that player's eligibility for further participation in the tournament beyond his/her one match suspension. Any team using a disqualified player shall forfeit the game in which the disqualified player was a participant and the disqualified player will immediately be ejected from the tournament.

3. All matches will begin on time unless the captains mutually agree in the presence of one or both umpires to start late, but this will cut into your allotted playing time. All match times will begin and end at the sound of the horn at the scorer's table. All teams, must field at least six (6) players for each match. Any team not prepared to play within 3 minutes of the scheduled time will forfeit the match. The score of a forfeited match shall be 0-3. If neither team is ready to play at the scheduled time the score shall be recorded as 0-0 and no points will be awarded to either team. If one team forfeits while the match is in play and the other team is leading by more than three goals, the actual score will be kept. Teams that forfeit a match risk forfeiture of all matches at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. Players of a forfeiting team as well as the forfeiting team will be given a very low priority in future tournaments.
4. Each goal will be recorded by the umpires on the tournament score card.

Pool matches will result in 3 points for a win, 1 for a tie, and 0 for a loss.
Pool standings will be determined on the basis of:

1. Teams will be ranked according to their total number of points.
2. Should two or more teams be tied, teams will be ranked according to their respective number of matches won.
3. Should two or more teams still be tied, then those teams will be ranked according to their respective goal difference (Goals for minus goals against). A positive goal difference takes precedence over a negative one.
4. If two or more teams are still tied, teams will be ranked according to their respective number of goals scored.
5. If two or more teams are still tied with the same number of points, same number of matches won and same goal difference, then the result of the match between those teams will determine the ranking of the teams. The winning team(s) will be ranked higher.
6. Should two or more teams still be tied, the standings will be settled by a penalty stroke competition between those teams (see paragraph 5 for penalty stroke procedures).
7. Penalty strokes to break tie between teams as stipulated under 4(f) will take place at a time and place determined by the Director of Games.
5. During playoff games, in the event of a tie score at the end of regulation, both teams will proceed to penalty strokes to break the tie. The following penalty stroke procedures will be used:
1. The umpires will determine which goal will be used.
2. The first team to stroke will be determined by a coin toss.
3. Team managers/captains will select five players from their respective teams. Only players on the team's approved roster, excluding any player(s) who has been ejected (red card) by either the umpire or the Tournament Official, shall be eligible to take the strokes. The order in which they will take the first series of strokes will be made known by the managers to the Umpires or Tournament Official prior to the start of the penalty stroke competition.
4. Each team shall alternately take penalty strokes against one and the same goalkeeper of the other team until a total of five strokes from each team have been taken. The team scoring the most goals shall be declared the winner. The players must take the strokes in the same sequence as the list of five players nominated and communicated by the manager to the Technical Officer on duty prior to the start of the penalty stroke competition. The goalkeeper shall not be changed except in case of injury or ejection.
5. If during the penalty stroke competition, a player (either a stroke taker or a goal-keeper) is suspended, then that player shall take no further part in the penalty stroke competition and, unless a goalkeeper, cannot be substituted. If a stroke taker, any stroke the player should have been entitled to take will be counted as no goal. If a goalkeeper then the replacement may only be from one of the nominated stroke takers. The player replacing the goalkeeper may continue to take the penalty strokes but, when required to defend penalty strokes, must wear protective headgear. This player may also wear other approved goalkeeper equipment.
6. If the score is still tied, another series of penalty strokes will take place using the same five players, subject to incapacitated goalkeepers being replaced, excluding any player(s) who has been ejected (red card) by either the umpire or the Tournament Official, and shall be 'sudden victory'. This means that the winner shall be the first team to be awarded more goals than the opposing team after an equal number of strokes (no minimum) has been taken by each team. The sequence does not need to be the same as in the previous series and the team manager has the freedom of choice at the time of each stroke as to which of the five nominated players will take the stroke using all five nominated players per round.
7. The goalkeeper, if selected to take strokes, may remove only the gloves and helmet.
6. The Tournament Committee may change any fixtures, fields, schedules, and umpires, as it deems necessary.