Hello everyone,

Registration is now open for this year’s D1 IS Cup!

The organisers for this edition will be:

Black Star Penguins ~RTG~

Registration: (to be completed by Monday evening, Day 3) Tuesday marks the start of the competition.
Only the manager or the chairman is authorised to register their club for the IS Cup. To register,
please state “Read and approved” along with the manager’s name and the club’s name. If you
sign up, you must ensure you can participate until the end. You must be able to fit
6 IS matches into your schedule. These 6 IS matches are guaranteed by the competition (except in the event of a walkover or walkovers
beyond the organisers’ control).
NO OUT-OF-COMPETITION IS MATCHES MAY BE PLAYED.

The competition must take place in a spirit of camaraderie. Any insults, any lack of respect,
and any other actions or words intended to denigrate a person, or indeed a team, are
strictly prohibited on all platforms. Failure to comply will result in sanctions being imposed on the team
(sanctions may include disqualification of the team).
Should a team withdraw without providing a valid reason to the competition organiser,
that team will not be permitted to take part in the next edition.
IS match

• In the event of a draw during the knockout stages (quarter-finals, etc.), both team managers
must submit a series of 5 shots and 5 saves to one of the competition organisers as
soon as possible after the match.
-Penalties (A set of 5 shots and 5 saves must be submitted to one of the organisers. For each
shot/save, the coach must specify whether the player/goalkeeper shoots/dives to the right, to the centre, or down the middle)
Competition format:
• The competition format for Division 1 will be announced by the organiser depending on the number of entrants. The
draws will be conducted using online software to ensure transparency. The draw results
will be published by the organisers. For any disputes, please contact them directly via private message.

• The dates for each stage of the competition will be provided by the organisers.
Group stage matches: If the deadline set by the organisers is not met, the club will have 1
point for the group stages; however, if the organiser has not received a complaint (regarding a match
that is difficult to schedule) from one or both team managers, both teams will be
penalised.
Knockout stage: If the deadline set by the organisers is not met, the club will have 20
points to their seeding ranking; however, if the organiser has not received any
complaints (regarding a match that is difficult to schedule) from one or both team managers, both
teams will be penalised.

• In the event of a tie on points at the end of the group stage/championship, the tied
teams will be ranked as follows:
Overall goal difference
Best attack
Head-to-head goal difference (Goal difference, but only from the match between the two
teams tied)
Penalties (A session of 5 shots and 5 saves must be sent to one of the organisers.

Other information:
Only one change of head coach will be permitted per season per team.
In D1, you may call up to 2 players per club and 2 players from the head coach’s own club, making
a potential total of 18 players (16 called up + 2 from your own club).
The 5-5-0 formation is prohibited during matches.
The fixture list and league tables will be managed using a Google spreadsheet, but will be viewable
directly on the VForum.

• A Discord channel specifically for the competition is available to everyone.
• If the venue for the match is accidentally reversed, you must contact an Admin to
request that the match be reversed. Please note that this does not mean the match will be reversed or cancelled
! In fact, the administrator may not necessarily have time to deal with it. In this case, the match will
therefore have to be played as normal.
TAB explanations:
• For shots: If a player shoots to the right, the ball simply goes to the right.
• For saves: Saves are made from the goalkeeper’s perspective; in other words, if the opponent shoots to
the right (from their perspective), the goalkeeper must dive to the left to save the shot.
Here is an example of a penalty shoot-out:
Team A penalties: G – C – D – C – D
Team B saves: G – C – G – D – C
Team B penalties: D – D – C – G – D
Team A saves: G - G - C - C - C
Team A wins the penalty shoot-out 3–2.
At the end of the first round, if the score is still level, the two team managers must submit another
round of 5 penalties and 5 saves to the organiser. This second penalty shoot-out will be played as ‘sudden death’
,
meaning that the first team to score and save a penalty wins the shoot-out.
Enjoy the tournament, everyone
Pigloo