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Playoffs

League Championship play-offs

Divisional Crossover Games
1. A draw “from a hat” will select groups of teams, comprised of a minimum of one team from each division for divisional crossover games. (If the total number of teams in the league does not provide for an equal number of teams in each group, some group(s) will be comprised of an additional team. This team (s) will be drawn from the remainder of unselected teams and placed in the appropriate group (s) as determined at the outset of the group draws. The teams will play each other once and the team with the best record of the games within the group will advance to a play-off within the league to determine league champion. (For groups that are composed of extra team(s), that group(s) will be ranked according to their group points and the last placed team in the group will be eliminated from the group results. The game results between the three highest ranking teams only, will be used to determine the group winner and any potential “wild card” spot.)
2. All divisional crossover games are played to a winner. If, at the end of regulation time, a game is tied, there shall be a 10 minute overtime (2 five minute halves - substitutions only at the end of the first overtime half). If at the end of overtime the game remains tied then FIFA penalty shot rules will determine the winner.
3. The divisional crossover winning teams will be ranked according to their divisional standings. That is, teams from the Jones Division will be ranked according to their standings, then teams from the DeWolfe according to their divisional standings, then teams from the Ritchie Division according to their divisional standings.
League Championship Play-offs
1. The divisional crossover group winners will be joined in the League Championship play offs by as many “wild card” teams as are needed to make up the play-off spots. “Wild card” teams will be the teams that amassed the next highest points in the divisional crossover games and which have the highest divisional standing (Jones, then DeWolfe, then Ritchie). The “wild card” teams will be assigned a place at the bottom of the ranking, in order of their standings.
2. All League Championship playoff games are played to a winner. If, at the end of regulation time, a game is tied, there shall be a 10 minute overtime (2 five minute halves - substitutions only at the end of the first overtime half). If at the end of overtime the game remains tied then FIFA penalty shot rules will determine the winner.

League Championship Play-offs - Round 1

14.6A The League playoffs will consist of the following number of teams:

if there are 24 or more teams participating in the divisional crossovers, 12 teams;
if there are fewer than 24 teams participating in the divisional crossovers, 8 teams.

14.6B Playoff rounds will proceed as follows:

	12 Team Playoff – if 24 or more teams participating	8 Team Playoff- if less than 24 teams participating
Round 1 – Qualifiers from the divisional crossovers. This is a 1 game playoff	Game 1) 1 versus 12 Game 2) 2 versus 11 Game 3) 3 versus 10 Game 4) 4 versus 9 Game 5) 5 versus 8 Game 6) 6 versus 7	Game 1) 1 versus 8 Game 2) 2 versus 7 Game 3) 3 versus 6 Game 4) 4 versus 5
Round 2- Winners from round 1	Game 7) game 1 versus game 6 (winner gets a bye) Game 8) game 2 versus game 5 Game 9) game 3 versus game 4	Game 5) game 1 versus game 4 Game 6) game 2 versus game 3
Semi final-	Game 10) game 8 versus game 9	n/a
Final	Game 11)Game 7 versus game 10	Game 7) game 5 versus game 6

14.7The league championship will be played at a time and date when no other league teams are playing games during the week immediately before the Provincial weekend.

14.8 Any team from a Division other than the Jones Division that wins the League Championship will be promoted to the Jones Division in the following season ahead of any team that moves up under Rule 13.2.

Provincial Representatives Playoffs

1. The provincial representatives from the League will be determined by a 12-team playoff, made up of the top 8 teams from the Jones Division, the top 2 teams from the DeWolfe Division and the top 2 teams from the Ritchie Division – based on the final standings for each division.
2. Any team that does not wish to participate in Provincials must notify the League Executive by July 15. The team will not be included in the playoffs and will be excluded from the standings used to determine the “top” teams under this Rule.
3. All Provincial Representatives Play-off games are played to a winner. If, at the end of regulation time, a game is tied, there shall be a 10 minute overtime (2 five minute halves - substitutions only at the end of the first overtime half). If at the end of overtime the game remains tied then FIFA penalty shot rules will determine the winner.

Provincial Representatives Playoffs – Round 1
1. The 4 teams qualifying from the DeWolfe and Ritchie Divisions shall play the bottom 4 of the 8 teams from the Jones Division as follows:

Game 1) Ritchie 2 versus Jones 5
Game 2) Ritchie 1 versus Jones 6
Game 3) DeWolfe 2 versus Jones 7
Game 4) DeWolfe 1 versus Jones 8

Provincial Representatives Play-offs – Round 2
1. Round 2 of the playoffs shall continue as follows:

Game 5) Jones 1 versus Winner Round 1 game D: winner = team 1
Game 6) Jones 2 versus Winner Round 1 game C: winner = team 2
Game 7) Jones 3 versus Winner Round 1 game B: winner = team 3
Game 8) Jones 4 versus Winner Round 1 game A: winner = team 4

Provincial Representative Play-offs – final rankings
1. The Provincial Representative rankings will be determined by a round robin between the 4 remaining teamsthe team ranking listed in Rule 15.5, ( above)