Last updated: August 6th, 2007
  
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2007 CHAMPIONS

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Mark St. Clair - Halmstad Swedes
2006 CHAMPIONS: Dan Jones - akita fc
2005 CHAMPIONS: Ken Paul - Rising Dough
2004 CHAMPIONS: Andy Busa - FC Gasaraki
2003 CHAMPIONS: Ugo Biscaia - Cervejas Frias

Welcome to the RevMFLS Cup Page for 2007.

This Cup is an MFLS Tournament for the 64 best teams in RevMFLS after week two.
The Cup will be played over 17 weeks of the MFLS season (weeks 3-19).

Changes:
1. No bye-week for the All Star game, so the 2007 tournament will be completed in week 19.
2. As last year, 64 teams will participate, with three group rounds and a two-leg final.
3. With only 69 teams this year, there will be a consolation round for the five teams that fail to qualify.

Random draw: Completed on Monday, April 16th, 2007.

Latest Update: Finals completed (MFLS week 19).


  
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Rules - updated for 64 teams

The Tournament will consist of 3 rounds of group play over 15 weeks, followed by a two-leg final.
Game score equals MFLS points for the week.

Teams 1-64 in the division standings after week 2 qualify for the tournament. Those below 64th after week 2 will participate in the Consolation Round.

Round 1:
64 teams, 8 groups of 8 teams, 7 matches, weeks 3-9, top 3 teams in each group advance

Round 2:
24 teams, 4 groups of 6 teams, 5 matches, weeks 10-14, top 2 teams in each group advance

Round 3:
8 teams, 2 groups of 4 teams, 3 matches, weeks 15-17, top team in each group advance to finals.

Finals:
Two-leg head-to-head, weeks 18 and 19.

Winner earns a berth in the Cup Winners Cup.

Initial Groupings

Each group will be determined by random draw, to be held on Monday, April 16th, 2007.   Tied teams will not be allowed in the same group to prevent seeding problems.   Groups will be labeled A through H.

To make the groupings fair, the teams will be ranked from 1-64 based on week 2 standings, then divided into 8 blocks of eight: 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40, 41-48, 49-56,57-64. One teams from each block of 8 will be randomly drawn into each group A-H.

Tie-breakers for initial ranking will be:
  1. Goals scored
  2. Assists scored
  3. GK saves (new category)
  4. Standings after week 1
  5. Random selection

Group Play

Group play will be decided on points, 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, based on head-to-head matchups, 1 each against other teams in the group. See schedules below.

The tie-breaker for group play will be:
  1. Points (W=3, T=1, L=0)
  2. MFLS Point differential (PF-PA), total round
  3. RevMFLS standings at end of round (YTD pts)
  4. Seeding at beginning of the round
Seedings in round one will be determined by initial ranking (see above).

Groupings for round 2 will be predetermined based on round 1 group and finish:
I: A1,H1,B2,E2,C3,F3
J: B1,G1,C2,H2,D3,E3
K: C1,F1,D2,G2,A3,H3
L: D1,E1,A2,F2,B3,G3

Seedings in round 2 will be determined by:
  1. Group points in round 1 (3W/1T/0L)
  2. MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 1
  3. MFLS points through week 9
Groupings for round 3 will be predetermined based on round 2 group and finish:
M: I1,J2,K1,L2
N: I2,J1,K2,L1

Seedings in round 3 will be determined by:
  1. Group points in round 2 (3W/1T/0L)
  2. MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 2
  3. MFLS points through week 14

Group Play Schedules

In each round, schedules will be determined by seeding.

Round 1:
Week 1: S1 vs S8, S2 vs S7, S3 vs S6, S4 vs S5
Week 2: S1 vs S7, S2 vs S6, S3 vs S4, S5 vs S8
Week 3: S1 vs S6, S2 vs S4, S3 vs S5, S7 vs S8
Week 4: S1 vs S5, S2 vs S3, S4 vs S8, S6 vs S7
Week 5: S1 vs S4, S2 vs S5, S3 vs S7, S6 vs S8
Week 6: S1 vs S3, S2 vs S8, S4 vs S6, S5 vs S7
Week 7: S1 vs S2, S3 vs S8, S4 vs S7, S5 vs S6
Round 2:
Week 1: S1 vs S6, S2 vs S3, S4 vs S5
Week 2: S1 vs S5, S2 vs S4, S3 vs S6
Week 3: S1 vs S4, S2 vs S6, S3 vs S5
Week 4: S1 vs S3, S2 vs S5, S4 vs S6
Week 5: S1 vs S2, S3 vs S4, S5 vs S6
Round 3:
Week 1: S1 vs S4, S2 vs S3
Week 2: S1 vs S3, S2 vs S4
Week 3: S1 vs S2, S3 vs S4

Knockout Phase

No longer applies.

Finals

The winner of group M will face the winner of group N in a two-leg match in weeks 18 & 19.

Finals Tie-breakers

  1. Aggregate score
  2. Score game 1 only
  3. Largest slush fund
  4. Round 3 Seeding tie-breakers

Sponsor

This tournament is being run by Mark, owner and operator of the Halmstad Swedes:
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