Last updated: July 31st, 2008
  
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2008 CHAMPIONS

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Joseph Dussault - The JoeMan Clan
2007 CHAMPIONS: 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 2008.

This Cup is an MFLS Tournament for the 48 best teams in RevMFLS after week two.
The Cup will be played over 16 weeks of the MFLS season (weeks 3-18).

Changes: Return to 48 team field, since we don't have 64.

Random draw: Completed on Monday, April 7th, 2008.

Latest Update: Finals completed.


  
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Rules - updated for 48 teams

The Tournament will consist of 2 rounds of group play, with 5 games each round, followed by a knockout phase.
Game score equals MFLS points for the week.

Round 1:
48 teams, 8 groups of 6 teams, 5 matches, weeks 3-7, top 3 teams in each group advance

Round 2:
24 teams, 4 groups of 6 teams, 5 matches, weeks 8-12, top 2 teams in each group advance

Knockout Phase(Round 3):
8 teams, 4 head-to-head, two-leg matchups, weeks 13-14, 4 winners advance

Semi-finals:
4 teams, 2 head-to-head, two-leg matchups, weeks 15-16, 2 winners meet in the finals

Finals:
Two-leg head-to-head, weeks 17 and 18.

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 7th, 2008.   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 1-48 based on week 2 standings, then divided into 6 blocks of eight: 1-8, 9-16, 17-24, 25-32, 33-40, 41-48. 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
  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 7

Group Play Schedules

In each round, schedules will be determined by seeding.
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

Knockout Phase

The winners of Groups I-L will be seeded 1-4 in the knockout phase. The runners-up of Groups I-L will be seeded 5-8.
Seedings will be determined by:
  1. Group points in round 1 & 2 (3W/1T/0L)
  2. MFLS point differential (PF-PA), round 1 & 2
  3. MFLS points through week 12
Each pair will play a two-leg match in weeks 13-14.
Matchup M: S1 vs S8
Matchup N: S2 vs S7
Matchup O: S3 vs S6
Matchup P: S4 vs S5

Semi-Finals

The Semi-Finals will pit the 4 winners in another two-leg match in weeks 15-16.
Matchup Q: M winner vs P winner
Matchup R: N winner vs O winner

Finals

The winner of group M will face the winner of group N in a two-leg match in weeks 17 & 18.

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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