The festival is designed for elite competitive boy’s teams from around the world, with particular emphasis on North American and Western European countries. A maximum of 20 teams will enter each of the individual age championships, and each team will be guaranteed a minimum of 4 round robin group matches with group leaders / runners up advancing to the semi-finals and final. Teams not advancing to through to the final four will advance to the consolation bracket for an additional match. All teams will have a minimum of 5 games and maximum of 6.
(Pending finalization of Euro 2004 qualifying teams and draw in December of 2003, a Super U19 age group championship with no more than 8 teams may also be added to the Festival.)
Age Groups
(U-19) Boys born January 1, 1985 & later
(U-17) Boys born January 1, 1987 & later
(U-16) Boys born January 1, 1988 & later
(U-15) Boys born January 1, 1989 & later
(U-14) Boys born January 1, 1990 & later
Game Duration
U14 and U15 – 70 minutes (2 X 35)
U16 and U17 – 80 minutes (2 X 40)
U19 – 90 minutes (2 X 45)
Rosters
Teams may register a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 24 players for the festival. A maximum of 18 players may be eligible for each match.
Format
June 18 Opening Day Festival and First Match Day
June 19 Second Match Day
June 20 Third Match Day
June 21 Fourth Match Day
June 22 Fifth Match Day
June 23 Rest Day
June 24 Quarter Finals and Consolation Play
June 25 Semi Finals
June 26 Rest Day and Consolation Play
June 27 Final Championship Match
Each age category will contain 4 groups of 5 teams for a total of 20 teams. Each team will compete in in four games within the group leaving a rest day for the team on either the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st or 22nd. The top 2 teams from each bracket will advance to the Quarter Finals followed by the Semi Finals and the Final match. . Those not qulaifying for the Quarter Finals or Quarter Fianalist not qulaifying for the Semi Finals will be guaranteed consolation matches. Every team will play a minimum of 5 matches.
