• Introduction
• U6-U7 Rules
• U8-U10 Rules
• U11-U12 Rules
• U13-U18 Rules
• Standings

General Tournament Rules

• No abuse of tournament referees, officials or volunteers will be tolerated. Any abuse will result in the team's expulsion from the tournament with no refund of entry fees.

• Intentional stacking teams with ringer players (gold playing silver or bronze, etc.) is not permitted and will result in the team's expulsion from the tournament with no refund of entry fees.

• Only ID players, coaches and managers are permitted in fenced in areas of the fields.

• Water bottles with water only are permitted in the fenced in areas of the fields. No food allowed in that area.

• Teams are permitted to pickup 3 additional players to supplement their roster. However, these players must be playing at the same or lower level of play as the tournament group, eg teams in Silver level groups may pick up Silver or Bronze level players but not Gold or Metro level players.

• Unregistered players may participate only with written approval of the SBMC tournament co-ordinator and with BCSA short term permit.

• Any variation to these rules must have the written permission of the SBMC tournament co-ordinator.

• Team lists for U11 to U18 must be submitted to the tournament Coordinator prior to the first game. Thereafter, for all age groups, the head coach/team manager must have a team list available for all games if the referee requests it for sanctioning purposes.

• Each team must be prepared to play with a minimum of 5 players (U8 to U12) and 7 players (U13 to U18) on the field by game time, or default that game.

• Eligible players must wear its club's complete official strip, and goalies must dress according to soccer rules.

• The maximum roster size for U13-U18 is 18 players, and for U11-U12 the maximum is 15 players.

• No scores or standings will be kept for U6-U12 age groups.

• All rules may be updated and are subject to change up to 2 weeks before start of tournament.

Tournament Game Rules

• FIFA rules (Latest FIFA Laws) apply unless otherwise specified in the SBMC tournament rules.

• Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Substitutions shall be allowed at stoppages, under the control of the referee.

• The Tournament will follow the discipline directives of B.C. Soccer. All incidents of a referee assault will be reported in writing to B.C. Soccer.

• Two yellow cards in any game or consecutive games will result in the player's suspension for a minimum of one game. Further discipline to be decided by the Disciplinary Committee.

• Any red card will result in an automatic one game suspension with further discipline to be decided by the Discipline Committee.

• No disputes will be accepted on a referee's decision or call. There is no appeal from the referee's decisions.

• Any disputes or protests concerning games must be forwarded to the Field Marshal not more than 30 minutes after the game has ended.

• The Tournament Disciplinary Chair's decision is final in any dispute.

• Teams from U-11 to U17 should be prepared to produce players ID card upon request by a game official or a member of SBMC Tournament Committee.

• Coaches of teams in the U-6 to U10 should be prepared to produce their coach i.d. card upon request by a game official or by a member of the SBMC Tournament Committee.

• Game starts at the 1st horn and game ends at 2nd horn (or by the referee's whistle). Be ready for kick-off immediately. The referee will not make up any lost game time if the teams do not start on time.