TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION

▪ The size of the playing field is approximately 30m x 60m.
▪ Duration of matches: 2 halves of 20 minutes the first period of play with time to flow the second period will have the last 5 minutes with actual time of play if the goal difference does not exceed 2 goals ...
▪ Each game will be preceded by 5 minutes of warm up and will have an interval between the two game times of 2 minutes.
▪ If a team does not show up at all or does not show up on time at the start of the game, (waiting tolerance 10 minutes) the same is evaluated with the score of 0: 5 against the team that did not appear.
▪ It is played with regulation doors.
▪ You play 5 against 5 plus goalkeepers, with flying changes.
▪ Each game has a match director (referee) who is responsible for running the game plus an assistant. He monitors the game, counts the scoring and announces the result to the tournament organizer.
▪ The minimum valid age for participation in the Tournament is 18 (eighteen) years old (see IIHF Game Rules)
▪ The Organizing Committee is not responsible for accidents or damages.
▪ If a number of changing rooms equal to the number of registered teams are not available, a shift will have to be made, therefore a changing room (indicated in the match calendar that will be delivered) with toilets will be made available to each team 30 minutes before his game. , hair dryer and showers and which you are kindly asked to vacate as soon as you are finished changing after the game to access the cleaning staff and the next team.

THE GAME RULES
▪ In unexpected and exceptional cases, the organizing committee has the right to change or adapt the rules. These changes will be communicated promptly to the teams before the dispute of the first meeting.
▪ The tournament will take place in two groups
▪ "Slap shots" are allowed only if the two captains agree and if all the players on the field are equipped with at least a protective visor or grid, if slapshot is allowed players without a visor will not be able to access the ice.
▪ Direct charges are forbidden. Locking on the balustrade is allowed.
▪ For the placement the matches will be evaluated as follows: victory 3 points, draw 2 points, defeat 1 points.
▪ In the event of a tie in the group stage for the classification in the finals, the determining factors are:
1. The goal difference
2. The goals scored
3. Goals conceded (goal difference between goals scored and conceded, who has the highest positive number passes first)
4. and lastly the extraction.
In the final matches in the event of a tie at the end of the two game times, penalty shots will be taken.
The "Penalty Shooting Procedure" to establish the winner of the match.
1. The shots will be taken in both defense zones of the playing field.
2. The procedure will begin with 3 (three) different shooters for each team who will alternate in the shots. Players do not need to be named first. All players listed in the Refereeing Sheet can participate in the Penalty Throws to establish the winner with the exclusion of those indicated in the following article 3.
3. Any player who has not finished serving his penalty during the "Regular Time" will not be able to participate in the Penalty Throws, and must therefore remain on the bench punished or may go to the locker room. Players who receive a penalty pen during the penalty shootout phase will also have to be punished on the bench or will be able to go to the dressing room until the end of the procedure.
4. The Referee will call the two Captains in the Referees area and with the coin toss he will determine which team will start first. The winner of the coin toss can choose to roll first or second.
5. Goalkeepers will defend the same goal during the game time.
6. Goalkeepers of both teams may be changed after each shot.
7. The shots will be made in compliance with Art. 509 of the IIHF Official Game Rules.
8. The players of both teams will take the shots alternately until the decisive goal has been scored. The game will be considered ended with this decisive goal.
9. If after the 3 (three) throws the teams are still tied, the player will proceed to the bitter end ”carried out by a player of both teams, with the same player or with new players. The shots to the bitter end ”will be started by the team that started the first series of shots second. In long-term shots a team can always use the same player. The match will end as soon as the series (one penalty shot per team) does not end in a tie.

10. The Official Goalkeeper shall record all the shots taken, indicating the players, goalkeepers and goals scored.
11. Only the decisive goal will count for the final result of the match and will be credited to the player who achieves it and charged to the opposing goalkeeper.
12. If a team refuses to participate in the penalty shootouts the match will be declared lost for this team and the other team will receive 3 points for the victory. If a player refuses to take the penalty, he will be indicated as "unmarked" for his team.

Identification of players, coaches and managers by referees

The match officials, 5 (five) minutes before taking the field, must identify the players, coaches and managers, first of the host team and then of the host team. The match officials will call the managers first and then the athletes by surname; the called athlete will answer with his name and shirt number showing it.
The loan of players or that some players play for one or more teams is not allowed, however this can be granted in exceptional cases but must be communicated during the registration phase of the team on the day of the start of the tournament or in any case always before the start of the match in which the loan takes place and this loan must always be accepted by the opposing team against which the team that has received the player loan will play..

Players who play for multiple teams will not be able to enjoy the sum of the nets in order to win the top scorer prize of the tournament, for this qualification they must designate a team for which they will participate in the race for the TOP SCORER prize "

Videoconferencing
▪ All participants must play with hockey skates (not for figure skating, goalie or speed skating). A protective visor or grill on a helmet of your choice is mandatory (grill mandatory for children under 18)

TEAM
▪ If a team does not have the necessary number of players, this can, upon communication to the organization, field one or more players from another team.
▪ The organizing committee has the right to exclude a player from the tournament if this represents a danger for himself, as well as for the other participants.

IRREGULARITIES
IIHF regulation applies.
▪ In the event of infringements, the race director has the right to give minor or major penalties.
▪ Minor penalties can be transformed in case of extreme reiteration into major penalties.
▪ In case of unintentional injury, the player will be penalized with a 2 '+ 2' penalty

MAJOR PENALTIES
▪ Any offense and attack on the race director immediately entails a "major penalty", as well as excessive swearing, cursing and discussions with the race director regarding the decisions he has made.
▪ Major infringements and actions that endanger the safety of players, volunteers and the public result in the exclusion of the player responsible for the duration of the entire tournament.
▪ In special cases and in the event that said major infractions and actions are committed by multiple players of the same team, there may be exclusion of the team for the duration of the entire tournament.

PARTICIPATION IN THE TOURNAMENT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK!