The 5 District Gold & Silver Soccer League Board is pleased to be providing a Conference Cup for the 2007-2008 season. We have determined that the majority of participants in the 5 District Gold & Silver are in favour of a format which guarantees each team a minimum three games of Cup play. These games are scheduled to occur at intervals throughout the regular season of play, using the usual home field allocations for the participating teams. 
The Conference Cup Finals will be scheduled by the 5 District Gold & Silver League Board, times and location to be announced.

Rules of Play for Conference Cup
The rules of play for the Conference Cup games follow the General Rules outlined in the Guidelines for 5 District Gold & Silver Soccer League. These can be accessed in their entirety at “bcsoccercentral.com” using the link to 5 District Gold & Silver Guidelines.

The 5 District Gold & Silver League plays under the guidelines established by the BCSA and is subject to the operating rules of that body and any disciplinary action resulting from Conference Cup play will comply with those guidelines. 

Rules for Score Reporting for Conference Cup 
Round Robin portion of playoffs – all games will end in regulation time, regardless of the score.  Games CAN end in a tie in the round robin portion of play.   In quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, if the  game is tied at end of regulation time, overtime will be played as follows: after a five minute break, U12 to U15 teams will play 20 minutes of overtime & U16 to U18 will play 30 minutes overtime - half from one end, then half from the other end with no break in-between. The overtime period will be played in its entirety.  There is NO sudden death.   If the tie stands after the OT play then a shoot-out will occur to determine the winner of the game.   Three points are awarded to the winning team for each game.  One point is awarded for a tie.

The Group winners will be determined as follows:

1. Most points in group
2. If tied, head to head result.
3. In those groups where no head to head game has been played, a play-off game may be scheduled to determine the group winner. 
4. Still tied?  In those groups where number 2 is applicable goals against statistics will be counted to determine the group winner. 

Game scores for all Conference Cup games are to be reported to each club/district scorekeeper or statistician using the regular score reporting system for each team/club. Each game must be identified as Conference Cup, to avoid confusion with the regular season. 

There will be one Final Game for each age and level of play. (i.e. there will be one final game for U12 Silver, one for U12 Gold etc.)The Final games in each age/level of play will use recognized FIFA overtime rules to determine an overall winner. 
Good luck to all our participating teams and we sincerely hope you enjoy your Conference Cup experience for 2007-2008.