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Ontario Futsal Cup Entry

ENTRY RULES AND ENTRY FORM

THE 2023 ONTARIO FUTSAL CUP ENTRY RULES AND ENTRY FORM ARE NOW AVAILABLE

Please read the following Entry Rules and then click on the Entry Form button at the bottom.

The Entry Deadline for Under 18 divisions is now December 1, 2022  (deadline has been extended)

The Entry Deadline for all other divisions is December 8, 2022

The Entry Deadline for the Women's division has been extended to January 27, 2023

Click Here FOR DATES AND LOCATIONS

Entry Procedure

1. Application to enter the Ontario Futsal Cup must be made on the Online Entry Form (available at the bottom of this page).

2. The entry form must be submitted online by no later than Thursday, December 8, 2022.

3. The Entry Fee is $480. Payment may be made with a credit card at the time the entry form is submitted online. Cheque or money order must be made payable to Ontario Soccer and must be received by the Entry Deadline. If a team has submitted an online Entry before the deadline, but payment has not been received by the Provincial Office or a District Association Office by the Entry Deadline that team will be denied entry into the Competition.

4. Each entry form must be approved by the team’s Club. When a team or club completes the Online Entry Form and submits it, a copy will be sent to the team's Club. The Club must then complete the online approval process by no later than December 15, 2022. A team will not be entered in the Ontario Futsal Cup if its Club does not approve the Entry by December 15, 2022.

5. A team may only be entered in the division for which it is registered with Ontario Soccer.

6. Notwithstanding Rule E), if there is no division provided for a specific age/gender classification, the team will be permitted to enter the division for the next highest age division of the same gender, with the exception of teams U12 and younger.  Team's that have an age/gender classification of Under 12 or lower, will not be permitted to enter the Competition.

7. All team coaches and assistant coaches must have completed the:
            1.  Respect in Soccer certification; 
            2.  Soccer for Life course plus MED (Making Ethical Decisions);
            3.  Making Head Way in Soccer

8. Each of the five regions of the Province will be guaranteed a minimum of one team in the Final Round, provided it enters on, or prior to, Thursday, December 8, 2022. Further representation by each region in the Final Round shall be based on the percentage of the total entries attained by each region. 

REGION A:

Durham Region, Hamilton Soccer, Huronia District, Toronto, Niagara, North York, Peel Halton, Scarborough, Southwest Soccer, York Region

REGION B:

Elgin Middlesex, Essex County, Lambton Kent

REGION C:

East Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario and District, Southeast Ontario

REGION D:

Sault Amateur, Soccer Northeastern Ontario, Sudbury Regional, Soccer North Ontario

REGION E:

Soccer Northwest Ontario


Age Divisions

The Ontario Futsal Cup will be played in the following age divisions:

Under 13 Boys

Players born January 1, 2010 or later

Under 13 Girls

Players born January 1, 2010 or later

Under 14 Boys

Players born January 1, 2009 or later

Under 14 Girls

Players born January 1, 2009 or later

Under 16 Boys

Players born January 1, 2007 or later

Under 16 Girls

Players born January 1, 2007 or later

Under 18 Boys

Players born January 1, 2005 or later

Under 18 Girls

Players born January 1, 2005 or later

Women

Open Age


Eligibility

1. The competition shall be open to all registered Indoor and Futsal amateur teams whose clubs are 
affiliated with Ontario Soccer. 

2. To be eligible for entry, the team shall have its players registered to its club and assigned to the team. In 
order to be eligible to play, each player shall:

a) be registered to the Club and assigned to the team; and 
b) be entered in the Ontario Soccer computerized registration system before the first game of the competition.

3. A player may play for only one team in the Ontario Futsal Cup.

4. A Team Official may only be on the bench and listed on a game sheet for one team in a division in the Ontario Futsal Cup.

5. Each player must produce his/her Player Registration Book/Card/OSCAR Digital ID before being eligible to play.  In games in the Preliminary Round, one representative from each team shall inspect the Player Registration Books/Cards/OSCAR Digital ID of the players on the opposing team. It shall be the responsibility of the team representative to notify the referee of any discrepancy prior to the game.  In games played in the Final Round, Ontario Winter Games, Semi-Finals, and Cup Final, Ontario Soccer Representatives will inspect the Player Registration Books/Cards/OSCAR Digital ID 15 minutes prior to the first game on EACH day. 

In extenuating circumstances where the Player Registration Books/Cards/OSCAR Digital ID are not present at the start of the game, Player Registration Books/Cards/OSCAR Digital ID may be checked up to the end of the first half of play. If any player plays in the game and cannot produce his/her Player Registration Book/Card/OSCAR Digital ID by the end of the first half, he/she shall be an ineligible player, the game will be stopped and the team shall forfeit the game.

6. A player who has been a professional/non-amateur and

a) has been reinstated by The Canadian Soccer Association, or
b) has received a Temporary Reinstatement For Indoor Soccer from Ontario Soccer, shall be eligible to participate in the competition, in accordance with rule 3. B).

7. Where the registered colours of competing teams are similar, the home team must use its alternate colours. Goalkeepers must wear colours which in the opinion of the referee plainly distinguish them from the other players and game officials.

8. Ontario Soccer Representative(s) may request any player to produce his/her Player Registration Book/Card/OSCAR Digital ID at any time.


Format

1. The games will be played in accordance with FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game.

2. The Preliminary Round will be used to determine which teams in each region will advance to the Final Round . The format and playing facility will be determined by the number of teams entering from each region. The Preliminary Round winners will advance to the Final Round. 

3. The Preliminary Round and Final Round tournament games will consist of two halves of 20 minutes with a 2 minute break at half-time. The Semi-Final and Cup Final games with the exception of Ontario Winter Games will consist of two halves of 25 minutes with a 5 minute break at half-time.  The clock will be a running clock.

4.  The Semi-Final and Cup Final games in the Ontario Winter Games will consist of two halves of 20 minutes with a break at half-time using stop clock.

5. The games for all divisions will be played with 5-aside.


Final Round

1. The Final Round will be made up of eight teams. The format will be a tournament round of two groups with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Semi-Finals.  This format may change at the discretion of the Competitions Management Committee.

2. The games in the Final Round will be played at:

All divisions except Under 18 Boys and Under 18 Girls:

DURHAM COLLEGE
2000 Simcoe Street North, 
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 7K4 

Under 18 Boys and Under 18 Girls:

ONTARIO WINTER GAMES
Garrison Petawawa

63 Colborne Rd, Petawawa
Renfrew County, Ontario

3. The Final Round will be played over two days, with the tournament round being played on Saturday, and the play-offs on Sunday. The games will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m on Saturday and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. 

4. The Ontario Winter games will be played over four days, with the tournament round being played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and the Finals on Sunday.

5. Ontario Soccer will cover all Match Official Fees in the Final Round.


ONTARIO WINTER GAMES

1. After the Preliminary Round of the Ontario Futsal Cup, the remaining five teams in each of the Under 18 Boys and Under 18 Girls divisions will play in the Ontario Winter Games in Renfrew County, Ontario, February 2-5, 2023.

2.  All teams entering the competition must be prepared to participate in all of the events, including the Opening Ceremony and various social activities.  The 5 boys teams and 5 girls teams will be accommodated in the Athletes Village and will be provided three meals per day during the event.  The team will also be provided transportation to and from the playing venue each day.

3.  There will be a Winter Games Participant Fee of $160 per player.  The fee is a requirement of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.  The Winter Games Player Fees must be paid to Ontario Soccer by no later than December 31, 2022.  

4.  A minimum of one team entered from each Region shall qualify for the Ontario Winter Games (i.e. last 5 teams)


No Shows

  1. Any team failing to show up or produce the minimum number of required players (3) at the Ontario Futsal Cup Competition shall:
    1. forfeit its entry fee;
    2. pay any applicable officials' fees and travel expenses incurred; and
    3. pay up to a maximum fine of $1100.00.
  2. The managers and the coach of the team which fails to fulfill its appointed cup game may be subject to further disciplinary action.

General

  1. Ontario Soccer and the Ontario Futsal Cup Committee will not be responsible for any expenses incurred by any team or individual if the tournament is rescheduled or cancelled.
  2. The Ontario Futsal Cup Committee shall decide on all matters pertaining to the tournament. The Committee's interpretation of all rules shall be final and subject to no further appeal.

Entry Procedure

Complete all sections of the Online Entry Form and submit by no later than December 1, 2022 for Under 18 Divisions and December 8, 2022 for all other divisions. For information or questions, please contact your District Ontario Cup Coordinator or District Association listed below.

District Code District Association District Association Office Address District Ontario Cup Coordinator
DT-00-05 Durham Region S.A. 1077 Boundary Road South
Oshawa, Ontario L1J 8P8 
(905) 436-8620
Lesley Hicks
(905) 436-8620
lhicks@durhamregionsoccer.ca
DT-00-26 East Central Ontario S.A. 171A Rink Street, Suite 225
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 2J6 
(705) 876-0296
Fevri Pazari
(705) 760-1789
fpazari@hotmail.com
DT-00-07 Eastern Ontario & District S.A. 1660 Bearbrook Road
Gloucester, Ontario K1B 1C4 
(613) 233-6561
Nischala Chauhan
(613) 233-6561
operations@eodsa.ca 
DT-00-15 Elgin Middlesex S.A. 295 Rectory Street
London, Ontario N5Z 0A3
(519) 668-2391
Jaime Earhart
(519) 668-2391
discipline@emsadistrict.com
DT-00-09 Essex County S.A. 9655 McHugh Street
Windsor, Ontario N8P 0A8
(519) 979-9254
Stipe Botica
(519) 735-9678
stipanbotica@gmail.com
DT-00-13 Hamilton Soccer 777 Garner Rd. E.
Ancaster, Ontario L9K 1J4 
(905) 383-0286
Frank Casale
(905) 516-5780
fcasale.salem@icloud.com
DT-00-18 Huronia & District S.A. P.O. Box WW07, 80 Bradford St.
Barrie, Ontario L4N 6S7 
(705) 739-6729
Nicole Pagliaro
(705) 716-5180
npagliaroLTOD@outlook.com
DT-00-30 Lambton Kent S.A. 455 Grand Avenue East, Unit 5
Chatham, Ontario N7L 1X4 
(519) 354-6257
Tony Cossa
(519) 312-5342
tony.cossa@novachem.com
DT-00-20 Niagara S.A. 94 Dunkirk Road, Unit 6
St. Catharines, Ontario L2P 3H4 
(905) 984-8411
Teri Dunleavy
(905) 329-1872
niagarasoccer@cogeco.net
DT-00-23 North York S.A. 75 Carl Hall Rd, 2nd Flr
Toronto, Ontario M3K 2B9
(416) 667-0550
Mandy Aparicio
(416) 712-8253
aparicio6@rogers.com 
DT-00-25 Peel Halton S.A. 6625 Kitmat Rd., Unit 46
Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1N9 
(905) 890-1568
Patty Grassam
(905) 890-1568
admin2@peelhaltonsoccer.com
DT-00-31 Sault Amateur S.A. 316 Elizabeth St. (Firehall)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 6J3 
(705) 759-7272
Steve Mazzuca
(705) 941-8095
muzz1976@live.com
DT-00-32 Scarborough S.A. 45 Fairfax Cres.
Scarborough, Ontario M1L 1Z6 
(416) 285-8002
Sue Prohaska
(416) 285-8002
ssasoccer@bellnet.ca
DT-00-28 Soccer North D.A. 65 Maple Street South
Timmins, Ontario P4N 1Y6
(705) 264-4020
TBA
DT-00-21 Soccer Northeastern Ontario P.O. Box 794
Pembroke, Ontario K8A 6X9 
(613) 635-7765
TBA
DT-00-34 Soccer Northwest Ontario 535 Chapples Dr., PO Box 20089
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7E 6P2
(807) 628-8780
Ken Pytyck
(807) 628-8780
snosoccer@tbaytel.net
DT-00-19 Southeast Ontario S.A. 35 Terry Fox Drive, Unit 201
Kingston, Ontario K7M 8N4 
(613) 546-6642
TBA
(613) 546-6642
sosasoccer@bell.net
DT-00-04 Southwest Soccer RPO Pioneer Park, PO Box 20076
Kitchener, Ontario N2P 2B4 
Daniel Rowe
(519) 894-5965
generalmanager@swrsa.ca
DT-00-36 Sudbury Regional S.A. 1639 Lasalle Blvd.
Sudbury, Ontario P3A 1Z8
(705) 525-0100
Tammie Thibault
(705) 688-9797
tammie.thibault@ontario.ca
DT-00-17 Toronto S.A. 2700 Dufferin St., Unit 67
Toronto, Ontario M6B 4J3 
(416) 783-7515
Sophie Vayro
(416) 783-7515
leaguedirector@torontosoccer.net
DT-00-27 York Region S.A. 385 Connie Cres. Suite 101
Concord, Ontario L4K 5R2
(905) 660-3029
Antonietta Maione
(905) 660-3029
amaione@yrsa.ca

The above Entry Rules must be read by all Teams and Clubs before entering the Ontario Futsal Cup.

By submitting the Entry Form, you are agreeing to all conditions in the Entry Rules. 

You are also agreeing to abide by the Competition Rules and administration procedures of the competition.

Entry Form

2023 Ontario Futsal Cup Entry Form.