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Europa Trophy is a recently founded bandy tournament arranged by Stockholm-based club GT/76 IK, intended to give women's U19 teams an opportunity to play games of high quality with an international flavor. Our hope is that countries outside of the Swedish border choose to participate in Europa Trophy.
The tournament starts with a group stage consisting of two, three or four groups, with each group containing three or four teams depending on the number of participating teams. The two best placed teams in each group advance to the playoffs which start with the quarterfinals. The winners of the quarterfinals proceed to the semifinals. The semifinal winners meet in the final and the losers play for the bronze in the bronze game.
Teams will be given access to the locker rooms approximately one and a half hours before gametime until one hour after the game has ended, allowing every team a chance to have proper preparation before their games.
The first game is scheduled to start on Saturday morning. We will attempt to schedule teams traveling from outside of Stockholm later during the day on Saturday, but it is recommended that teams arrive on early on Saturday.
Costs
Each team must pay a registration fee of 3500 kronor to be able to participate in the tournament. Teams may be required to pay an additional fee per person if the tournament is played during two days, the additional fee would be for accommodation and possibly for meals. If necessary, we may also help out with other things that may be needed, such as transportation.
Dispensations
Dispensation applications are to be sent to the tournament administration no later than two weeks before the start of the tournament. Granted dispensations will be published and the tournament administration reserve the right to limit the amount of over-aged players on the ice at the same time.
Tournament rules
The gametime is two 25 minute halves with a halftime break of maximum 5 minutes.
Teams must be ready at the appointed time of each game. If a team is not ready 5 minutes after the scheduled start time, their opponents are awarded the victory (3-0).
No added time except at the event of a longer break, such as a serious injury.
No timeouts are allowed due to time restraints
The penalty times are 3 and 6 minutes, respectively.
Players recieving a red card are suspended for one game.
The teams in the groups are ranked by Points, with tiebreakers determined in the following order: Goal differential - Goals scored - Record between the teams - Draw
In the playoffs only, tie games will be decided by penalties, with each team taking three penalties. If there is still a tie after three penalties have been taken by each team, the game will move to sudden-death penalty rounds consisting of one penalty taken by each team, until a winner can be chosen. The same player is not allowed to shoot two penalties until all field players on the same team have shot one penalty each. Players who had a penalty when the game ended and players who recieved a red card during the game are not allowed to participate in the shootout.
No warming up on the ice.
In the event of both teams having the same jersey colors, the away team changes jerseys to another color.
Grinding is only to be done in the grinding room.
Any protests must be handed to the tournament jury for inspection. Along with the protest, a protest fee of 800 kronor must be payed in cash. If the protest is approved, the fee is re-payed.
In the event of an unforseen event the game schedule might change. Each team is responsible to check if any changes have been made to their game schedule.
Otherwise the rules of the Swedish Bandy Federation are valid
