2023 BCSA Provincial B Cup
Entry Information and Brackets
This notice is quite lengthy as it includes important information about the B Cup competitions. Please take the time to read through it..
The brackets includes all the Boys and Girls U14 to U18 Tier 3 teams that have declared for the “B” Cup Competition. Please check the attached brackets to make sure your team is included and that it is placed in the correct age division, especially if your team is playing in a schedule that includes two age groups.
If you have entered “the B Cup” your team is now committed to following through as far as your team progresses in the competition, including attending the BCSA Provincial Championships in July .
In recent cup seasons there have been a few teams that have pulled out of the provincial tournament after winning a provincial berth. In doing so they incurred hefty fines from B.C. Soccer. In addition, that team’s Provincial and Coastal Cup eligibility for the following season will come under review by BCSA. So if you are entering “the B Cup” make sure your team (e.g. players, parents) will be able to meet all the Provincial B Cup commitments which could include travel, overnight stays and the associated costs. It also involves being able to field a team for all your provincial matches.
Regarding the attached entry list the team contacts are the same as posted on the LISA website schedules – however only phone numbers are included (unless there is no phone number on the website for that contact).
If there are any contact errors or updates for your team please inform your club registrar and have your registrar contact the LISA office as soon as possible.
PROVINCIAL B CUP
The Provincial B Cup competition is offered in the following age divisions: Under-13, Under-14, Under-15, Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18; for both boys and girls. Eight teams qualify for each Provincial B Cup tournament.
Within the Vancouver Island region both LISA and UISA Under-13 teams play 8v8 in a “non-competitive” format therefore do not enter the Under-13 B Cup as it is an 11-a-side competition.
The eight teams that qualify for each Provincial B Cup tournament are:
- First place in the Coastal B Cup
- Second place in the Coastal B Cup
- Third Place in the Coastal B Cup
- First place Vancouver Island/Powell River
- First place Thompson Okanagan
- Second Place Thompson Okanagan
- First place Kootenay Rockies
- First place Northern BC (formerly the Cariboo North region and the North Coast region)
The opening round (quarter-finals) of the 2023 Lower Island B Cup playdowns is scheduled for the weekend of January 21/22 (if five to eight teams are entered). The semi-final rounds will take place January 28/29 and the Lower Island finals February 4/5.
Please note that February 11/12 is designated as a makeup weekend. League games will be scheduled as normal. However if there are still some outstanding B Cup matches they will be scheduled for the February 11/12 weekend instead of the league games for those teams.
The inter-district match for the Lower Island Representative against the Upper Island Representative is the weekend of February 18/19. Please note this is Family Day weekend and families will need to plan accordingly.
B Cup playdowns are done via random draw with the top two teams in each division being randomly placed on opposite sides of the bracket. Seeded teams are not guaranteed home field advantage in the playdowns. See the full brackets attached or posted on the LISA website HERE.
The hosting agreement between the Upper and Lower Island districts is as follows: the Upper Island hosts the U15 and U17 divisions for both boys and girls and the Lower Island hosts the U14, U16 and U18 divisions for both boys and girls.
The Upper Island usually plays its B Cup matches on Sundays for all age divisions so if your team is playing away in the Upper Island expect to be playing on the Sunday.
The start time for matches between the Upper and Lower Island cannot be before 12 noon and any Lower Island home match involving Powell River teams needs to take into account their ferry schedule and travel plans. Powell River teams playing in the Lower Island sometimes want to travel to the Lower Island and return home the same day. And sometimes they want to travel here the day before and then play the following morning.
The winners of the matches between the Lower Island reps and the Upper Island reps (these matches are often referred to as the “Island qualifiers”) will represent the Vancouver Island/Powell River region at their provincial tournaments in July. As noted above these winners earn the “first place Vancouver Island/Powell River” berth in the provincials.
NOTE: If the Upper Island does not enter a rep in your age division then the winner of the Lower Island playdown will win the “first place Vancouver Island/Powell River” berth for their provincial tournament in July.
CUP ELIGIBILITY
B.C. Soccer’s B-level cup competitions are open to any affiliated Tier 3 or lower level youth team as declared to their district as long as that team has played in properly constituted league matches and is not under suspension. There is also an A-level cup competition (for Tier 2 teams or lower) and a Premier level (Vancouver Island Wave).
In order to be eligible for the B Cup a team’s head coach must have completed the Soccer for Life coaching course or a higher level course. There are no exceptions.
A player is eligible once his/her registration has been validated by the district association’s registrar and has been received by B.C. Soccer. A player must also have played in at least one league game before playing in a regional qualifying or Provincial Cup match.
Players must be registered as a youth or transferred to a team at least seven days prior to taking part in that team’s regional qualifying or Provincial Cup match.
One member of the team officials (i.e. coaches/managers listed on your official registration form) must be the same gender as the players on the team. This team official must be present on the bench and in the changing rooms. A team can have a maximum of five team officials.
Teams that enter the B Cup must have a minimum of 14 players on their official roster.
B CUP MATCHES
B Cup matches have priority over all other youth games in regards to scheduling and fields. If any Lower Island B Cup match can not be played because fields are closed (both the designated home club and the “visiting club” do not have an open field on which the match can be played) the re-scheduling of that match is the responsibility of LISA. Note that LISA can re-schedule an outstanding cup match, or a cup match that needs to be re-played because of a successful protest, for any time, any day.
There must be a winner in all B Cup matches. If the two teams are tied on goals at the end of regulation time the teams will play two equal halves of extra time as per the duration for their age division. From U14 up to and including U16 that is 2 x 10-minute halves. For U17 and U18 that is 2 x 15-minute halves. The full length of the extra time will be played no matter how many goals are scored during the two extra-time halves.
If the two teams are level on goals at the conclusion of the full extra time session the outcome of the match will be decided by kicks from the penalty spot, as per FIFA rules.
Please note, All U14 matches will now be 2 x 40 minute halves.
SCORE REPORTING – Just like for league games BOTH teams must report the score for their cup match to their score recorder. For the Lower Island playdowns your score recorder will be listed on your draw grid. (That score recorder is the same person who does the score recording for the Gold league in your division.) For all inter-district cup matches (Lower Island vs. Upper Island, coastal quarter-finals, coastal semi-final and coastal final) report your score to the Lower Island district scheduler (Brian Davis ag9@telus.net or 250-598-6274). You must also report if your match is not played and provide the reason why.
B CUP AND LEAGUE SCHEDULING
While the B Cup competition is under way teams will play their B Cup match instead of the league game that was originally scheduled for them that weekend. The league game will then become an outstanding game and can be made up by agreement of both teams involved “on their own time.” (“On your own time” means outside of your regular game day/time for which LISA schedules.)
Your weekend schedules will change to accommodate the B Cup playdowns. Those scheduling changes will be distributed via email from the LISA office on a weekly basis. Those emails usually go out during the first few days of each week as the results of games played each weekend (league and B Cup) have to be taken into account before the re-scheduling can be completed for the following weekend.
So it is important that all teams report their league and cup results to their score recorders every match day as required as missing reports can delay the weekly re-scheduling notice for the following weekend – and, in some instances, can lead to mix-ups in the re-scheduling. If your game is not played then you must also report that and provide the reason why it was not played.
PROVINCIAL B CUP TOURNAMENT
Both the Boys and Girls Provincial B Cup tournaments take place in July. Matches are usually scheduled Thursday through Sunday, and you are usually required to be on site by Wednesday. A pre-competition coaches meeting is usually held on the Wednesday evening.
Les Sinnot Memorial Boys B Cup: July 13-16
Host: Langley United Soccer Association
Girls B Cup: July 6-9
Host: Kamloops Youth Soccer Association
Accommodations and host hotel obligations
- All teams competing in any category of Youth Provincial Championships are obligated to stay in the host hotel(s)
- Teams that reside within 100 kilometres of the host city are exempt for this rule. Determination of which teams are eligible for exemption is under the jurisdiction of B.C. Soccer’s Youth Competitions Committee.
- The Local Organizing Committee for the competition must book (but not pay for) a minimum of eight hotel rooms per team as close as reasonably possible to the competition venue.
- Teams that are obligated to stay in the host hotel are responsible for eight rooms at the host hotel(s). Any team choosing not to stay at the host hotel may be invoiced by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the cost of eight rooms for four nights or the cancellation cost charged to the LOC for these eight rooms, whichever is less.
B.C. Soccer does offer travel assistance grants but it depends upon where your provincial tournament is being held. (There are no travel assistance grants for the Coastal Cup.) Travel grants are awarded using the following eligibility requirements:
- Any team required to travel to or from Vancouver Island to the Lower Mainland on the ferry will be awarded a grant of $250 for the team.
- Any team required to travel more than 600 kilometres (one way) to their respective Provincial Cup location will be awarded a grant using the following formula: distance travelled one way (Km) minus 500, multiplied by one dollar. (B.C. Soccer calculates the travel distance.)
- One travel grant per eligible team will be issued; no application is required.
- Travel grants will be paid to the team’s district upon completion of the provincial championship. The district will then distribute the grants to each eligible team.
For more details on the Provincial and Coastal B Cup competitions please visit the BCSA website. Here is a direct link:
https://www.bcsoccer.net/provincial-cup
LOWER ISLAND DISTRICT CUP
Teams that win the Lower Island playdowns in the B Cup will be representing the Lower Island in inter-district provincial/coastal cup play and therefore are not eligible for the Lower Island District Cup.
Tier 3 league champions are also not eligible for the Lower Island District Cup as they will represent the Lower Island at the “Island” Cup playing against the Upper Island winner for the Vancouver Island championship March 4/5.
The Island Cup is an entirely different competition than the Provincial B Cup. While the teams playing in the Island Cup might also play in the Provincials there is no connection between the competitions – the winning teams at the Island Invitational Cup do not continue on to any other cup competition as Island Cup reps.
ISLAND CUP
The Island Cup is a Tier 3 competition in conjunction with UISA. The “Island Cup” is not part of the Provincial Cup or associated with it in any way. Even though it might involve some of the same teams it is an entirely separate competition. The winner of the Island Cup does not advance to any other competition.
Format:
· Two teams each from UISA and LISA will compete in playdowns across the U14 – U18 age groups
· Teams will compete in a four team playdown with the two winning teams meeting in the Island Cup Finals.
· Semi-Final matchups will be LISA vs. LISA and UISA vs. UISA
· Each district shall be responsible for determining which teams shall represent them at the Island Cup.
o LISA’s first representatives will be the Tier 3 League Winner (or highest finishing “Pool “A” age group team)
o LISA’s second representative will be the LISA “B” Cup Representative
o In the event that the “B” Cup Representative is the same team as the Tier 3 League winner the second representative will be awarded to the LISA “B” Cup Runner-Up
· UISA & LISA will each be responsible for selecting a host location for the age groups they are responsible for. Hosting will be split by age groups with LISA hosting U14 / U16 / U18 and UISA hosting U15 & U17
Dates:
LISA vs. LISA Semi-Final (hosted by League winner): February 25/26
Island Cup Final: March 4th/5th
Best of Luck!
LISA scheduling committee
