FIFA 2009

General rules

·     1 vs. 1 in every match. 

.      Duration 6mins half.

·     All matches are KNOCKOUT ones. Only the winner advances to the next round, Loser gets eliminated.

·     If the scores are tied at the end of regulation time, the winner will be decided by a Penalty Shootout.

·     Players will be allowed to select International Teams and Club. 2 players can play with the same team in the same match. 

·     Injuries Off. 

·     Home Auto Switching Zero

·     Away Auto Switching Zero

·     Time/Score Indicator On

·     Player status Bar On

·     Radar On

·     Performance Meter Off

·     Starting Subs 5

·     Offside ON.

·     Bookings ON.

·     Difficulty setting: World-Class.

·     Stadium: Bay Arena or Division3 Euro.

·     Weather: Sunny Day.

·    Player change and strategy change is limited to 3 times throughout the game

Tourney rules

·     Host, client will announced before the match or decided by coin toss.

·     At the end of each match, players must maintain their final screen and await confirmation from the referee.

·     The match result will be accepted even if the players find out that each others' settings were different afterwards.

Match rules

·     Players must kick-off with a backward pass at the beginning of each half and after every goal is scored.

·     Only short corners and long crosses outside of the goalkeeper area (5m) are allowed. 

·     Auto-switching to be kept 1 or 0. 

·     Rocket shot is not allowed.

·     Changing the Midfield or Attacker Players to deactivate the covering of the opponent is not allowed. If you want to change your tactic or formation, you have to pass the ball after the change back to the opponent.

·     ‘A’, ‘Q+W’, ‘Q+D’ from own half i.e. lobbed through ball (long ball) from own half not allowed. Full ‘A’ from free-kicks is allowed. However, after the own middlefield the player is allowed to use this combination.

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        Disconnection rules

·     Disconnect: If the disconnection occurred within the first half of the game, the score and the time played so far will be noted. A new game will be started in which the remaining time prior to the disconnection will be played. As soon as the lost time has been accounted for, both players are to immediately all further actions and remain idle until the first half is over. The same rule applies for a disconnection in the second half of the game. The length of the overtime will be decided by the referee

·    Upon discovery of any player committing any violations regarded as unfair play, that player will be disqualified from the tournament. During the course of any match, the operations staff and/or referee may determine other actions to embody unfair play at any time.

P.S.: The above mentioned rules can be modified by the organizers and their decision will be final.