U-12 Co-Ed Format
- 20 total teams make up this age division.
- All teams will begin in pools of four.
- Teams will initially play three pool play games on Day 1 and the first half of Day 2.
- After pool play, teams will be reseeded by finishing pool placement standings across all pools.
- Reseeding Process:
- Teams will be placed into three flights based upon final pool play results and final standings.
- Teams will be ordered by highest and lowest seeded teams 1st - 20th
- Teams will be ordered 1st - 20th by finishing place in their respective pools and then by highest amount of points accumulated through wins, ties and losses. USA Field Hockey’s tie breaker procedures will be used to determine standings in event of a tie by points received off wins, ties and losses. The tie breaker order is as follows:
- Points off Wins, Ties, Losses in pool play
- Matches Won
- Goal Differential
- Goals For
- Coin Toss
- Olaf Flight will be comprised of the 1st - 8th placed teams after pool play and reseeding is concluded. This will be the “Championship” Flight and will consist of the top teams in the U-12 Girls Age Division.
- Dory Flight will be comprised of the 9th - 16th placed teams after pool play and reseeding is concluded.
- A third flight to be name will be comprised of the 17th - 20th teams after pool play.
- Participants that advanced into the Olaf and Dory Flights will be in a Quarterfinal round.
- Winners of the Olaf and Dory Quarterfinal Rounds will advance to the Semifinal Rounds.
- Losers of the Olaf and Dory Quarterfinal Rounds will advance to the Consolation Friendly Games.
- Winners of the Olaf and Dory Semifinal Rounds will play in a Final Round for 1st and 2nd place within their Flights.
- Teams in the third flight will be a round robin style format where each team will play one another to complete final placement.
- All teams in all flights will play two games on Sunday and will finish with six total games.
