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Virtual Burghfield FC Summer Tournament 2020

Virtual Burghfield FC Summer Tournament 2020

Tim Spray6 Jun 2020 - 14:45
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We are pleased to introduce the Virtual Burghfield Football Club Summer Tournament 2020.

This weekend we should have been hosting the #BurghfieldTournament. Unfortunately we were forced to cancel the event, but have instead been busy working on plans to host the tournament virtually.

As we have seen the recent popularity of virtual online matches - where the winner is decided by a Twitter poll - we have decided to jump on the bandwagon and host our own tournament in this format.

We have selected 32 clubs to compete, all who had registered at least one team from any age group for our original tournament. These have been randomly drawn into 8 group of 4 teams.

To stick with the tournament format of short games, the group stage will take place on Sunday 7th June, with just a 1 hour long poll to decide the entire group. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stages.

Dates for the knockout stages will be:

  • 8th June: 2nd Round (60 minute poll)
  • 9th June: Quarter Finals (75 minute poll)
  • 11th June: Semi Finals (90 minute poll)
  • 13th June: Final (2 hour poll)

Any drawn games in the knockout stage will be decided by a cumulative vote total from throughout the tournament.

If the final ends in a draw, a 15 minute replay will be used to decide the Burghfield Tournament 2020 winner. If this is still a draw - we give up and the (virtual) trophy will be shared!

Good luck to all teams involved, and we hope you can join in the fun and engage with us using the hashtag #BurghfieldTournament.

To keep up-to-date with the tournament, you can view our Twitter page by clicking HERE

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