TOURNAMENT MODE AND RULES
The American football tournament 2013 will be held according to the rules of the NCAA , version of 2011. In Austria exceptions apply to U14 and U12– these will be sent out to the participating teams concerned. Further details will be posted here shortly.
| | U19 | U16 |
U14 |
U12 |
| Playing time | 2x10min | 2x10min |
2x10min |
2x10min |
| Mode | 11 players | 11 players |
11 players |
9 players |
In order to ensure as many encounters as possible, teams will only play halves of 2x10 minutes. This corresponds to a real playing time of 1 hour. Preliminaries will take place Thursday/Friday/Saturday, BOWL games (finale) on Sunday.
Age regulations
(Cut-off date: 1st January)
U12 Girls and boys mixed born 2001-2004 – 9 players NCAA
U14 Girls and boys mixed born 1999-2000 – 11 players NCAA
U16 boys born 1997 – 1999 – 11 players NCAA
U19 boys born 1994 – 1996 - 11 players NCAA
General tournament rules
Next to the official rules, the general tournament rules apply to American football too. You can read up on them HERE.
