A tournament will be held in the final week of the season.
All rules from the regular season will be followed as well as the following for determining tournament
seeding and play:
Qualification for playoff games will consist of the top four teams from each division based on points
and overall record with final standings determining ‘seeding’ in the case of tied records.

● Points are awarded based on: three points for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss.
● If two or more teams finish the regular season with an equal number of points, the following
tiebreakers can be used.Goal Differential (GD) (Goals For minus Goals Against)
o Goals For (GF)
o Goals Against (GA)
o Winner of head-to-head competition (this criterion is not used if more than two teams
are tied or if all teams did not play each other).

● Depending on the number of teams in a division, the top-seeded team may end up with a bye
for the first round.
● The remaining match-ups will feature the higher-seeded teams against the lower-seeded teams.
In cases where there are an odd number of teams in a division, the top 5 may be included with a
wildcard game being played as a play-in game to determine which team advances to the playoff (as
well as fulfilling a concession game for the team which does not win this ‘play-in’ game). In cases where
there are multiple teams with shared records for the season, and which a distinct ‘cut-off’ point cannot
be determined, the playoffs may be expanded to 5 or 6 teams with one or two ‘wildcard play-in’ games
being played before the playoff games start to establish a top four. (Goal differential will be utilized to
determine seeding but will not preclude a team from participating in the playoffs when multiple teams
finish with similar points/records).
Teams will either be assigned a color for the playoff games or will need to bring both jerseys when
there is the possibility of playing a team with similar jersey colors.
Teams that do not qualify for playoff games will be scheduled to play one final ‘seeded’ game against
an opponent with whom they have a similar record at the end of the regular 6-game season. At the
discretion of the presidents or division reps, teams may be paired with another club team to prevent
extraneous travel. These ‘concession games’ are intended to be a balanced and fun game for those
at all levels to finish the season.
These guidelines for playoff and concession games are fluid and may be adjusted based on
CCL needs at the conclusion of the regular season.

CCL Adopted 3/17/24