About the Coastal Cup

The annual Coastal Cup is one of British Columbia’s most prestigious youth soccer events, with a long and rich history in BC, with teams from across the lower mainland competing in this competition. The BCCSL manages this regional competition, and all teams participating in the Coastal Cup are from the BCCSL.

Coastal Cup Dates 2024-25

Teams must be prepared to play on the designated weekends, rescheduling of games is only permitted with the prior approval of the League General Manager.  All Coastal Cup Qualifying and subsequent round games are single knockout, meaning once a team loses, they are no longer eligible to participate in the competition.

Coastal Cup Schedules can be found here when ready.

Player Eligibility

• Players must be registered or reinstated as a youth from adult player or transferred to a team seven days prior to taking part in that team’s qualification or Coastal Cup games, as per the transfer and reinstatement rules outlined in the BC Soccer Rules and Regulations. Players must also have played at least one league game with that team before playing in any Coastal Cup games.   

• Once rosters are submitted, FRP and player permits are not eligible for any Coastal A or B Cup Qualifying or Coastal A or B Cup games.

• Once a player participates in a Coastal A or B Cup Qualifying or Coastal A or B Cup game, they are ineligible to play for another team in the Coastal Cup, even if their team has been eliminated.

Team Rosters

• All Coastal Cup rosters must be submitted to the League on or before November 8th, 2024. 

• FRP players may be added to the submitted roster, however the roster cannot exceed the maximum of 20.

• FRP players must meet the FRP criteria to be eligible. There will be no exceptions made for players who do not meet the FRP criteria.

• Players may only be added to the roster after November 8th in the following circumstances: 

• Example 1: Players released from BCSPL in accordance with BCSA transfer rules and subject to Coastal Cup player eligibility rules.

• Example 2: Players transferred from another team in accordance with BCSA transfer rules and subject to Coastal Cup player eligibility rules.

• New player registrations (have not previously played for any team in the league during the season) subject to Coastal Cup player eligibility rules. 

Game Rules

1. All qualifying and round games will be played to the end of regulation time. 

2. For all games, except the Coastal Cup Final, if teams are tied at the conclusion of regulation time, the winner shall be decided by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark, in accordance with the FIFA/IFAB Laws of the Game.

3. Should a Coastal Cup Final be tied at the conclusion of regulation time, the teams shall play 2 extra halves as noted below in point c. If tied at the end of the extra time, the winner shall be decided by taking kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with FIFA/IFAB Laws of the Game.

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Divisions	Regulation Time	Extra Time (Cup Final Only)
U14-U16	2 X 40-minute halves	2 X 10-minute halves
U17-U18	2 X 45-minute halves	2 X 15-minute halves

Game Day Match/Roster Sheets and ID Cards

1. For each qualifying round game, each team must provide two completed physical copies of the Coastal Cup Official Team Roster, one for the referee and one for their opponent, before each game. 

2. Each team must get and keep the copy of their opponent’s team roster for each game. 

3. All players and team officials must have a valid District Photo Identification Card.

Divisions That Require Qualifying Games for Coastal A Cup
Where games take place within a divisional group top seed is the home team. Where games are between divisional groupings (i.e., 1 Red vs 1 White), the home team will be randomly selected. Standings as of November 9-10 will be used to determine who will participate in the qualifying games.

Divisions That Require Qualifying Games for Coastal B Cup
Where games take place within a divisional group top seed is the home team. Where games are between divisional groupings (i.e., 2 Red vs 2 White), the home team will be randomly selected. Standings as of November 11th will be used to determine who will participate in the qualifying games on November 16-17. Standings as of November 25th will be used to determine who plays on November 30th and December 1st.