2005 Federation Cup
10 - 12th June 2005
Bird of Paradise Hotel
Goroka
Regional Team Event
Men's Team (3 players per team)
Women's Team (3 players per team)
Overall Team
2005 Event Rules
The Federation Cup is being held for the first time since 2002. The Federation Cup is played between the provincial teams in Papua New Guinea.
Each team will consist of three playing Men and three playing Women (Up to two reserves may also be included). Team scores will be recorded to determine the winning Men's team, the winning Women's team, and the overall Winning team. (A team may elect to send just a Men's Team or just a Women's Team)
Selection Criteria
i) A person is eligible to play for a team either: where they 'currently reside'; their 'normal place of residence'; or their 'ars-ples'
'Currently reside' is taken to mean where an individual will reside for a six 6 month period which includes the dates of the event. For example if someone is transferred from Port Moresby to Lae two weeks before the event they are eligible to play for Lae.
'Normal place of residence' is taken to mean where a player has spent a minimum of two years in the last three years.
'Ars-ples' is taken to mean the place of an individual's heritage. Where a person is of mixed parentage they can choose either place.
ii) Each team will be restricted to one non-citizen male and one non-citizen female per team. A team may apply for this rule to be relaxed if they are unable to field a team of a reasonable standard (this application must be in writing to and will be determined by the Federation Executive). There is no requirement for a non-citizen to have resided in the country for 6 months however the event is only open to bona-fide residents of the country. (That is they intend to live in the country for a minimum of 6 months)
iii) A region may submit up to two teams however each team must be evenly ranked (ie Team A #1 Man, #3 Man, #5 Man, #2 Woman, #4 Woman, #6 Woman and Team B #2 Man, #4 Man, #6 Man, #1 Woman, #3 Woman, #5 Woman). Each region will only receive one allocation of funding (see below).
The Federation will be responsible for providing balls and trophies for the event.
The Federation will provide a travel supplement to help regional teams travel to the event. The formula to be used is an average of K100 per player or K600 per team across all regional teams. This total shall be allocated to each team in proportion to the standard fare from the hometown of the club to the event based on the standard Air Niugini fare. (eg if there a total of 5 regional teams competing then a total of K2,500 - being K600 for each team except the host - will be allocated across all regional teams. This money will be split in proportion to the standard Air Niugini airfare from each region to the venue. ie If the fare from Lae to Goroka is K400 and the total of all of the fares from each region to Goroka is K2,400 then the Lae team will be entitled to K400/K2,400 * K2,500 = K416).
The format of the competition will be dependant upon the number of teams entering and the time entering.
Regions will be required to be financial members of the Federation to compete in the event.
Regions will be requested to submit a list of the top ranked male and female players in their regions. (Up to a maximum of the top ten players).
The event will also be the primary event used to determine the training squad to Oceania Cup in the Cook Islands. A full list of the PNG rankings will be announced at the conclusion of the event.