Canucks4Ever
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So Provincial Cup is back - Draw April 3.
Qualified teams:
VMSL
BB5 (seeded)
Coastal
Metro Ford
Inter
Rovers Hurricanes
FVSL
Tigers (seeded)
Abbotsford
Langley
Faly
VISL
Lakehill (seeded)
Nanaimo
Vic West
In the hunt:
VMSL (1)
Croatia
West Van
Thanks to VUFC (aka UBC) opting out Croatia is back in with a chance. West Van can claim the final spot by winning their Imperial Cup semi-final match against BB5 Mar. 19, which would be no small task. Otherwise it will come down to who finishes highest in the table. The teams are currently level with Croatia having two matches left to West Van's three. Of course, if they wind up even in the standings, this will go to a one game playoff.
FVSL (1)
Surrey Utd. A
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Surrey Royals
FCT Academy(?)
Surrey Utd. B
This list will get paired down after this weekend's Pak Cup semis. The four league places are spoken for (I think - there was a game between Surrey United and Faly that was abandoned due to snow with less than ten minutes to go a couple Wednesdays back. Faly were up 3-1 at the time. If that game were to be completed and SU pulled off a comeback the math would change, but the points appear to be showing in the league standings already, so odds are the result will stand and that is enough to qualify Faly in fifth).
The lone spot left goes to the Pak Cup winner. Assuming Tigers win that, the way they have won everything else so far this season in the Valley, the spot will trickle down to sixth place in the table (as Whitecaps have opted out). Surrey United have a three point lead on MFA and hold the tiebreaker (head to head). MFA have two games to play to Surrey's one.
As for the Pak Cup bracket - Surrey play Abbotsford with the winner getting the winner of Tiger vs. MFA. The other side of the bracket, though, has Surrey Royals (Douglas) against Surrey United B and FCT Academy against Faly. Faly is the only team on that side already qualified. So if any of the other three make it to the final, they will have a shot at a Provincial Cup spot. Of course, there are question marks surrounding whether or not FCT Academy would be allowed to participate if they should end up being the cup winners given their murky player registration situation.
VISL (2)
Highlanders
Bays Utd.
Cowichan
Gorge
This all comes down to the Jackson Cup as the league placings are set. Unfortunately for Highlanders (assuming they are participating in Provincials unlike some of their L1BC contemporaries...) the goal they gave up in a 2-1 win over Vic West sees them lose the tiebreaker between those sides and puts Vic West into the tournament, while Highlanders will have to wait. Bays, Cowichan and Gorge all need to make the cup final to get a spot - which sets up a compelling semi between Bays and Cowichan which essentially doubles as a Provincial Cup play-in game. As a result of one of Bays or Cowichan definitely getting in, Highlanders, who are out of the Jackson Cup, need Nanaimo to make the final at the expense of Gorge to get a spot in BCs.
Qualified teams:
VMSL
BB5 (seeded)
Coastal
Metro Ford
Inter
Rovers Hurricanes
FVSL
Tigers (seeded)
Abbotsford
Langley
Faly
VISL
Lakehill (seeded)
Nanaimo
Vic West
In the hunt:
VMSL (1)
Croatia
West Van
Thanks to VUFC (aka UBC) opting out Croatia is back in with a chance. West Van can claim the final spot by winning their Imperial Cup semi-final match against BB5 Mar. 19, which would be no small task. Otherwise it will come down to who finishes highest in the table. The teams are currently level with Croatia having two matches left to West Van's three. Of course, if they wind up even in the standings, this will go to a one game playoff.
FVSL (1)
Surrey Utd. A
Micro Footie
Surrey Royals
FCT Academy(?)
Surrey Utd. B
This list will get paired down after this weekend's Pak Cup semis. The four league places are spoken for (I think - there was a game between Surrey United and Faly that was abandoned due to snow with less than ten minutes to go a couple Wednesdays back. Faly were up 3-1 at the time. If that game were to be completed and SU pulled off a comeback the math would change, but the points appear to be showing in the league standings already, so odds are the result will stand and that is enough to qualify Faly in fifth).
The lone spot left goes to the Pak Cup winner. Assuming Tigers win that, the way they have won everything else so far this season in the Valley, the spot will trickle down to sixth place in the table (as Whitecaps have opted out). Surrey United have a three point lead on MFA and hold the tiebreaker (head to head). MFA have two games to play to Surrey's one.
As for the Pak Cup bracket - Surrey play Abbotsford with the winner getting the winner of Tiger vs. MFA. The other side of the bracket, though, has Surrey Royals (Douglas) against Surrey United B and FCT Academy against Faly. Faly is the only team on that side already qualified. So if any of the other three make it to the final, they will have a shot at a Provincial Cup spot. Of course, there are question marks surrounding whether or not FCT Academy would be allowed to participate if they should end up being the cup winners given their murky player registration situation.
VISL (2)
Highlanders
Bays Utd.
Cowichan
Gorge
This all comes down to the Jackson Cup as the league placings are set. Unfortunately for Highlanders (assuming they are participating in Provincials unlike some of their L1BC contemporaries...) the goal they gave up in a 2-1 win over Vic West sees them lose the tiebreaker between those sides and puts Vic West into the tournament, while Highlanders will have to wait. Bays, Cowichan and Gorge all need to make the cup final to get a spot - which sets up a compelling semi between Bays and Cowichan which essentially doubles as a Provincial Cup play-in game. As a result of one of Bays or Cowichan definitely getting in, Highlanders, who are out of the Jackson Cup, need Nanaimo to make the final at the expense of Gorge to get a spot in BCs.