Mid-Season Tournament

Stoney Creek, ON — Standings, results, and photos from the Third Annual CISL Christmas Cup, an invitational tournament held on December 18th, 2015 at Player’s Paradise:

Group Standings

Group A	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
NK Drinkec	2	1	1	0	3	1	4
St. Catherines B	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
Kontra	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
Group B	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
Cleveland	2	1	0	1	6	5	3
Holivud Hrvat	2	1	0	1	5	5	3
Vatreni	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
Group C	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
NK Sveta Katarina	2	2	0	0	9	4	6
Mississauga	2	1	0	1	4	5	3
Jadran Braćo United	2	0	0	2	3	7	0
Group D	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
Poskoci	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
London	2	0	1	1	2	2	2
Slavonski Vukovi	2	0	2	0	1	2	1

Group Stage

Round Robin
Group A
NK Drinkec 0 Kontra 0
St. Catherines B 2 Kontra 0
NK Drinkec 3 St. Catherines B 1
Group B
Holivud Hrvat 2 Vatreni 0
Vatreni 2 Cleveland 1
Cleveland 5 Holivud Hrvat 3
Group C
NK Sveta Katarina 5 Jadran Braćo United 2
NK Sveta Katarina 4 Mississauga 2
Mississauga 2 Jadran Braćo United 1
Group D
Poskoci 1 Slavonski Vukovi 0
Poskoci 1 London 1
Slavonski Vukovi 1 London 1

Playoffs

Semifinals
NK Drinkec 1 NK Sveta Katarina 0
Cleveland 2 Poskoci 2 (Cleveland wins 2-0 on penalties)

Final
Cleveland 2 NK Drinkec 1

CISL 10th Anniversary Tournament

The CISL 10th Anniversary Christmas Cup, was a seven team, double-knockout format tournament which was held on December 19th, 2014 at Player’s Paradise:

Double Knockout Format
(18 minute games)

First Round
NK Drinkec 1, Poskoci 1 (Drinkec wins on penalties)
NK ZAP 4, Jadran Braco United 2
Kontra 1, Vatreni 0
Bye: Holivud Hrvat

Second Round
Vatreni 2, Jadran Braco United 1 (JBU is eliminated)
Holivud Hrvat 0, Drinkec 0 (Holivud wins on penalties)
Kontra 0, NK ZAP 0 (Kontra wins on penalties)

Third Round
Poskoci 1, NK ZAP 0 (ZAP is eliminated)
Vatreni 1, Drinkec 1 (Vatreni wins on penalties, Drinkec is eliminated)

Semifinals
Kontra 2, Holivud Hrvat 1 *
Poskoci 1, Vatreni 0

Final
Poskoci 3, Kontra 1

* 30 minute game

 

From the convenor…

J.J. Grubisic — I would like to congratulate to the volunteers that helped make this tournament happen:

Scheduling — Frank Perin and Ivan Rados
Referees — Mike Radencic and Ante Culina

Thanks to all of the teams that participated (NK Bauštelac did not). The only club that can put a full-on Christmas tournament together with all of the players being members of the same club is Hamilton Croatia.

Nice to see some legends (Frank Sudac, Hamilton; and Mile Sesar, London, Windsor and Cleveland) making guest appearances on the field as well.

Lastly, it was great having other teams watching from the field level, as well as the support in the stands, notably NK ZAP’s fans. Hopefully we can make this Christmas Tournament an annual occurrence!

The Inaugural Christmas Tournament

Stoney Creek, ON — Results from the Inaugural Christmas Cup tournament, which was held on December 28th at Player’s Paradise (Note: The Živko Cup was not contested in the 2013-14 season and therefore was awarded to the winner of this mid-season event):

Group Standings

Group A	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
Poskoci	2	2	0	0	6	1	6
Holivud Hrvat	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
NK Vatrogasac	2	0	0	2	2	6	0
Group B	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
NK Drinkec	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
NK Bauštelac	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Vatreni	2	0	0	2	0	2	0
Group C	G	W	D	L	F	A	P
x-Kontra	2	1	1	0	7	3	4
KitaBanana	2	1	1	0	5	1	4
Pun Kuler	2	0	0	2	2	10	0

x-won penalty shootout to determine second seed for playoffs

Group Stage

Poskoci 3, NK Vatrogasac 1
NK Drinkec 1, Vatreni 0
Kontra 1, KitaBanana 1
Holivud Hrvat 3, NK Vatrogasac 1
NK Bauštelac 1, Vatreni 0
Kontra 6, Pun Kuler 2
Poskoci 2, Holivud Hrvat 0
NK Drinkec 1, NK Bauštelac 1
KitaBanana 4, Pun Kuler 0

Playoffs

Play-In Game
NK Vatrogasac 3, Pun Kuler 1

Quarterfinals
KitaBanana 3, Holivud Hrvat 1
NK Drinkec 2, NK Bauštelac 0
Poskoci 3, NK Vatrogasac 1
Kontra 0, Vatreni 0 (Vatreni win on penalties)

Semifinals
KitaBanana 1, Vatreni 1 (Vatreni win on penalties)
NK Drinkec 0, Poskoci 0 (Poskoci win on penalties)

Final
Vatreni 0, Poskoci 0 (Poskoci win on penalties)