EXEL SHOOTOUT

Participants

Exel shootout is team contest. There are three field players and a goalkeeper in the team needed. All the Exel shootout team participants must represent one and the same Latvian Open team. Participation in Exel shootout must be approved by sending the team list for the Latvian Opentournament, separately indicating team list for the Exel shootout. Number of  teams for the Exel shootout is limited – 16! Participation is for free. Sorry ladies, in the debut time this year the contest is only for men.

Qualification

Exel shootout teams will be divided in pairs by raffle. Pairs will be raffled briefly before the tournament. Participants of the teams will do one penalty shot each. Realized shot and also saved shot of the opponent team will give team one point. Team that will gain the most points after three penalty shots will qualify for the next round, but the losers will dissolve the game. For example: if all the members of the team score and their goalkeeper saves all the shots, the team gets six points and qualifies for the next round. In the tie the teams continue play till the sudden death. The team that had the last shot, continues the prolonged run.

During the first two days of the tournament 1/8 and 1/4 finals will be played, and during the last day of Latvian Open tournament before the women’s finals, the quarter-final, semi-final and final will be played.

Teams, which confirmed their participation:

1. FK VALMIERA (Āris ALDIŅŠ, Gatis LIEPIŅŠ, Ivars LAKTIŅŠ, Mārcis MEDNIS)
2. LOVIISA (Paolo KEINANEN, Andreas HIETALA, Jarno SAVOLAINEN, Teemu VENALAINEN)
3. RUBENE (Jānis SĪKA, Atis STEPĀNS, Jānis GRUNDŠTEINS, Jānis BAGĀTS)
4. PUUHAPUSSI
5. TJ SOKOL JAROMER (Karel HAŠEK, Petr HAŠEK, Dominik HAŽ, Milan MARINČ)
6. KNIVSTA IBK (Jonas WIIK, Simon VIKSTROM, Stefan ANDERSSON, Jimmy FINNSTROM)
7. FC URAGAN (Anatoliy KROPIN, Nikolay RYZHIKOV, Mikhail RYZHIKOV, Mikhail OSIPHOV)
8. LEKRINGS (Ervīns APINIS, Andris MALKAVS, Toms RĪSMANIS, Mārtiņš RAJECKIS)
9. FK KURŠI (Dāvids JANSONS, Kaspars KLAMERS, Oskars BERGMANIS, Miķelis KRŪMS) 
10. FK BAUSKA (Elvis HOLSTS, Rihards MALLONS, Pēteris ZELTIŅŠ, Toms NIEDRE)
11. FK ĶEKAVA (Jānis BRAMANIS, Gunārs KLĒĢERS, Matīss JANSONS, Henrijs UZRAUGS)
12. TELMS/ENERGOKOMPLEKSS (Hannu HEINONEN, Normunds JANSONS, Edijs HAMMERS, Klāvs FOGELIS)
13. GREASERS FBC (Esa PORTTILA, Toni VORNANEN, Eero LAITINEN, Timo PORTTILA)
14. BURTNIEKU NOVADS (Andris BROKĀNS, Ivars KAUŽĒNS, Jānis KAUŽĒNS, Rolands KANAPOLIS)
15. RUBENE-1 (Kristaps KĪNS, Einārs LOČMELIS, Mārcis BĒRZIŅŠ, Mārtiņš LARINOVS)
16. EMU SK (Markus MEKK, Andres TIINONEN, Talis MOLDER, Sten KOIV)