League Format
- All Handball Leagues are single-opponent; teams will play one game per week.
- All Handball Leagues use a Games Coordinator (GC)
Game Format
- All Handball Leagues use a weekly time slot of 1.00 hour.
- The total floor time consists of a warm-up, two 25 minute halves and a 5 minute half-time.
- In regular season games, ties are allowed. There is no overtime or shoot-out.
Season Length
- All 9 Week Handball Leagues use the following structure:
- 7 weeks of regular season games.
- 2 weeks of playoff games.
- There may be instances where byes are scheduled due to facility availability, meaning the season may be played over 9-12 total weeks.
- In rare cases, games may be played on Long Weekends or Holidays.
Playoffs
- Playoff Format:
- All teams are guaranteed 2 playoff games.
- Only the Top 4 teams will compete for the League Championship.
- League champs will receive t-shirts that can be picked up from the Season-end Party.
- There are no ties in playoffs.
- Due to the possibility of overtime, halves are shortened to allow for an overtime period, should it be required.
- A sudden-death overtime period will begin with a Basketball-style tip-off at centre court.
- The game will end as soon as one team scores a goal.
- A sudden-death overtime period will begin with a Basketball-style tip-off at centre court.
- Due to the possibility of overtime, halves are shortened to allow for an overtime period, should it be required.
Rosters
Format | Ideal Roster Size (F) = Female |
Total # of Players required on the floor |
Total # of Females required on the floor |
---|---|---|---|
Standard | 9-11 (4 F) | 4 + Goalie | 2 |
- When registering a full team, there is no limit to the maximum number of players you can have on the roster.
- Prior to the first game of the season, teams must have 5 players confirmed on the roster in MyESSC. This number is equal to the total number of players required on the field in the above chart.
- If the minimum amount of confirmed roster players is not met, the team will receive a loss for every game played until the requirement is met.
- Prior to the first playoff game, teams must have all players who are playing in the playoff game(s) displayed as part of the confirmed roster in MyESSC.
- If this requirement is not met, teams will receive an automatic loss and will not be eligible for the championship.
- A team may bring in subs that are not listed on the roster. To learn more about the sub policies, click here.