The 2016 Premier Futsal was the inaugural tournament of Premier Futsal. The season featured six teams, each playing four matches before culminating to the finals. The league started on 15 July 2016 and ended on 24 July 2016.[1]
Mumbai won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 3-2 on penalties via sudden death.[2][3][4]
Note: Premier Futsal tournament does not follow all the rules of international Futsal.[8][9]
Rules of 2016 Premier Futsal
4 quarters, 10 minutes each.
No offsides.
Throw-in instead of kick-in when ball goes out of play.
Throw-in, penalty, keeper's release will have to be completed within 5 seconds.
5 players per team, unlimited rolling substitutes.
Specially designed ball – Size 4.
After 5, each foul lead to a penalty.
Penalty Shootout
5 penalties each.
Penalty taker has 5 seconds to score.
Unlimited touches of the ball.
Deliberate foul by Goalkeeper or preventing a goalscoring chance is a goal.
Foul by attacker is a miss.
Group stage
Tiebreaking criteria for group stage
The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Goal difference in all matches
Goal scored in all matches
Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned