Transvaal Ice Hockey Cup

On October 17, 2007 the Staatsregeringministrie vir Sport en Atletiese van Transvaal (Department for Sport and Athletics of Transvaal) announced the inaugural Transvaal World Ice Hockey Championship (Transvaler Wêreld Yshokkiebeker) - or Transvaal Ice Hockey Cup for short - commencing in November 2008.

Participants
Sign-up for the tournament was announced on October 17, 2008 and Transvaal signed up its national team immediately.
 * Transvaal
 * Killallippies
 * Vengeful
 * Tahoe
 * Franzharia
 * Amerikanisches Reich
 * Arcadian Empire
 * Rebel Army
 * Wighton
 * VolNation
 * Qwert
 * Minilla Island

Killallippies, Vengeful, and Tahoe signed up on October 18, while Franzharia, Amerikanisches Reich, and Arcadian Empire signed up the following day.

Rebel Army, Wighton, VolNation, and Qwert signed up on October 20. Minilla Island signed up the next day.

Tournament Rules
Botha is the final arbitrator of all decisions regarding the tournament. NHL2002 is the platform for managing and playing out the tournament. All teams will be entered in a random draft to assign players to their squads. Games will be decided by AI play.

A maximum of 30 teams may enter. Deadline for applications is 12:01am November 1st and the first matches in the tournament will start that evening.

The tournament will be held at the Johannesburg Ice Palace and the Federal Government of Transvaal will be offering the following cash prizes for gold, silver, and bronze.


 * 1st place: 3,000,000 rand
 * 2nd place: 2,000,000 rand
 * 3rd place 1,000,000 rand