8.1 Scoring Systems

The Championships shall be scored according to one of the scoring systems (a), (b) or (c). The Scoring System selected for the Championship shall be stated in the Local Procedures.

a. 1000-Points Scoring System: The Score is expressed in points (the maximum available Score for the Day is 1000 points).

This is the “classic” scoring system used in Championships for years.

b. Kilometre Scoring System: The Score is expressed in kilometres (the maximum available Score for the Day is equal to the best Distance of the Day)

This scoring system is a simpler variant of the 1000-points system. Two pilots will keep the same relative ranking in both the 1000-Points system and the Kilometre system.

The maximum Score of the Day is the best Distance of the Day; therefore in overall ranking Kilometre scoring yields more importance to the longer tasks (which means usually the tasks flown when the weather is better, and speed differences smaller) and less to the shorter tasks (poorer weather, where more luck is involved).

c. Place Scoring System: The Score is expressed in places (the maximum available Place Score for the Day is 25).

Place Scoring may be used as a primary scoring system to select the Champions.

8.1.1 Team Cup: This may be used concurrently for a secondary ranking, but not to select the individual Champions. Organisers shall state in the Local Procedures if the Team Cup will be scored.

Team Cup has been used at previous Championships under the labels “World Team Cup”, “World Soaring Cup” or “European Soaring Cup”. The actual Championships remain fundamentally based on an individual ranking.