Final standings

ECTO 2016 Final standings

Competitions

The following competitions are included in the European Cup in TrailO (ECTO) 2016 They are ordinary competitions that have been selected by the TOC to be included in the ECTO.

Date	Name/Country/Location	Discipline	Invitation/Homepage
09-Apr	Portugal, Lisbon	TempO	http://ltom2016.cpoc.pt/
10-Apr		PreO
21-May	Slovakia	PreO	ecto2016.orienteering.sk
22-May		TempO
02-Jul	Italy, east of Trento	PreO	http://www.trailo2016.it
03-Jul		TempO
13-Aug	Lithuania, Druskininkai	PreO	http://wtoc2017.lt/2015/07/31/pre-wtoc2017/
14-Aug		PreO
17-Sep	Norway, Halden	TempO	TempO: http://eventor.orientering.no/Events/Show/6795 PreO: http://eventor.orientering.no/Events/Show/6796
18-Sep		PreO

Competition rules and guidelines

Since the ECTO consists of already excising competitions the organizing countries own rules and guidelines may be used for their competitions. However, all deviations from the IOF rules and guidelines must be stated in the pre-race info, e.g. points for correct answer at timed control. Also, all information (invitation, pre-race info, etc.) must be available in English.

Participation and entry

Since many countries only have a single class, only the open class will be included in the ECTO. There will be no limitation of how many competitors can enter from each country. If a country has domestic limitations for its own competitors these may still be enforced. Each competitor has to enter by their own, not via their federation.

ECTO results calculation

To achieve fairness and since both PreO and TempO competitions are included a points system has to be used. Points will be awarded to each competitor according to their placement at each competition. The following points system will be used:

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27-∞
Points	50	42	36	31	27	24	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

 

For the final score of the ECTO the 5 best points from all competitions for each competitor will count. If two or more have the same final score the competitor with most 1^st places will be ranked the highest. If still equal, the competitor with most 2^nd places will be ranked the highest. This will go on with 3^rd places, 4^th places etc. until a tiebreaker has been found.

 

Please send suggestions of suitable competitions to be included in ECTO 2017. The suggestions should include:

•Date of competitions.

•Name of organiser / course planner

•Competition format, PreO or TempO

Send the suggestions to Martin Fredholm at the latest at the end of July 2016.