European Cup
The European Cup consists of a series of tournaments throughout Europe. There are five different types of events,
- European Cup Tournaments (25 points)
- European Cup Super Tournaments (50 points)
- European Cup Pandanet Super Tournaments (50 points)
- European Cup Pandanet Major Tournaments (75 points)
- European Cup Pandanet Finals (100 points)
The first two levels are not sponsored. Any tournament can request to be in these levels, and will have to pay the EGF to receive European Cup status and be able to distribute points.
Levels 3-5 do receive sponsorship (currently from Pandanet). Levels 2 and 3 are equivalent except for sponsorship.
Participants to European cup tournaments receive points depending on the level of the event and their finishing place, according to the following table:
| Level (see above) Place | 1 | 2/3 | 4 | 5 -------+-----+-----+-----+----- 1st | 9 | 12 | 15 | 21 2nd | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 3rd | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 4th | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 5th | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 6th | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 7th | | 3 | 5 | 6 8th | | 2 | 4 | 5 9th | | | 3 | 4 10th | | | 2 | 3 11th | | | | 2 12th | | | | 1 Total | 25 | 50 | 75 |100
at the moment (Januari 2010) the following maintournaments are in the serie:
5. European Cup Pandanet Finals (100 points)
- Paris, Easter
4. European Cup Pandanet Major Tournaments (75 points)
- Amsterdam, End of May
- Hamburg, Beginning of June
- Leksand, Around 15 August
- Brno, Beginning of september
- London, Between Xmas and newyear
3. European Cup Pandanet Super Tournaments (50 points)
- Budhakeszi, Around 15 May
- Warshaw, End of June
- St. Petersburg, Beginning of Juli
- Vienna, End of October
- Milano, End of November
- Barcelona, End of Februari
2. European Cup Super Tournaments (50 points)
- Bled, Around 15 April
- Pardubice, Around 15 june
- Istanbul, Beginning of October
- Takaputku, Beginning of Februari
1. European Cup Tournaments (25 points)