RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and regulation ETC
The Europe Trail Cup includes races that are ITRA certified and organize trail running competitions at distances between 10 and 170 km.
The races must be organized according to the rules of the ITRA federation and must have certified distances according to the ITRA points system – from 0 to 6.
The ETC Cup combines trail competitions across Europe and Turkey.
Championship:
TRAIL Championship (ITRA 1 – 3)
ULTRA Championship (ITRA 4 – 6)
Scoring is done independently according to ETC point systems.
All competitors who complete an individual match are scored.
Competitors are compiting in 2 championships
Championship TRAIL
If they finish the distance of:
XS category –5 -15 km (ITRA 0)
S category – 20 – 39 km (ITRA 1 & 2) – 30% more points than the system XS.
M category 40 – 79 km (ITRA 3) – 15% more points than system S.
Championship ULTRA
If they finish the distance of:
L category – 80 – 119 km (ITRA 4&5)
XL category120 – 170 km (ITRA 6) – 10% more points than the L system.
ETC point system
The Scoring system has 5 categories: XS, S, M, L, and XL.
All runners who compete in the races categorized as XS, S, or M gather points for the TRAIL championship.
All runners who compete in the races categorized as L or XL gather points for the ULTRA championship.
Only 3 best results in the season are counted in the leaderboard.
Runners are ranked in the final leaderboard if they have participated in at least 3 cup events from 2 different countries.
TRAIL Championship | |||||||||
30% lower than S | 15% higher than S | ||||||||
XS category | S category – ITRA 1&2 | M category – (ITRA 3) | |||||||
position | points | position | points | position | points | ||||
1 | 350 | 1 | 500 | 1 | 575 | ||||
2 | 315 | 2 | 450 | 2 | 495 | ||||
3 | 284 | 3 | 405 | 3 | 445 | ||||
4 | 255 | 4 | 365 | 4 | 401 | ||||
5 | 230 | 5 | 328 | 5 | 360 | ||||
6 | 211 | 6 | 302 | 6 | 332 | ||||
7 | 201 | 7 | 287 | 7 | 315 | ||||
8 | 193 | 8 | 275 | 8 | 302 | ||||
9 | 185 | 9 | 264 | 9 | 290 | ||||
10 | 178 | 10 | 254 | 10 | 279 | ||||
11 | 170 | 11 | 244 | 11 | 268 | ||||
12 | 164 | 12 | 234 | 12 | 257 | ||||
13 | 157 | 13 | 224 | 13 | 247 | ||||
14 | 151 | 14 | 215 | 14 | 237 | ||||
15 | 145 | 15 | 207 | 15 | 227 | ||||
16 | 139 | 16 | 199 | 16 | 218 | ||||
17 | 133 | 17 | 191 | 17 | 209 | ||||
18 | 128 | 18 | 183 | 18 | 201 | ||||
19 | 123 | 19 | 176 | 19 | 193 | ||||
20 | 118 | 20 | 169 | 20 | 185 |
ULTRA Championship | ||||||
10% higher point scale | ||||||
L category – ITRA 4&5 | XL category – ITRA 6 | |||||
position | points | position | points | |||
1 | 1000 | 1 | 1100 | |||
2 | 847 | 2 | 931 | |||
3 | 736 | 3 | 810 | |||
4 | 663 | 4 | 729 | |||
5 | 603 | 5 | 663 | |||
6 | 555 | 6 | 610 | |||
7 | 516 | 7 | 568 | |||
8 | 485 | 8 | 534 | |||
9 | 461 | 9 | 507 | |||
10 | 442 | 10 | 487 | |||
11 | 425 | 11 | 467 | |||
12 | 408 | 12 | 448 | |||
13 | 391 | 13 | 431 | |||
14 | 376 | 14 | 413 | |||
15 | 361 | 15 | 397 | |||
16 | 346 | 16 | 381 | |||
17 | 332 | 17 | 366 | |||
18 | 319 | 18 | 351 | |||
19 | 306 | 19 | 337 | |||
20 | 294 | 20 | 324 |
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ETC Prize fund
The total amount of the prize fund is 6.000€.
Money prizes are equally divided into general men and women categories.
There are two championships TRAIL and ULTRA.
The first 3 women and men in the TRAIL championship will be rewarded as follows:
TRAIL Championship | ||
Men | Women | |
1. place | 500.00 € | 500.00 € |
2. place | 300.00 € | 300.00 € |
3. place | 100.00 € | 100.00 € |
The first 3 women and men in the ULTRA championship will be rewarded as follows:
ULTRA championship | ||
Men | Women | |
1. place | 1,000.00 € | 1,000.00 € |
2. place | 500.00 € | 500.00 € |
3. place | 250.00 € | 250.00 € |
Each competitor who has participated in at least 3 cup events from 2 different countries will receive ETC diploma and ETC partner’s gift.
Who receives prize money?
Runners rank in the first 3 places and have participated in at least 3 cup events from 2 different countries:
1-3 competitor individual TRAIL championship (Male/Female)
1-3 competitor individual ULTRA championship (Male/Female)