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 category 120 – 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

Continue to 400

 

 

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)