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Qualifying System for WFDF Events

Version 2008 – 1.1 (May 18 th , 2008)

Update 2015

Qualifying System for WFDF Ultimate World Games Events 2017 1 Table of Contents

1. WFDF ______2 2. Qualifying Event ______2 3. Divisions ______2 4. Ultimate World Cup Point Scoring System ______3 4.1. Team World Cup Points ______3 4.2. Country World Cup Points ______3 5. World Games Ranking ______3 6. Participation of host country in 2017 ______4

1. WFDF WFDF is the contact and member organization for the International World Games Association (IWGA) with respect to Flying Disc Ultimate, a competition in the program of the World Games. 2. Qualifying Event The qualifying event for World Games will be the most recent Ultimate World Championship event which was held at least 8 months prior to the World Games. 3. Divisions The following divisions will primarily be used to determine which countries qualify for World Games: • Men’s • Women’s • Mixed

In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be the finishing position of the team in the Mixed Division.

Qualifying System for WFDF Ultimate World Games Events 2017 2 4. Ultimate World Cup Point Scoring System

4.1. Team World Cup Points In each division a country will score points according to the following system: Place = Final Placing of Team Points = World Cup Points awarded Diff = Difference to final placing above

Place Points Diff. Place Points Diff. Place Points Diff. Place Points Diff. 1 100 16 69 1 31 54 1 46 39 1 2 95 5 17 68 1 32 53 1 47 38 1 3 91 4 18 67 1 33 52 1 48 37 1 4 87 4 19 66 1 34 51 1 49 36 1 5 84 3 20 65 1 35 50 1 50 35 1 6 81 3 21 64 1 36 49 1 51 34 1 7 79 2 22 63 1 37 48 1 52 33 1 8 77 2 23 62 1 38 47 1 53 32 1 9 76 1 24 61 1 39 46 1 54 31 1 10 75 1 25 60 1 40 45 1 55 30 1 11 74 1 26 59 1 41 44 1 56 29 1 12 73 1 27 58 1 42 43 1 57 28 1 13 72 1 28 57 1 43 42 1 58 27 1 14 71 1 29 56 1 44 41 1 59 26 1 15 70 1 30 55 1 45 40 1 60 25 1

4.2. Country World Cup Points For World Games Qualifiers a country scores the total of points which are scored in the relevant divisions. A country which is not represented in a division will, for this division, score one point less than the country which finished last. 5. World Games Ranking The teams will be ranked according to the following criteria. This criteria is applied in the order it is listed below. In the case of a tie, the next criterion is applied to the tied countries only. This is repeated until the tie has been resolved. Countries will be allocated bids in the World Games in the order determined by this ranking.

• Number of World Cup Points scored (Higher ranking for greater amount of points) • Number of World Cup Points scored in all divisions (Higher ranking for greater amount of points) • Final place of the team in the Mixed division (Higher ranking for higher finish)

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In order to earn a bid to participate in the the host country () is required to register a team and participate in the World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2016 in Ultimate play in either:

a) the Mixed division or b) the Men’s division or c) the Women’s division. approved by the WFDF Board of Directors during their meeting on 27 June 2015.

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