Updated: December 2016
GENERAL
1.1 The points system is designed to evaluate as precisely as possible the performance of competitive fencers in Canada during a twelve (12) month period, and to rank them according to their results.
1.2 In each weapon and age group (U15/Minime, U17/Cadet, U20/Junior, Senior and Veterans), the Canadian Domestic Ranking consists of the results from the best five CFF sanctioned competitions, plus the results from regional (East/West) Canada Cup and the National Canadian Championships.
1.3 All CFF sanctioned competitions may be submitted for inclusion in the Canadian Domestic Rankings.
1.4 For a tournament to be included in the Canadian Domestic Ranking it must meet the following general criteria:
- It must be sanctioned by the C.F.F. To be sanctioned, the tournament organizer must register and pay the specified sanction fee online (CFF website) prior to the event.
- Results must to be submitted electronically in the format described on the CFF website within 14 days of the competition.
- The CFF Rules and Regulations must be followed; and iv) There must be at least six (6) competitors in an event. For events where fewer than six competitors are registered, see article 1.11.
RANKING PERIOD
1.5 The ranking will be kept on an annual rolling basis. A competition will be replaced when either:
- 365 days have elapsed since it was held
OR
- it has been held again within 365 days, whichever comes first.
FREQUENCY OF RANKINGS
1.6 Rankings will be prepared periodically throughout the season. Rankings will be posted on the CFF website.
CALCULATION OF POINTS
1.7 A fencer’s total domestic points for a twelve (12) month period shall consist of those points earned by competing in the Nationals, the Regionals, and the five best results (by point total) obtained from CFF sanctioned competitions, which may include a provincial championship. A maximum of seven (7) domestic tournaments will be used to calculate points.
1.8 For the Regional Canada Cups, those fencers whose residence is within the geographic sector shall have their results counted as those of the Regional Canada Cup; those fencers whose residence is within the other geographic sector shall have their results counted as an open tournament.
PROCEDURE
1.9 Results from Canadian Fencing Federation sanctioned domestic events shall be submitted to the in the manner prescribed on the www.fencing.ca website.
THE POINT SYSTEM
1.10 The points earned by a fencer in any tournament shall be calculated as follows:
R = F * (1.006 – (log P/log N)) where:
R = ranking points awarded for P
P = place achieved in the competition
N = number of entries in the competition: and
F = 15xA + 10xB + 5xC + 3xD
Where A = # As present at the competition
- = # of Bs present at the competition
- = # of Cs present at the competition
- = # of Ds present at the competition
A minimum force (F) will be applied for all sanctioned competitions. If calculated value of F is less than the minimum value, then the minimum value for F will be used for each age group as follows:
Open: F = 30 Junior: F = 20
Veterans: F = 20 Cadet: F = 10
U15: F = 10
Points will be calculated to one decimal place.
For purposes of clarification, the following examples are given:
Example A Example B
Number of Entries (N): 41 Number of Entries (N):39
minimum F=30 applied
| As | Bs | Cs | Ds | F |
|
As | Bs | Cs | Ds | F | |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||
| place | points | place | points | ||||||||
| 1 | 152.8 | 1 | 30.2 | ||||||||
| 2 | 124.4 | 2 | 24.5 | ||||||||
| 3 | 107.8 | 3 | 21.2 | ||||||||
| 4 | 96.0 | 4 | 18.8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 86.9 | 5 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| 6 | 79.4 | 6 | 15.5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 73.1 | 7 | 14.2 | ||||||||
| 8 | 67.6 | 8 | 13.1 | ||||||||
| 9 | 62.8 | 9 | 12.2 | ||||||||
| 10 | 58.5 | 10 | 11.3 | ||||||||
| 11 | 54.6 | 11 | 10.5 | ||||||||
| 12 | 51.1 | 12 | 9.8 | ||||||||
| 13 | 47.8 | 13 | 9.1 | ||||||||
| 14 | 44.7 | 14 | 8.5 | ||||||||
| 15 | 41.9 | 15 | 8.0 | ||||||||
| 16 | 39.3 | 16 | 7.4 | ||||||||
| 17 | 36.8 | 17 | 6.9 | ||||||||
| 18 | 34.5 | 18 | 6.5 | ||||||||
| 19 | 32.2 | 19 | 6.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 30.1 | 20 | 5.6 | ||||||||
| 21 | 28.1 | 21 | 5.2 | ||||||||
| 22 | 26.2 | 22 | 4.8 | ||||||||
| 23 | 24.4 | 23 | 4.5 | ||||||||
| 24 | 22.7 | 24 | 4.1 | ||||||||
| 25 | 21.0 | 25 | 3.8 | ||||||||
| 26 | 19.4 | 26 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| 27 | 17.9 | 27 | 3.2 | ||||||||
| 28 | 16.4 | 28 | 2.9 | ||||||||
| 29 | 14.9 | 29 | 2.6 | ||||||||
| 30 | 13.5 | 30 | 2.3 | ||||||||
| 31 | 12.2 | 31 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| 32 | 10.9 | 32 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| 33 | 9.6 | 33 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 34 | 8.4 | 34 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| 35 | 7.2 | 35 | 1.0 | ||||||||
| 36 | 6.1 | 36 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| 37 | 5.0 | 37 | 0.6 | ||||||||
| 38 | 3.9 | 38 | 0.4 | ||||||||
| 39 | 2.8 | 39 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| 40 | 1.8 | ||||||||||
| 41 | 0.8 | ||||||||||
PROCEDURE FOR LESS THAN SIX COMPETITORS
1.11 In the case of events where fewer than six competitors are registered, the following two formats may be applied:
- Where there are less than six competitors who wish to register, they may compete in the event of the opposite sex in the given weapon. Providing the combined event has a minimum of six competitors, the event will be ranked as per 1.10.
- Competition organizers must denote which competitors are participating in the event of the opposite gender to ensure rankings are calculated properly