New Construction of the Ranking Lists

As of 2010, from the pool lists for the A-Class-Tournaments and the European Championship for men and women´s weight classes, the best 8 participants will be seeded. This implies that the first seeding will take place at the Trelleborg Open in February 2010.

New Ranking Lists

Before this takes place the current existing Ranking list will be newly constructed. Up until now each athlete has taken their ranking points up with them into the next weight class. If the competitor was to start in a lower weight class, then the athlete would have had no ranking points in that lower class. In addition, each Youth competitor could take their points with them into senior classes. Both of these scenarios and no longer possible.

In principle each athlete should receive their ranking points for the weight class in which these points were won. Since the weight classes will be reorganised, athletes must add on the ranking points from the old, the new and the Olympic weight classes.

Weight Class Groups

To make this possible, weight classes which are based close to each other will be placed into joint groups. The total points for the respective groups will be entered into the ranking. This means that athletes ranking points may be entered in multiple weight classes. There are no consequences for the seeding of the pool lists for those that could only compete in one weight class.

Ranking Points for A-Class-Tournaments

It has bee agreed with the ETU that medal winners of existing A-Class-Tournaments, since the year 2007, will be belately recorded in TaekwondoData. Gold medal winners will be awarded 7 points, silver medallists will  receive 5 points and bronze medallists will be awarded 3 points.

World Ranking List with A-Class-Tournaments

Because many of the top fighters competing at A-Class-Tournaments come from differing nations outside of Europe, the pool lists must be seeded according to a World Ranking list. For this reason it is only fair that non-European fighters are credited their ranking points for the seeding, which they habe won at A-Class-Tournaments. For this purpose a World Ranking List with A-Class-Tournaments will be created alongside the existing World Ranking List, which will be used for this seeding.

Last Update:  July, 25 2010