FPA Rankings - 2004 System Changes
updated December 16, 2003

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2004 Rankings System Changes Each year the FPA Board considers proposals to tweak the rankings system in order to create more useful rankings, and a rankings system that reflects the current competitive climate. This year the FPA Board considered many proposals and approved four for use in 2004. The four proposals are outlined below. For more details about the implications of these changes, read Behind The 2004 Rankings Changes

Change #1: More Players Get Points Under the current system, you receive ranking points for placing in the top 16 at most tournaments. For 2004, the top 32 places will get rankings points. Also, the point scale has been adjusted so the points are not weighted as much at the very top of the finishing positions.

Change #2: Regular Tournaments The point scale for Tour events was not being used effectively, since the FPA doesn't really have a formal tour. We have dropped the separate point scale for tournaments designated Tour events. All tournaments will offer the same rankings points (with adjustments for the number of entered players), except the FPA Worlds, US Open, WFDF, WDG and one sanctioned national championship per country.

Change #3: Paganello's Points Paganello used to be considered a Tour event for rankings purposes. Given its international importance as Europe's premier freestyle tournament, Paganello will be considered the retain the same rankings points, as though it is the Italian National Championships.

Change #4: Bonus Points Clarification This is a wording change to clarify when a player qualifies for bonus points. With the emergence of double elimination and individual format tournaments, we needed to tweak the wording to reward players for outscoring others who weren't completely eliminated from the tournament.

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