Qualification system for 2011 ILCA world championships

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Senior Worlds:
All berths for the ISAF World Championship will be determined according to the ISAF selection process.

Womens Radial Worlds:
All berths for the ISAF World Championship will be determined according to the ISAF selection process..

Mens Radial Worlds:
Basic Assumption: The North American Region will be allocated at least 6 berths to the 2011 Radial World Championship.
Overriding Rules:

1. Competitors qualify for the 2011 Men’s Radial World Championship through the first berth for which they are eligible.
2. In order to qualify for a berth at one of the ILCA-NA regattas listed below, the competitor must finish among the top-five male ILCA-NA members.

Qualification Opportunities:

1. Three berths will be awarded at the 2010 Radial North American Championship subject to Overriding Rule #2.
2. Any berths beyond the six mentioned in the Basic Assumption above, not allocated through the Qualification Opportunities above, will be allocated using the 2010 Laser Grand Prix ranking as of December 31, 2010.  If necessary, these berths may be allocated to ensure that the ILCA-determined country quotas are satisfied.

Standard Junior Worlds:
Basic Assumption: The North American Region will be allocated at least 5 berths to the 2011 Standard Junior World Championship.
Overriding Rules:

1. Competitors qualify for the 2011 Standard Junior World Championship through the first berth for which they are eligible.
2. In order to qualify for a berth at one of the ILCA-NA regattas listed below, the competitor must finish among the top twenty five male ILCA-NA members.

Qualification Opportunities:

1. Three berths will be awarded at the 2010 North American Championship subject to Overriding Rule #2.
2. Any berths beyond the three mentioned in the Basic Assumption above, not allocated through the Qualification Opportunities above, will be allocated using the 2010 Laser Grand Prix ranking as of December 31, 2010.  If necessary, these berths may be allocated to ensure that the ILCA-determined country quotas are satisfied.

Youth Radial Worlds:

Basic Assumption: The North American Region will be allocated at least 9 berths for males and 5 berths for females to the 2011 Radial World Championship.
Overriding Rules:

1. Competitors qualify for the 2011 Youth Radial World Championship through the first berth for which they are eligible.
2. In order to qualify for a berth at one of the ILCA-NA regattas listed below, the competitor must finish among the top-ten gender and age eligible ILCA-NA members.

Qualification Opportunities:

1. Berths will be awarded at the following ILCA-NA major regattas subject to Overriding Rule #2    with the following ranking:
   1. Three berths for males at the 2010 Radial North American Championship
   2. Three berths for females at the 2010 Radial North American Championship
2. Any berths beyond the six mentioned in the Basic Assumption above, not allocated through the Qualification Opportunities above, will be allocated using the 2010 Laser Grand Prix ranking as of December 31, 2010.  If necessary, these berths may be allocated to ensure that the ILCA-determined country quotas are satisfied.

Youth 4.7 Worlds:

Basic Assumption: The North American Region will be allocated at least 5 berths for males under 18, 3 berths for females under 18 and 3 berths for boys & girls under 16 to the 2011 Youth 4.7 World Championship.
Overriding Rules:

1. Competitors qualify for the 2011 Youth 4.7 World Championship through the first berth for which they are eligible.
2. In order to qualify for a berth at one of the ILCA-NA regattas listed below, the competitor must finish among the top-ten gender and age eligible ILCA-NA members.

Qualification Opportunities:

1. Berths will be awarded at the following ILCA-NA major regatta subject to Overriding Rule #2    with the following ranking:
   1. Three berths for males at the 2010 4.7 North American Championship
   2. Three berths for females at the 2010 4.7 North American Championship
   3. Three berths for boys & girls under 16 at the 2010 4.7 North American Championship
2. Any berths beyond the six mentioned in the Basic Assumption above, not allocated through the Qualification Opportunities above, will be allocated using the 2010 Laser Grand Prix ranking as of December 31, 2010.  If necessary, these berths may be allocated to ensure that the ILCA-determined country quotas are satisfied.

Any other applications for entry will be ranked based on the date of the application on first come, first served basis.

Masters Worlds:

Basic Procedure: Approximately nine months before the start of the 2011 Master’s Worlds, the ILCA will open an “application for entry” period for entry to the event. This period will run approximately 2 months during which time all sailors who wish to participate in the event MUST sign up. At the end of the application for entry period, the list of all North American sailors who have applied for entry will be returned to the ILCA-NA office for the purposes of verifying membership and ranking them to determine the order for offering a berth to the event. The ILCA-NA office will place all current ILCA-NA Class Members (who MUST be current (2011 dues paid) no later than the date the application entry period closes) into one of the five groups listed below. The overall ranking will be by group and, within any group, by order of application for entry.

NOTE: to qualify for entry in Groups 1, 2, 3, or 4, sailors MUST submit to the ILCA-NA office, via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , evidence of the event and finish position for the group to which they belong. Sailors failing to send this information to the ILCA-NA Office by the end of the application for entry process will be placed into Group 5.

Sailors who will achieve their 35th birthday in time to be eligible for a Masters' World Championship, but too late to qualify through any of the major North American Masters' events may substitute their finishes in any of the equivalent major North American events.

Group 1: Sailors who, within the past 5 years, were the champions in their division at a Masters Worlds, a Masters North American Championship, a Masters US Championship, a Masters Canadian Championship, the Masters Midwinters East or were the overall champions in their division of the Florida Masters Week.

Group 2: Sailors who have attended a Masters World Championship within the past five years.

Group 3:  Sailors who have competed, and finished in the top 80% of their division, in the most recent Masters North American Championship, Masters US Championship, Masters Canadian Championship, Masters Midwinters East, Florida Masters Week, California Masters, Masters Pacific Coast Championship, Masters Great Lakes Championship, Masters Atlantic Coast Championship, Masters Gulf Coast Championship, Masters No Coast Championship or Masters New England Championship.

Group 4:  Sailors who have competed in an ILCA-NA Grand Prix event (Laser or Radial) within the past year and finished in the top 80% of their fleet.

Group 5:  Any current ILCA-NA Master sailor who wishes to attend the event.

Unused berths after the entry period expires: If, after the regular entry process has begun, the ILCA indicates there are more berths available, and there are no ILCA-NA sailors remaining in the five groups above, then further entries will be considered on a first come, first serve basis.