Pandanet Go European Cup
Prizes & points
Events will be at five levels, the bottom two from the old European Cup and the top three from the old Tour.
Each level has a number of points awarded to top placed European players. These are either purchased by the tournament (at the bottom two levels) or paid for by Pandanet (top three levels).
There are ranking prizes for the top point scorers over the year. The last event is the Pandanet Finals.
Note points and ranking prizes are only open to European nationals and to players resident in Europe for 2 years before the start of that cup year.
The top three levels have cash prizes paid for by Pandanet.
| Distribution of prizes (all amounts in euro) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Pandanet Supers | Pandanet Majors | Pandanet Finals | ||
| 1st place | 150 | 200 | 300 | ||
| 2nd place | 100 | 150 | 200 | ||
| 3rd place | 50 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Total | 300 | 450 | 600 | ||
These prizes are normally awarded based on the McMahon score and applying SOS tie break (only), however the prizes are shared as appropriate if more than one player has the same McMahon score as first place.
Pandanet Go European Cup Ranking points are given to top 12 placed European players in the Pandanet Finals (level 5), top 10 in Pandanet Majors (level 4), top 8 in the Supers and Pandanet Supers (level 2/3), and top 6 in Tournaments (level 1).
Points are awarded to places based on the McMahon score and applying SOS tie break (only). If places are shared after SOS tie break, then the appropriate points are shared (rounded up to next integer).
Only players who compete in every round of a tournament will be eligible for points for that tournament.
A maximum of 100 points can be carried into the Finals.
| Place | Level 1 | Level 2/3 | Level 4 | Level 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | 12 | 15 | 21 |
| 2nd | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
| 3rd | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 |
| 4th | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 5th | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 6th | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 7th | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| 8th | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| 9th | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10th | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11th | 2 | |||
| 12th | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
The ranking prize fund will be shared between the top 12 players in the rankings after the Finals. The size of the ranking prize depends on its position.
Any ties in ranking places will be split by number of first places, and so on.
With the minimum of 12 Pandanet tournaments, the prize fund will be 4500 euro. With typically 7 more level 1 and 2 events it will exceed 6000 euro and the prize for first place will be over 1000 euro.
Up to 250 euro may be added to the ranking prize fund to allow round value ranking prizes.
The size of the ranking prize fund will be announced before the Finals.