TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1.1               Title & status

1.1.1               This document contains the rules and regulations of the CIMA World League Cup.  ( WLC )

2.1.               The objective of the WLC is:

a)               To provide a mechanism by which pilots are encouraged to compete in more nationally organized open competitions by providing a series of classifications which combines the results of those competitions into a league at continental level. 

b)               To help organizers increase international participation in their nationally organized competition events.

c)               To raise funds for FAI by way of small sanction fees which it may invest for the benefit of all pilots in future events.

2.2               The purpose of the WLC is to provide good and satisfying contest to determine the WLC champions from all  continents in each season, and to reinforce friendship amongst pilots and nations (S10 4.2).

2.3               A WLC season extends from 1st October to 30th September the following year.

2.4               There may be a WLC in every Continent (GS 3.5.4) in each class which has at least 4 valid WLC events in a season.

2.5               A valid WLC event is one which:

a)               Has been registered with FAI and the sanction fee has been paid to FAI within the correct deadlines.

b)               Is open to pilots of all nations in the continent concerned .

c)               The results have been provided to FAI within the correct deadline.

2.6               WLC class results in an event are valid when:

a)               The class includes a minimum of 15% of competing pilots from nations other than the host nation.

b)               The minimum number of competing pilots in each class is as follows:

              PF1:               7 pilots

              PF1f:               3 pilots

              PF2:               3 crews

              PL1:               5 pilots

              PL2:               3 crews

c)               Has a minimum of 1 task in each of the standard FAI categories: economy, navigation and precision.

d)               50% of tasks flown were drawn from the standard task catalogue (S10 An 4).

2.7               There is no limit to the number of WLC events which may be held by a NAC in any one season.

2.8               Current WLC classifications will be provided by FAI in the form of:

a)                Individual class score

b)               National team score

c)               Elective team score

2.9               Diplomas will be awarded at the CIMA Plenary meeting following the end of a season to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each WLC in each classification.

3.1               At least 45 days before the event:

a)               An event must be registered online with all the required details.

b)               The sanction fee must be received by FAI.

3.2               The sanction fee shall be:

a)               A minimum of €50

b)               Plus 75% of the difference between this minimum and the maximum any competing pilot could expect to pay as entry fee.

3.3               No sanction fee shall be refundable. 

3.4               Registered events may be postponed to a later date at any time up to 48 hours before the start of the event.

3.5               WLC events are by definition FAI category 2 events and therefore must have the approval of the National Aero Club (NAC) of the organiser. (The Organizing NAC)

3.6               If the event is to be held in the territory of another NAC then the organiser must also obtain authorization from that NAC.  (The controlling NAC)

3.7               Authorized WLC Events will appear in the WLC Calendar and in the FAI Calendar.

3.8               By registering a WLC event, the organizer agrees:

a)                That no competing pilot will be charged an entry fee greater than the maximum entry fee declared at registration.  (Organizers may of course offer discounts for early or online payment etc).

b)               That the event is open to all pilots from the same continent as the host nation . 

c)               That all applications to compete will be treated on an equal, or a first-come / first-served basis.

d)               That the intention is to organize a number of tasks in each class of the style and proportions required for a WLC qualifying event.  (Of course prevailing weather may disrupt this).

e)               That results will be provided to FAI in the required format within 14 days of the end of the event.

4.1               Pilots are not required to register with the WLC system, they get into the WLC classification via the results provided by the event organizer to FAI after the event.

4.2               To get into all individual and team WLC classifications each pilot MUST have a FAI Sporting Licence (SL) valid for microlights before the end of the WLC season. Results of the pilots without a valid FAI SL will be ignored by the WLC scoring system.

5.1               National teams are not required to register with the WLC system.  They get into the WLC classification by cross-referencing a pilot's nation derived from the SL database and the results provided by the event organizer to FAI after the event.

6.1               Elective teams are designed to allow manufacturers to form their factory teams, and also to allow pilots to form their own social teams.

6.2               An elective team is only valid for one World League Cup in one season. 

6.3               An elective team is not valid until:

a)               The 'team leader' has completed the registration.

b)               The registration fee of €75 has been paid into a FAI account.

7.1               Individual

7.1.1               Pilots are considered to have competed in a WLC event when they have scored more than zero in the organizer's final scoring.

7.1.2               A pilots score in a valid WLC event is calculated using a 'positional' style scoring system in class:

              1st 30 pts; 2nd 25 pts; 3rd 22 pts; 4th and further (24 - pilot position) pts, but not less then 2 pts.

7.1.3               In the case when less then 22 pilots or crew compete, each pilot result is decreased by the difference between 22 and the number of competing pilots. For example, in a class of 7 competing crews, points for positions from 1st to 7th are applied as follows: 15, 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2.

7.1.4               All competing pilots are scored in the event, however, only pilots with a valid SL are included in the WLC ranking.  
It is important to understand that a pilot's WLC positional score takes no account of whether other pilots in the class have an SL or not.  Example:  In a class of 15 pilots, if the 1st and 3rd placed pilots do have a valid SL but 2nd place pilot does not, then the 3rd place pilot will still score 15 points even though the 2nd placed pilot will not be classified in the WLC ranking.

7.1.5               50% (rounded up)
Final pilot score is a sum of maximum x best pilot results, where x is a rounded up half of the number of the most valid League Cup events run in the class on any continent in the season. For example, if there were 10 valid events in Europe, 6 in Asia, 3 in South America and two in Australia, then the number would be 50% of ten, i.e. 5.

Examples:
4 valid events in class : Each pilots best 2 scores are included in the WLC ranking.
5 valid events in class : Each pilots best 3 scores are included in the WLC ranking.
6 valid events in class : Each pilots best 3 scores are included in the WLC ranking.
7 valid events in class : Each pilots best 4 scores are included in the WLC ranking.
Etc.

7.2               National team scoring

7.2.1               A national team score is the sum of the best three individual scores from each nation in each valid class. There is only one national ranking summarizing scores from all classes.

7.3               Elective team scoring

7.3.1               An elective team score is the sum of the best three individual scores from each elective team in each valid class. There is only one elective team score summarizing scores from all classes.

8.1               Event organizers must provide class results within 14 days of the end of the event.

8.2               Class results must always be provided as single .csv files per class in the following format:

Where:

P1NAME is the pilot name, given name first in normal case, family name last, in upper case.

P1SLID is the FAI Sporting Licence database unique ID for the pilot. 
This is NOT the number given on the licence by the NAC which issued it, instead it is the 'FAI No' found by interrogating the FAI Sporting licence database and is a unique number identifying the pilot. 
If the pilot does not have a current sporting licence, include the pilot's IOC three-letter nation code instead.

P2NAME is the co-pilot name, given name first in normal case, family name last, in upper case.
Leave blank in classes flown solo.

P2SLID is the FAI Sporting Licence database unique ID for the co-pilot.
This is NOT the number given on the licence by the NAC which issued it, instead it is the 'FAI No' found by interrogating the FAI Sporting licence database and is a unique number identifying the pilot. 
If the pilot does not have a current sporting licence, include the pilot's IOC three-letter nation code instead.
Leave blank in classes flown solo.

9.1               WLC Individual, national and elective team scores are calculated as a direct consequence of the results of FAI Category 2 events which are not in the direct control of CIMA and are run according to the rules published by the organizer.   As such, any dispute a competitor may have concerning his results should be addressed to the organizer of the event or the organizing NAC.

9.2               The only grounds where FAI may get involved are:

a)               The validity of an event; did the class at an event meet the minimum criteria for participants and tasks?

b)               A mis-calculation in the WLC Individual, national or elective team scores.