A new scoring system has been introduced for the FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 series. At each Meet, athletes are awarded with points based on their position in every final event, and additional points follow based on his/her performance in the event by using the FINA Points System
POINTS ASSIGNED BY EVENT
For every event the points are awarded to the finalists:
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
Points |
10 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
POINTS ASSIGNED BY PERFORMANCE
The following additional scoring are awarded based on performances:
Up to |
<… |
999 |
989 |
979 |
969 |
959 |
949 |
939 |
929 |
919 |
909 |
899 |
889 |
879 |
869 |
859 |
Starting from |
<… |
990 |
980 |
970 |
960 |
950 |
940 |
930 |
920 |
910 |
900 |
890 |
880 |
870 |
860 |
850 |
Points |
<… |
9.9 |
9.8 |
9.7 |
9.6 |
9.5 |
9.4 |
9.3 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
9 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
8.7 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Up to |
849 |
839 |
829 |
819 |
809 |
799 |
789 |
779 |
769 |
759 |
749 |
739 |
729 |
719 |
709 |
…> |
Starting from |
840 |
830 |
820 |
810 |
800 |
790 |
780 |
770 |
760 |
750 |
740 |
730 |
720 |
710 |
700 |
…> |
Points |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
8 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7 |
…> |
There is no limit to the number of individual events each athlete can compete in every Meet, but only the best three results (sum of points for position and performance) are counted in the score for the Meet.
The top twenty (20) scoring swimmers per gender get to win the prize money by Meet.
PRIZE MONEY BY MEET
Rank |
Total |
Rank |
Total |
1 |
US$ 12’000 |
11 |
US$ 4’900 |
2 |
US$ 10’000 |
12 |
US$ 4’800 |
3 |
US$ 8’000 |
13 |
US$ 4’700 |
4 |
US$ 6’000 |
14 |
US$ 4’600 |
5 |
US$ 5’500 |
15 |
US$ 4’500 |
6 |
US$ 5’400 |
16 |
US$ 4’400 |
7 |
US$ 5’300 |
17 |
US$ 4’300 |
8 |
US$ 5’200 |
18 |
US$ 4’200 |
9 |
US$ 5’100 |
19 |
US$ 4’100 |
10 |
US$ 5’000 |
20 |
US$ 4’000 |
OVERALL WINNERS & PRIZE MONEY
The overall winner of the series, for men and for women, is the athlete with the highest overall points after completion of all the Meets from the series, regardless of positions from any ranked competitor at each or any Meet of the series.
Overall Ranking will be defined based on the position of the athletes after completion of the series. The scoring and respective ranking is calculated based on the results from all the meets completed by an athlete. Overall Prize Money will be distributed to the top 10 athletes of each gender.
Overall Ranking |
Total |
1 |
US$ 100’000 |
2 |
US$ 70’000 |
3 |
US$ 30’000 |
4 |
US$ 15’000 |
5 |
US$ 14’000 |
6 |
US$ 12’000 |
7 |
US$ 11’000 |
8 |
US$ 10’000 |
9 |
US$ 9’000 |
10 |
US$ 7’000 |