Rules

EROI – EMILIA ROMAGNA OPEN INTERNATIONAL RULES EROI

Emilia Romagna Open International is a national Italian competition (with international soul) which will last 3 days.

Every day there will be standard FCI competitions (one agility + one jumping for each class for each height category) and on Sunday there will be a final on a single agility run with class 3 difficulty level and with very interesting prizes for all podiums, in addition to the title or EROI for the winners (first Large, first Intermediate, first Medium and first Small).

Here below you can find how to get to the final. Rules were studied to offer to best competitors of each class the possibility to access the final, considering both the importance of each run and the expected quantity of competitors in each height category, this to guarantee a final as competitive as possible, where all finalist will have the possibility to win.

For each competition day, here you can find who will access Sunday’s final:

LARGE (11 finalists each day):

• Winner of AGILITY 3 Large

• Winner of JUMPING 3 Large

• First 3 in OVERALL 3 Large

• Winner of AGILITY 2 Large

• Winner of JUMPING 2 Large

• First 2 in OVERALL 2 Large

• Winner of AGILITY 1 Large

• Winner of OVERALL 1 Large

INTERMEDIATE (7 finalists each day):

• Winner of AGILITY 3 Intermediate

• Winner of JUMPING 3 Intermediate

• Winner of OVERALL 3 Intermediate

• Winner of AGILITY 2 Intermediate

• Winner of OVERALL 2 Intermediate

• Winner of AGILITY 1 Intermediate

• Winner of OVERALL 1 Intermediate

MEDIUM (7 finalists each day):

• Winner of AGILITY 3 Medium

• Winner of JUMPING 3 Medium

• Winner of OVERALL 3 Medium

• Winner of AGILITY 2 Medium

• Winner of OVERALL 2 Medium

• Winner of AGILITY 1 Medium

• Winner of OVERALL 1 Medium

SMALL (7 finalists each day):

• Winner of AGILITY 3 Small

• Winner of JUMPING 3 Small

• Winner of in OVERALL 3 Small

• Winner of AGILITY 2 Small

• Winner of OVERALL 2 Small

• Winner of AGILITY 1 Small

• Winner of OVERALL 1 Small

Maximum total of finalists*: 33 Large, 21 Intermediate, 21 Medium, 21 Small + 4 K.O. winners (1 Large, 1 Intermediate, 1 Medium, 1 Small)

NOTES:

- If a competitor qualifies for the final two times in the same day, we WON’T downshift to the next competitor. Example: if John Doe on Friday wins Agility 3 Intermediate and gets second place in Overall 3 Intermediate, from Overall 3 only first and third classified will go to the final, no downshifting (John Doe qualified yet in Agility). - If a competitor qualifies for the final two times in two different days, we will downshift to the next competitor in the second day. Example: if Jane Doe on Friday wins Agility 1 Small and on Saturday wins Overall 1 Small, from Overall 1 Small of Saturday the competitor at second place will go to the final (Jane Doe qualified yet on Friday).

*Competitors in the final could be less than maximum expected total.

KO contest

On Saturday at the end of the standard competitions a K.O. will be held. This is a particularly exciting direct elimination race, as it pits two pairs who run simultaneously on two mirror-image jumping courses (no contact zones), one side by side. Each match will be played 2 out of 3: both competitors will run both courses, if at the end of the two rounds there is a tie, the winner will be played. For each error or refusal, 5 seconds will be added to the pairing time. 16 Large, 8 Intermediate, 8 Medium and 8 Small will be able to participate in the KO, who will qualify through the jumping on Friday and Saturday according to the following scheme:

LARGE (8 qualified from Friday + 8 qualified from Saturday):

• First 4 in JUMPING 3

• First 2 in JUMPING 2

• First 2 in JUMPING 1

INTERMEDIATE (4 qualified from Friday + 4 qualified from Saturday):

• First 2 in JUMPING 3

• Winner of JUMPING 2

• Winner of JUMPING 1

MEDIUM (4 qualified from Friday + 4 qualified from Saturday):

• First 2 in JUMPING 3

• Winner of JUMPING 2

• Winner of JUMPING 1

SMALL (4 qualified from Friday + 4 qualified from Saturday):

• First 2 in JUMPING 3

• Winner of JUMPING 2

• Winner of JUMPING 1

Total: 16 Large, 8 Intermediate, 8 Medium, 8 Small