The Europa Cup Series in Numbers - 2010 | www.laserinternational.org

4th Jan 2011

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1595 sailors from 51 countries (from as far as Uruguay, New Zealand, Netherlands Antilles, and Japan) participated in at least one of the 14 Europa Cup events in 2010. The overall participation for the 3 rigs combined is 2367 (that is there were 2367 registrations altogether). Two new events this year, in Hungary and Norway, were added to the series.

Table 1: 2010 participation

Participants Headcount		FRA	SUI	ITA	NED	GER	BEL	AUT	POL	HUN	NOR	DEN	POR	ESP	CRO	Overall participation
L4.7:	472	139	50	136	16	65	4	20	43	25	11	6	20	71	63	669
Rad:	732	275	75	192	78	143	49	50	54	29	24	37	20	56	55	1137
Std:	391	99	41	140	21	67	17	32	25	19	12	16	17	35	20	561
total:	1595	513	166	468	115	275	70	102	122	73	47	59	57	162	138	2367

The average event number per sailor is close to 1.5 - that is, each sailor, on average, participated in 1.5 regattae (the range is 1-8).

Table 2: International participation in the 2010 EC events – 3 rigs combined

	FRA	SUI	ITA	NED	GER	BEL	AUT	POL	HUN	NOR	DEN	POR	ESP	CRO	Total
TTotal number of participants	513	166	468	115	275	70	102	122	73	47	59	57	162	138	2367
Number of participating countries	32	24	34	20	19	11	12	10	9	6	6	9	7	21
Number of int’al participants	322	129	262	63	145	39	66	38	27	18	35	14	47	90	1275
% of int’al participants	63%	78%	56%	55%	53%	56%	65%	31%	37%	38%	59%	25%	29%	65%	54%

Table 2 shows how many foreign competitors participated in each Europa Cup event and what proportion this represent out of the total number of participants.

In the overall series evaluation, as stated in the 2010 Notice of Race, to be in group A (FRA, ITA and GER) or B (the previous + SUI, NED, AUT and CRO) a Europa Cup event need to have large number of participants and high rate of international participation.

Table 3: Number of Sailors qualifying for the overall series results

Event	Rig	Qualifying
	Standard Rig:
EU Cup	Overall,	40
YGP	Youth Under 21,	26
YGP	Youth Under 19	2
	Radial Rig:
EU Cup	Men,	70
EU Cup	Women,	23
YGP	Boys Under 19,	58
YGP	Boys Under 17,	27
YGP	Girls Under 19,	14
YGP	Girls Under 17	2
	Laser 4.7 Rig:
EU Cup	Women,	13
YGP	Boys Under 18,	21
YGP	Boys Under 16,	8
YGP	Girls Under 18,	12
YGP	Girls Under 16	3

Table 4: Participation 1998-2010

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
L4.7	-	23	36	77	86	157	227	293	286	413	490	532	669
Rad	270	413	504	599	550	584	641	755	768	821	884	910	1137
Std	531	402	526	530	542	591	523	564	459	539	452	535	561
	801	838	1066	1206	1178	1332	1391	1612	1513	1773	1826	1977	2367
No of EC events	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	12	14

From the above tables it can be seen clearly, that there is a steady increase in the participation numbers overall, and for both the L4.7 and the Radial rigs. On the other hand, the Standard rig participation data has been stationary for a while, but this is to be expected as most standard sailors are stepping up to the World Cup series, winding down their international participation or leaving the class all together.

The main goal of the Europa Cup series is to increase participation and international exposure of the sailors beyond the national level. Also, to help them gradually make progress towards the continental and/or world championships. It is a vehicle to put their own performance into international perspective, and give them realistic goals, through the overall series results, in order to improve and get better.

Overall, in light of the above goals and figures, it is fair to say that the Europa Cup series is a continuous success story.

Posted: 4th Jan 2011