Amateur Rankings

Competition Ranking Criteria

The general criteria for an event to be included in the DanceSportLive Ranking System is that it is an 'Open Event'.

It should be noted that an event can only be tagged for one 'Ranking Status'. For example an event tagged for 'Adult Open' will be calculated in the appropriate section the 'Adult Open' rankings and may contain competitors from Age Groups other than Adult (i.e. Youth or Masters). These competitors will therefore gain a position within the Adult Rankings, however this result will have no influence on the ranking within their actual Age Group.

How ranking works
Points

Each ranked event awards points by the number of couples beaten: (couples in the event − your place) + 1. Win an event of 10 couples and you earn 10 points.

Points belong to the couple and cannot move to a new partnership.

Ties

Couples on the same points are ranked by the fewest events. Same points and the same number of events share the ranking.

A rolling year

Points drop off after one year. The rankings update automatically when a competition’s results are added.

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