The Short and Standard course events are separated into the following divisions:

Elite

Male / Female

Age Group

Please note that that your age on 31 DECEMBER of the year the race takes place determines your age group category on race day.

Minimum Age: 16 years (14 for the short)

The age group categories are: 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50+.

Journeyman

There is no qualification requirement for the Journeyman division or for the Open Course.

Unless otherwise stated these criteria apply:

• Top 10 per gender overall qualifies for Elite or Age Group division
• Top 10 per gender of each age group qualifies for Age Group division

It will only be possible to qualify for Age Group division if the qualifying race publishes the results per age group.

If the qualifying race does not publish results per age group, it will only be possible to qualify on the overall results!

Notes

No more than 50 % of an age group or a gender in a division at a specific event can qualify for the OCR European Championships (e.g. if an age group has only 10 athletes in it, only the top 5athletes are deemed qualifiers). The calculation is based on the number of starting participants in the race/relevant heat and not the number of athletes who finished the race/heat. In case of an odd number we round up in favour of the athletes.

If you have any questions / concerns about the qualification conditions for OCREC2020, due to EOSF guidelines you should contact:

1. National governing bodies – whereby your country has a national governing body which is a member if the EOSF.

2. ESOF (board@eosf.org) if the race comes from a country in which there is no organization associated in the EOSF.

Countries which have national governing bodies which are members of the EOSF are: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Verification of qualification will be undertaken after you have completed the registration process.

It is possible to register prior to qualification, however should you not qualify, no refund will be made available.

Tickets are personal, non-deferrable and non-refundable.

Athletes transferring division (e.g. from age group to elite) will be imposed an administrative fee and a possible price difference.

Athletes will be automatically registered for the age group division that they belong in on December 31st 2020 even if it is not the same age group that they have qualified in.

In order to race you must have a valid ticket. Any infringement of this will result in a claim in the amount of the ticket price as well as a fee of 1000 Euro and if necessary legal prosecution.