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| the objectives of the IGC Official Ranking System are |
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| - to represent as accurately as possible the relative performance of soaring competitors from their results in national and international soaring competitions |
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| - to promote soaring competition |
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| - to create a focus for promotion of competitive soaring |
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| - to promote the development of a high quality international competition structure |
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| - to create resources within the IGC to enable them to raise the standard of IGC category 1 soaring competitions and improve contact between the media and Soaring. |
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| the IGC ranking system provides an official seeding list of competition glider pilots participating in International contests and contests sanctioned for inclusion. |
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| the Ranking List has two components: Pilot Rating and Competition Rating.
A Pilots Rating is the result of his/her performance in IGC sanctioned competitions.
the Competition Rating depends on the type of competition, the quality of the pilots competing and the number of competition days.
A pilots ranking points are awarded for his performance in up to two category 1 competitions and any number of category 2 competitions.
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| For definitions of contest category see About sanctioned contests. |
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