ParaVolley Europe Allocation of Slots for competitions In the event of over-subscription of applications to PVE Continental Challenge and European Championships, the following rules will apply. European Championships 4 slots (up to a maximum of 50% of the available) to the top 4 teams from the previous Championships 1 slot for the organiser The highest-placed teams in the PVE Ranking at the Closing Date of entries. o PVE reserves the right to use WPV Rankings if PVE Rankings are not available. In addition to the above, up to 50% of top teams from the previous Championships will be seeded, (but never more than 6 teams) with the remaining teams drawn by lot. Continental Challenge 4 slots (up to a maximum of 50% of the available) to the top 4 teams from the previous Continental Cup 1 slot for the organiser The highest-placed teams in the ECVD Ranking at the Closing Date of entries. o ECVD reserves the right to use WOVD Rankings if ECVD Rankings are not available. ECVD reserves the right to allocate a maximum of two slots for non-ECVD teams. The highest-placed teams from the previous Continental Challenge may be seeded, up to 50% of the number of lots, but never more than 6 teams, with the remaining teams drawn by lot. Seeding from previous events will not be used when the interval from the previous event is more than 2 years. Ranking points All ECVD zone teams competing will be awarded Ranking Points from Sub-Zonal Championships, Continental Challenge and European Championships. For Continental Challenge, actual finishing position will be used regardless of whether teams finishing higher were non-PVE teams. Ranking Points will be awarded for competitions from January 2013 onwards and will be accrued on a 4-year rolling cycle to determine rankings. So, 2013 results will be counted until 31st December 2016, at which time the span will be 2013-2017 inclusive, changing again every year. Last updated : 17/10/2014 Ranking Points table Last updated : 17/10/2014 Rank European Championships Sub-Zonal Champs and Continental Cup 1 500 250 2 450 225 3 405 203 4 365 182 5 328 164 6 295 148 7 266 133 8 239 120 9 215 108 10 194 97 11 174 87 12 157 78 13 141 71 14 127 64 15 114 57 16 103 51 17 93 46 18 83 42 19 75 38 20 68 34 21 61 30 22 55 27 23 49 25 24 44 22