The UKU competition structure varies a little depending on the division. All of our divisions hold a UKU National Championships. Additionally, the outdoor season in the Open, Women and Mixed divisions also have the UKU Tour; and in the Open and Women divisions there is also the annual European Ultimate Championship Series.
The following statements attempt to describe the high level goals of each competition:
UKU National Championships (All divisions)
- Competition to crown the UK National Champions
- Should be open and available to all UK clubs. "Open to all" should be achieved through a minimal number of qualification rounds - i.e. it is expected that there would be a National Finals with only a limited number of places available
- In 2016 we took decision to allow Irish teams to play at the combined UK Nationals / EUCR-W event from 2017 onwards as the IFDA and EUF Championship Series Committee requested that Ireland rejoin the West region.
- Does not necessarily need to rank teams other than as required to decide the winners and any positions being used as qualification for later events (e.g. international events)
- The UKU's primary “showcase event” – we will aim to build a spectator base and spend more effort on publicising this event outside the ultimate community
UKU Ranking Events (Club Outdoor Open, Women, Mixed only)
European Ultimate Championship Series
- Annual elite European club competition - should be the pinnacle of club competition in most years
- Provide an agreed structure in terms of dates to the climax of the club ultimate season in Europe
- Push the top European teams to higher level to help meet the demands of competing against the top teams from the rest of the World - esp. North America
- The structure of the series - with Regional qualifiers (EUCR) - aims to provide strong European competition for clubs that fall just outside the qualification places for the Finals