SCA Points System

HOW ARE POINTS AWARDED FOR STEAK? 

• SCA Steak Points are tracked and recorded by the Head Cook’s name. The Head Cook cannot have someone else cook under his/her name, and he/she cannot cook on another team. Each Head Cook must be a current member to receive points for an event. 
• Points are awarded to the top ten placing cooks in an event.  Each team will receive 1 point for cooking the event, so the top ten would look like this:  1^st -11 points, 2^nd -10 points, 3^rd -9 points, 4^th -8 points, 5^th -7 points, 6^th -6 points, 7^th -5 points, 8^th -4 points, 9^th -3 points, 10^th -2 points, and all other participants get 1 point. 
• Points may be accumulated at any SCA event in the world, but the points will applied to your points’ chase home base. For example, if you live in Germany and participate in an event in the US, your points will be added to your SCA Europe points’ chase.
• Any DQ will still earn 1 point for the event since we are blind judging and would not know who it was.
• International Regions must have 15 events to get a Points Champion Ring and an Automatic entry into the Final Round of the SCA World Championship.

HOW ARE POINTS AWARDED FOR ANCILLARIES?

• SCA  Ancillary Points are tracked and recorded by the person that cooks the entries name.
•  The cook must be a current member to receive points for an event. Points are awarded to the top five placing teams in each ancillary category at an event.
• Points will be distributed like this: 1st place = 5 points, 2nd Place = 4 points, 3rd Place = 3 points, 4^th Place = 2 points, and 5^th Place = 1 point.
• No points awarded below 5^th Place.

SEASON VIII STEAK POINTS CHASE AWARDS

Top 15 Event Average

• The average points from you top 15 events of the season.
• Must cook a minimum of 15 events.
• Tie Breaker Order: Top 15 Event Average, Number of 1^st Place wins, Highest PPC, Total SCA Points, and Number of Event. 
• In the event of a total tie, both get the same prize package.
• Winner receives the SCA Points Ring, an automatic entry into the final round of the SCA World Championship and prizes.

SEASON VIII ANCILLARY POINTS CHASE AWARDS

Top 15 Event Average

• The average points from you top 15 events of the season.
• Must cook a minimum of 15 events.
• Tie Breaker Order: Top 15 Event Average, Number of 1^st Place wins, Highest PPC, Total SCA Points, and Number of Event.
• In the event of a total tie, both get the same prize package.
• Winner receives the SCA Points Ring, an automatic entry into the final round of the SCA World Championship.

SCA Championship Qualification

There are four ways to qualify for the SCA World Championship (Must be a member to compete):

1.    Golden Ticket recipient.

2.    At Large Bid

3.    Carryover

4.    Previous SCA World Champion winner.

Golden Tickets

• A Golden ticket is awarded to the winner of each SCA event. If the winner has already won a Golden ticket it will pass down to the next cook.
• The Golden Ticket cannot be passed down past 10^th place for steak and 5^th place for ancillaries.
• If the winner of the event is not a member at the time of their win, they will have until the following Monday at 8AM to become a member.
• You must be a member of the SCA to compete at the SCA World Championship.
• Cooks can only win one golden ticket per season. Golden Ticket are not transferable.
• Any unclaimed Golden Ticket will become an “At Large Bid”.

“At Large Bid”

• A Golden Ticket that was not claimed at an event.

"Carry Over"

• International teams that were qualified for the SCA World Championship VII will be allowed to carry that ticket over to the SCA World Championship VIII.

Previous World Champions

• Previous SCA World Champions receive and lifetime Golden Ticket for Steak.