League Rules

The ORVL Longsword Rankings and Saber Rankings are calculated based on how well each fighter Ranks in the participating Longsword and Saber tournaments. As the inaugural year, and with the popularity of tiered tournaments for Longsword, we will consider adjustments to the point calculation as necessary.

Currently, Ohio River Valley League will use the Nordic Ranking system outlined below:

26 points for 1st place
22 points for 2nd place
18 points for 3rd place
14 points for 4th place
10 points for 5th - 8th place
6 points for 9th - 16th place
3 points for 17th - 32nd place
1 point for 33rd place or lower

When dealing with tiered tournaments, the point system will overlap and as soon as we finalize the way that will look, that will be posted here.

Which Rankings count?

The ORV League Longsword ranking will be calculated based on Fighters’ performance at:

Crossroads Open HEMA Tournament in Columbus, OH

Queen’s Court Open in Cincinnati, OH

Steel City Open in Pittsburgh, PA

Blue Box Open in Columbus, OH

The 2020 season officially spans April 2020 to December 2020 with the potential for tournaments to move into the further Winter months in future years. Fighters’ top 3 out of 4 Rankings in the 2020 season will be used to calculate their 2020 Ranking. There will be a Ranking for Longsword and a Ranking for Saber.

Team Performance

Also being adapted from the Nordic League is the Team Competition. For each HEMA Club, their Fighters’ scores will be calculated into a Team Performance Ranking. This will be based upon the top 4 Rankings among their Fighters in an individual tournament. For clubs with less than four Fighters in the tournament, the Fighters that do compete will make up the entire Team Performance Ranking for that tournament.

If a Fighter changes club during the league season, the points stays with the club the Fighter represented when he/she won the points.

There will be a Team Performance Ranking for Longsword, one for Saber, and one Overall.

The winner of each Team Competition Category will be the team with the most points after all tournaments have concluded.