In 2024, XTERRA will host 28 elite-level events across 16 countries offering roughly $500,000 in prize money to professional athletes.
To race in the elite field, athletes must hold a valid elite licence from their national federation and/or satisfy the XTERRA Elite Qualification Criteria that can be found here.
All elite athlete related questions can be directed to elite@xterraplanet.com.
The schedule of events with elite prize purses can be found below:
The criteria and requirements to race as an XTERRA elite can be found here.
In 2024, elite athletes have an opportunity to compete in the XTERRA World Cup, a premier series of events that will award roughly $350,000 to XTERRA’s fastest professional athletes.
The seven-stop, 11-race XTERRA World Cup kicks off March 23, 2024 at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Kenting, Taiwan, and culminates September 26-28 at the XTERRA World Championship in Trentino, Italy.
Find schedule, rules, prize money, and points breakdown for the XTERRA World Cup here.
XTERRA World Cup event organisers provide complimentary entries to the top 10 athletes in the World Cup rankings. Thus, the top 10 elite men/women at the Asia-Pacific Championship will earn free entry into the XTERRA Greece, the top 10 elite men/women in the World Cup standings after the North American Championship will earn free entry into the XTERRA Belgium, and so on.
To further incentivise traveling athletes, the top 5* ranked elite male and female athletes traveling from outside the host region will be eligible for a complimentary entry to World Cup Events subject to the athlete confirming their racing schedule by February 15th.
*note - Athletes must have a top 50 WPI ranking to be eligible for this benefit.
For example: XTERRA World Cup #1, XTERRA Taiwan. An athlete from the Americas region ranked as a top five travelling elite men or women to commit/pre-register by February 15, will receive a complimentary race entry.
THREE FREE NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION: The top five ranked active elites in the World Performance Index (WPI) and the top five ranked elites in the World Cup standings are ELIGIBLE for three free nights. From this pool, a maximum of 10 athletes will be awarded complementary accommodation as follows:
Note: Athletes accepting the free accommodation must confirm by the same deadline as race registration outlined in step 2 below.
RACE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: Athletes interested in receiving comp entries and/or lodging as noted above are required to pre-register by the following deadlines:
Step 1: Pre-registration
All Elites must send us their entire 2024 World Cup schedule before February 1st, 2024.
Step 2: Race Registration
Elites must confirm their registration (and free accommodation where applicable) by the following dates:
XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship: February 1, 2024
XTERRA Greece: April 1, 2024
XTERRA North American Championship: May 4, 2024
XTERRA Belgium: May 26, 2024
XTERRA Québec: June 15, 2024
XTERRA European Championship: July 21, 2024
XTERRA World Championship: September 1, 2024
Notes: Elites who do not send their schedules on time, or who miss race registration deadlines will not be eligible for comp entries or free accommodation. Elites should only commit/pre-register for races they will attend.
All four XTERRA Short Track events are part of the XTERRA World Cup, awarding points and prize money to elite participants. XTERRA Short Track races are free to enter for the 30 men and women selected to participate.
2024 Short Track Races:
XTERRA Oak Mountain Short Track - 19th May
XTERRA Quebec Short Track - 13th July
XTERRA Czech Short Track - 11th August
XTERRA Trentino Short Track - 26th September
Find complete XTERRA Short Track rules and qualification criteria here.
To be eligible to compete at the XTERRA World Championship, elite athletes must race one XTERRA World Championship Qualifying Series race and then request an entry by emailing elite@xterraplanet.com. Geographic and injury exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Elites who finished in the top 10 at the 2023 XTERRA World Championship receive complimentary entry into 2024 Worlds. In addition, the top 10 men and women in the 2024 XTERRA World Cup final standings will earn free entry into 2025 Worlds.
Elites who win a 2024 XTERRA World Championship Qualifying Series event offering at least $7,500 in prize money will earn 50% off entry into XTERRA Worlds.
All others pay full price.
Only the reigning XTERRA World Champions receive three nights free accommodation. All others are encouraged to book early to find the best deals.
All XTERRA World Tour stops offering at least $7,500 USD or EUR in prize money will provide free entries to the top 10 ranked men and women in the WPI Ranking. Accommodation is not required and at the discretion of individual organisers. Events held before June 30 will use the top 10 as of January 31. Events after June 30 (Lake Scanno, Germany, Costa Rica, Tahiti) we’ll use the top 10 rankings in place AFTER the XTERRA North American Championship on May 19.
The XTERRA World Performance Index is a formula-driven index that allows XTERRA athletes to compare their performances against athletes from around the World. The XTERRA World Rankings are calculated by averaging the athletes best two event scores from the previous 24 months.
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