Judging Criteria and Scoring

DDL World Tour have 3-5 judges, including a head judge

All judges scores count combined

The head judge has the authority to intervene and adjust the scores if there are significant discrepancies among the judges.

Dødsing is judged on four main criteria:

1. Run-up

A døds must have high speed and power out of the tower.
Creativity in the run-up will be rewarded as long as it maintains power out of the tower
Keywords: speed, length, power

2. Flight

A døds must be harmonious in the air and appear controlled at all times. You must be able to see that the athlete knows where he/she is in the air toward a controlled landing.
Classic døds: They may have simple movements in the form of jogging, partial rotation, grabs, etc., but may not contain complete rotations.

Keywords: Flow, attitude, personal style, control, creativity

Freestyle døds: Must contain rotations and may contain other elements such as tweaks, grabs, and the like. The degree of difficulty should be emphasized but not at the expense of control and style.
If you perform the same trick in the final as in the preliminary rounds, points will be deducted.

Keywords: Flow, attitude, personal style, control, creativity, difficulty

3. Landing

A døds must be landed controlled in either shrimp (hands and feet simultaneously), bullet (knees and elbows simultaneously), or no-hands (knees and head simultaneously). One should show a clear stretch before landing and the more horizontal it is the better. The closing should be as late as possible.
Landing with the hands first (projection) or the legs first (underlay) should give a reduced score.

Keywords: clear stretch, late closing, big splash, hard landing

4. Overall impression

Personal style and steeze should always be part of a døds.
The judges will reward nice flow between run up, flight and landing. All elements should be mastered in a døds.

Scoring
Points are awarded from 0 to 10 with intervals of 0.1, and the final score for a jump is the average score of all the judges.

 

Døds World Tour Points


Døds World Tour is a full-fledged league where participants collect league points. The Døds World Tour (DWT) winner will be announced during the Døds World Championship at the end of the season. The ranking is based on the total points from all Døds World Tour competitions. Qualification for the Døds World Championship is also determined by results from DWT throughout the season (details below). There is no standalone qualifying round ahead of the Døds World Championship, and no league points will be awarded during the Døds World Championship. The overall winner of DWT is the World Ranking leader after the last competition ahead of the Døds World Championship

League points is awarded as follows:

Position

Points

Position

Points

Position

Points

1. place

100

11. place

24

21. place

10

2. place

80

12. place

22

22. place

9

3. place

60

13. place

20

23. place

8

4. place

50

14. place

18

24. place

7

5. place

45

15. place

16

25. place

6

6. place

40

16. place

15

26. place

5

7. place

36

17. place

14

27. place

4

8. place

32

18. place

13

28. place

3

9. place

29

19. place

12

29. place

2

10. place

26

20. place

11

30. place

1

  

If participants share a place at the end of a competition, they receive the same number of league points, and the position skips the same number of places before additional league points are awarded. In other words, up to 30 participants can receive league points in a competition.

Women and men compete in the same class in all Døds World Tour events.

Starting list lineup for the Døds World Tour 2025:

Season Opening and First Competition:
The starting order will be determined by the following:

  • The ranking from the 2024 Døds World Tour will be followed in reversed order from lowest to highest ranking

  • The final jumpers will be top three from the 2024 Døds World Championship in reversed order

Remaining Døds World Tour Competitions:

For all other competitions throughout the Døds World Tour 2025:

  • The ranking from the 2025 Døds World Tour will be followed in reversed order from lowest to highest ranking

  • Before the final jumper the top three from the 2024 Døds World Championship jump in reversed order

  • The final jumper will be the highest ranked in the 2025 Døds World Tour

 

Døds World Championship Men's qualification criteria:

  • 1st place Døds World Championship previous year

  • 8 DWT  Golden Tickets (best result not already qualified)

  • Maximum 4 DWT Golden Tickets to the National Champion in Arendal, Millau, Tobago, and Senderland US (only if the National Champion did not already win a Golden Ticket)

  • Top 3 DWT Ranking 2025 (best results not already qualified)

  • Top 3, 2 best results DWT 2025 combined (best results not already qualified)

  • 5 Wild Cards from IDF

= 24 ATHLETES

Døds World Championship Women's qualification criteria:

  • 1st place Døds World Championship previous year

  • Top 2 DWT Ranking 2025 (best result not already qualified)

  • Top 2, 2 best results DWT 2025 combined (best results not already qualified)

  • 3 Wild Card from IDF

= 8 ATHLETES


Competition Formats (DWT) 2025

 

 

There will be two divisions within the same competition in Døds World Tour: the Individual division and the Team division. Athletes earn points for the official World Tour ranking, both in the Team ranking and the Individual ranking. All points from all competitions count toward the overall standings. Points from the Individual division determine which athletes qualify for the Døds World Championship.

Individual Scores Competition

Competition Structure:

  1. Round 1: Freestyle

    • Participants: Up to 44 athletes

    • Format: Athletes perform a freestyle døds dive

    • Judging: Five judges evaluate specific aspects:

      • Head Judge: Overall performance.

      • Judge 2: Steez

      • Judge 3: Technical execution.

      • Judge 4: Inrun

      • Judge 5: Landing

  2. Round 2: Classic

    • Participants: The top 20 athletes from Round 1 advance.

    • Format: Athletes perform a classic døds dive

    • Judging: Five judges:

      • Head Judge: Overall performance

      • Judge 2: Steez

      • Judge 3: Overall (previously technical)

      • Judge 4: Inrun

      • Judge 5: Landing

  3. Final: Freestyle

    • Participants: The top 10 athletes based on combined scores from Rounds 1 and 2

    • Format: Athletes perform a freestyle døds dive

    • Scoring: All athletes start with zero points in the final. The final performance alone determines the winner

    • Judging: Same criteria as Round 1



 

 

Team division 

Team Structure:

  • Maximum of 2 athletes per team per event

  • If an athlete is unable to attend a competition, the team may select a substitute to represent both the sponsor and the team. This must be approved by DDL in advance

  • Teams earn scores based on their athletes’ individual performances in each Døds World Tour event

Scoring System:

  • Each athlete’s points from the individual competition contribute to the team’s total

  • If only one team member participates, the team earns points solely from that athlete's performance

  • Team points can only be earned in official Døds World Tour competitions