The 2016 World Surf League World Championship Tour (WCT) is a professional competitive
surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable ...
league run by the
World Surf League
The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The World Surf League was originally known as the International Professional ...
. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.
Surfers receive points for their best events. The surfer with the most points at the end of the tour (after discarding their two worst results) is announced the 2016 World Surf League Surfing World Champion.
2016 Championship Tour
2016 Men's Championship Tour Jeep Leaderboard
Points are awarded using the following structure:
* Championship Tour surfers best 9 of 11 results are combined to equal their final point total.
* Tournament results discarded
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Source:
Women's Championship Tour Jeep Leaderboard
Points are awarded using the following structure:
* Championship Tour surfers best 8 of 10 results are combined to equal their final point total.
* Tournament results discarded
Legend
Source:
Qualifying Series
MQS
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WQS
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