2019 International Swimming League – European Derby
- Saturday, November 23 – Sunday, November 24, 2019
- 5:00-7:00 PM Local Time (12:00 noon – 2:00 PM, U.S. Eastern Time)
- London Aquatics Centre – London, England
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- European franchises: Aqua Centurions, Energy Standard, Iron, London Roar
With two undefeated teams (Energy Standard and London Roar) and an Iron team that beat the American derby champs in a group match, the European Derby could arguably be as strong a meet as the upcoming league championship. Here’s all the links you need to keep up:
LINKS
- Live Stream (USA): ESPN3
- Live Stream (Canada): CBC
- Live Television (Australia): Channel 7
- Live Television (Latin America): Claro Sports
- Live Television (Brazil): TV Globo
- Live Television (Europe): Eurosport
- ISL Technical Handbook
- Buy Tickets
- Season Schedule
WHERE TO WATCH BY REGION
- United States: ESPN3
- Europe and Asia-Pacific: Eurosport
- Australia: 7plus
- New Zealand: Spark
- Canada: CBC
- Latin America: Claro Sport
- Brazil: TV Globo
- Caribbean: FlowSports
- Israel: Sports 1
- Middle East/North Africa: Bein Sport
TEAMS COMPETING
This weekend will feature all four European franchises – two from Group A and two from Group B. We’ll update below as meet rosters become available.
- London Roar: featuring Cate Campbell, Minna Atherton, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott
- Energy Standard: featuring Sarah Sjostrom, Penny Oleksiak, Chad le Clos, Evgeny Rylov
- Iron: featuring Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Katinka Hosszu, Vladimir Morozov, Robert Glinta
- Aqua Centurions: featuring Federica Pellegrini, Freya Anderson, Nicolo Martinenghi, Vladislav Grinev
EVENT LINEUP
Here’s a look at this weekend’s event schedule. Each session is broken into three blocks, each of which ends in a relay event, which is then followed by a break, though the exact length of the breaks has not been specified.
| WOMEN’S EVENT # | DAY 1 | MEN’S EVENT # |
| 1 | 100 Fly | 2 |
| 3 | 50 Breast | 4 |
| 5 | 400 IM | 6 |
| 7 |
4×100 Free Relay
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| —Break— | ||
| 9 | 200 Back | 8 |
| 11 | 50 Free | 10 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay | 12 | |
| —Break— | ||
| 13 | 200 Free | 14 |
| 15 | 50 Back | 16 |
| 17 | 200 Breast | 18 |
| 4×100 Free Relay | 19 | |
| WOMEN’S EVENT # | DAY 2 | MEN’S EVENT # |
| 20 | 100 Free | 21 |
| 22 | 100 Breast | 23 |
| 24 | 400 Free | 25 |
| 26 |
4×100 Medley Relay
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| —Break— | ||
| 28 | 200 IM | 27 |
| 30 | 50 Fly | 29 |
| 32 | 100 Back | 31 |
| 33 | 4×100 Mixed Free Relay | 33 |
| —Break— | ||
| 34 | 200 Fly | 35 |
| 36 | 50 Free Skins | 37 |
| 38 | 4×50 Mixed Medley (if tiebreak needed) | 38 |
SCORING & POINTS BREAKDOWN
Scoring for each event will be as follows:
| INDIVIDUAL EVENT | RELAY EVENT | SKINS RACE | |
| 1st | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2nd | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 3rd | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| 4th | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 5th | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 6th | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 7th | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 8th | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Relays count for double, and skins races effectively triple if you make it to the third round; if eliminated in the second round, an athlete earns double points, but if knocked out in the first round, the point totals are the same as a normal race.
PRIZE MONEY FORMAT
Athletes and relays earn money for top-4 finishes under the following system, which we’ve simplified based on the ISL ‘money point’ system:
Regular season:
| INDIVIDUAL EVENT | RELAY | SKINS | |
| 1st | $1,800 | $900 | $5,400 |
| 2nd | $1,200 | $600 | $3,600 |
| 3rd | $600 | $300 | $1,800 |
| 4th | $300 | $150 | $900 |
BBC are streaming this live in the UK as well 🙂
BBC haven’t – as far as I can tell – advertised this anywhere on their website 🙁
It’s up now…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/swimming/50505699
I have to say, I did enjoy the little videos in the 10 min breaks like the memory lane. It was a nice touch to be able to see a bit of what the swimmers are like outside of swimming.
hope energy standard put Seebohm in the 50 breast.
Any particular reason?
It wasn’t a strong event for them and Seebohm can swim it and win medals in it at world cup level so maybe she will have a better chance of getting more points.
In Jinan WC, Australia put Seebohm after Larkin in Mixed medley.. so awkward