Disc golf players who come from the USA, Canada or the larger disc golf countries of Northern and Western Europe might be surprised when they come as participants to one of the tournaments we organize, so for everyone who might find it useful, below are some basic information that would be good to keep in mind.
Language
All tournaments we run are attended by players of multiple nations (Croatians, Austrians and Slovenians attend almost all events, while Hungarians and Serbians join too quite often) so the main language spoken at the event is English and all info is always avaiable in both, local language and English.
Registration for tournaments
The Disc golf scene site is quite poorly used in Europe, and you won't find listed there all the tournaments that will be held in the coming months. Part of Europe uses Disc Golf Metrix, some countries have their own national tournament entry systems (eg the Czech Republic or Germany), and we have our own entry system on the Lagoda site.
The list of upcoming tournaments in Europe is, likely, best found at the PDGA website.
Competition concept
The vast majority of tournaments played in Croatia and the region are played without a prize payout system as is common in the USA.
Main and most common divisions played are MPO and FPO, but that doesn't mean everyone plays pro. As a matter of a fact, out of 55 current PDGA members in Croatia (on January 4th, 2024) only two are classified as pro (and they are not the best ones). Further more, top finishers in MPO and FPO do not receive any payment but fight for a trophy and possibly some prizes for those who finish among the top three participants.
All Lagoda tournaments are classified as PDGA Tier C and are played in the MPO, FPO, Red (up to 900 rating), Green (up to 850 rating) and Purple (up to 800 rating) categories.
Events run in neghbouring countries usually offer only MPO and FPO, or in addition to two main ones offer MP40, Purple and a few more divisions.
In the first round of the tournament, players from all categories are mixed in such a way (seeded draw) that in each group there is one player from the group of best players, one from the second rank, one from the third and one from the fourth rank. If the tournament is played in 3 rounds, then in the 2nd round the players are grouped according to the result, regardless of the category, while in the 3rd round the players are separated by categories
the text is not completed - the last editing was on January 4th 2024