The World Inline Cup is the leading competition in inline speed skating .
7-541: In 1999 first attempts in order to establish a racing series with standardized evaluation system and rules were made. The then called European Inline Cup was managed by CERS ( Confédération Européenne de Roller Skating ). Back then the company Playlife was its main sponsor. In 2000 the Grand Prix , including the eight biggest competitions in Europe, occurred for the first time. Since 2001 competitions were held all over
14-483: The German Inline Cup since 2008. Since 2000 there were various changes regarding the evaluation system. In the beginning all races were equivalent Grand-Prix -races. Departs 2001 two additional races, depending on how reputable the competition was, were launched: Class 1 and Class 2 . From 2003 onwards, the class Grand Prix was replaced by Top Class . Until 2004 the three classes existed equally. In
21-529: The company with brands such as Prince, Rollerblade and Kästle. In mid 1998, Benetton predicted around 40 Playlife specific stores would open in Europe. By 1999, the entire former Benetton Sportsystem brand was consolidated into the group under Playlife. Playlife produced the tracksuits and casual shoes used by the Italian Olympic Team at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The team also opened
28-692: The first dedicated Playlife store in Milan . Store expansion continued and by 2011, Giovanni Peracin was announced as the new Playlife Business Director. At the same time, Benetton opened a new Playlife concept store in the headquarters city of Treviso, Italy. However by late 2013, Playlife was axed by the Benetton Group during a restructuring. Between 1998 and 2000, the Benetton Formula One team utilised first Mecachrome and then Supertec engines that were rebranded to Playlife, and
35-440: The following year there was no Class 2- race taking place for the first time. Since 2010 only the classes Top Class and Class 1 persisted. In 2017 an additional Junior Ranking was launched. The awarding of score is inflexible. There are two different types of evaluation of the races in which the winner can either score 90 or up until 150 points. The points of Top-Class -races outside of Europe are multiplied by 1.2, whereas
42-645: The points of the final race of the season are multiplied by 1.4. Playlife Playlife (stylised in reverse mirrored words) was a fashion company based in Treviso, Italy. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Benetton Group . In July 1997, Benetton Group acquired a 57% stake in Benetton Sportsystem from Edizione Holdings for 318bn lire. At this time, it was rebranded to Playlife to represent sports equipment, goods and fashion for
49-696: The world. The evaluation categories Grand Prix , Class 1 and Class 2 were born. In 2003 the IGUANA Think Thank AG , which already was supporting the Swiss Inline Cup , took over the organization of the Cup, naming it World-Inline-Cup . 3 years later IGUANA Schweiz AG superseded the IGUANA Think Thank AG until finally IGUANA Deutschland GmbH , resident in Berlin, undertook the organization in 2014. Furthermore, they have been maintaining
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