By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam
2019 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – Finale
- Friday, December 20 – Saturday, December 21, 2019
- 1:00 – 3:00 PM Local Time (U.S. Pacific Time)
- Madalay Bay Resort and Casino – Las Vegas, NV
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- Top 4 qualifying franchises: Energy Standard, London Roar, LA Current, Cali Condors
- Live Stream (ESPN3)
It’s time for the ISL finale – we break down rosters, streaming options, event schedule and scoring details here. The meet will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada – a facility which has a total capacity of 12,000 seats, but that the ISL will reduce to 3,800 seats for the purposes of this championship meet.
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 the four qualifying teams: the top two European franchises and top two American franchises:
- London Roar: featuring Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Adam Peaty, Kyle Chalmers
- Energy Standard: featuring Sarah Sjostrom, Chad le Clos, Florent Manaoudou, Femke Heemskerk
- LA Current: featuring Nathan Adrian, Kathleen Baker, Ryan Murphy, Beryl Gastaldello
- Cali Condors: featuring Caeleb Dressel, Lilly King, Olivia Smoliga, Mitch Larkin
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 | |
| —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 | |
| —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. Prize money for the finale is more than tripled, with $1,000 given per ‘prize point’.
Season Finale:
| INDIVIDUAL EVENT | RELAY | SKINS | |
| 1st | $6000 | $3000 | $18000 |
| 2nd | $4000 | $2000 | $12000 |
| 3rd | $2000 | $1000 | $6000 |
| 4th | $1000 | $500 | $3000 |
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