IOEBA Show Points / Championship Information

Requirements for IOEBA Champion title

To earn a IOEBA Champion (CH) title with competition, a dog must:

1. Earn a minimum of 100 championship points,
2. Earn points under at least two different IOEBA licensed Judges,
3. Win two major (Best Male, Best Female or higher)classes with competition under two different IOEBA licensed Judges.

To earn a IOEBA Champion (CH) title without competition, a dog must:

4. Earn a minimum of 100 championship points,
5. Earn points under at least three different IOEBA licensed Judges, 
6. Win three majors (Best Male / Best Female or higher) without competition under three different IOEBA licensed Judges. 

Without competition majors are awarded at the sole discretion of the Judge and should be withheld if the Judge feels that the class winner is not worthy of the major.

Conformation Points
Championship points are awarded in accordance with this point schedule.
2nd and 3rd place points are awarded at the sole discretion of the Judge and are not mandatory.

Regular Classes

 1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Puppy I
(3 month to 6 months of age)

10 pts

5 pts

3 pts

Puppy II
(6 months to 1 year of age)

10 pts

5 pts

3 pts

Junior
(1year to 2 years of age)

10 pts

5 pts

3 pts

Senior
(2 years to 3 years of age)

10 pts

5 pts

3 pts

Veteran
(3 years of age and up)

10 pts

5 pts

3 pts

Best of Breed

10 pts

n/a

n/a

Best of Show

10 pts

n/a

n/a

Major Classes

   

Best Male

15 pts

n/a

n/a

Best Female

15 pts

n/a

n/a
Champion Classes   

Champion

1 win

n/a

n/a

Grand Champion

1 win

n/a

n/a

A.  Competition for the Champion title: 
Competition is defined as more than one male/female entered and shown in any one of the regular classes (Puppy I, Puppy II, Junior, Senior or Veteran classes).  

If a judge withholds a first-place ribbon and awards a dog a second, third place ribbon in a class of one, this dog will count as having competed and shall count as competition. 

If a judge withholds all awards from the dog, then it shall not count as competition. 
Dogs that are excused or disqualified do not count as competition. 

A dog that is judged in a class, but whose entry is subsequently determined to be invalid, shall count as competition.

 1.  Earning a competition win by going Best Male or Best Female:
If only one male or female dog is entered in the regular classes, that dog may earn points, but such wins do not count as wins with competition. 
However, if a class winner is selected as Best Male or Best Female, that counts as a win with competition.

 

 2.  Earning a competition win by going Best of Breed:
A Best Male or Best Female who has no competition of the same or opposite sex in the regular classes cannot advance past the Best Male or Best Female class, therefore the Best of Breed class will not be held.

 

Requirements for Grand Champion title: 


To earn a IOEBA Grand Champion (GR. CH.) title, a dog must: 
1.  Win the Champion class at least three times with competition.
2.  and Win the Champion class under at least two different IOEBA-licensed Judges.

 

A. Competition for the Grand Champion title:  
Competition is defined as at least three dogs correctly entered and shown in the Champion class of either sex.

 

Order of Judging: 
Regular class Males are judged before regular class Females. 

Regular class males:  Puppy I, Puppy II, Junior, Senior, Veteran, Best Male 
Regular class females:  Puppy I, Puppy II, Junior, Senior, Veteran, Best Female 

 

After Best Female is determined the Best of Breed, Champion, Grand Champion and Best of Show (if applicable) classes are judged.