The FIFé system

When you first arrive in the showhall you have to show your cats pedigee and vacination papers. These are checked by one of the clerks. Now the cat will be checked for contagious diseases and assured it is by good health by a veterinarian. Thereafter you will check in the cat(s) to some other clerks. You do this by showing them a check in card you have recieved in the mail some days before. It says the cats names, class and your name. Now everything is finally ready to enter the showhall with your cats. You may put up your decorations and let the cats into the showcage.

Your cat will have a number that tells when and were it's going to the judge. When your number is up, you take the cat to the judgestable. The judge will look at they cat from every angle and write a critic on your cat. Ig your cat has competitors in the same breed, colour, pattern, class and sex he will compare these cats and give the best one Ex1, a certificate or HP relating to which class the cat shown in.

If the judge thinks your cat is a good one acording to it's breed standard, he will probably call it back when it's time to take out the cats for nomination. The judge nominates a kitten 3-6 months, a kitten 6-10 months, an adult male, and adult female, a neutered male, a spayed female, a senior and a veteran. The nominated cats gets the qualification NOM. These cats will compete with cats nominated by other judges in the same category and agegroup to get the qualificaton Best In Show, BIS. Among the adult cats (neuters and "whole" cats) a best in opposite sex, BOX, will be given as well .

NOM and BIS will be given seperate in every category; for categorys look at EMS codes

BIS breeder will be the one who has gotten most points on his/her cats during the catshow. The points are based on how the cats the breeder shows are doing on the catshow.

Based on the results from catshows, a Cat of the Year is elected. The one with the most points wins. Reed more here: Cat of the Year

Class	Description	Certificate	Title is achieved when...
12	Kittens from 3 to 6 months	Ex1	Non possible
11	Kittens from 6 to 10 months	Ex1	Non possible
10 & 9 *¹	Open class, cats without any title past 10 months	CAC *²	3 x CAC leads tot the title Champion *³
8 & 7	Champion class, cats with the title Champion competes here	CACIB *⁴	3 x CACIB in 2 different countries leads to the title International Champion
6 & 5	International Champion class, cats with the title International Champion competes here	CAGCIB *⁵	6 x CACIB in 2 ^6 different countries leads to the title Grand International Champion*
4 & 3	Grand International Champion class, cats with the title Grand International Champion competes here	CACE^*⁷	9 x CACIB in 2 ^6 different countries leads to the title European Champion* - Highest FIFe title
2 & 1	European Champion class, cats with the highest title competes hereE	HP	No higher title is possible, gets Hounorary Price
13	Novice class *⁸ - cats without a pedigree past 10 months that tries to become recognized as a breed in those breeds this is allowed	Approved	Approved cats may after this comete togheter with cats in that breed they are approved as.
14	Non pedigree cats - no breed - non pedigree	Non	Competes to become best Non pedigree cat
National classes - NRR
15a	Senior class, cats from 7 to 10 years old	Non	Competes to become best Senior
15b	Veteran class, cats past 10 years old	Non	Competes to become best Veteran
16	Breeding animal class - breeding femle or male. The cat have to be present at the show, but don't have to compete in an ordinary class. At least 3 kittens from at least 2 litters must be present.	Non	Competes to become best Breeding female/male
17	Breeder class - At least 3 kittes from at least 2 different litters must be present. Breeder must show the cats in an ordinary class too.	Non	Competes to become best Breeder
18	Litter class - at least 3 kittens from the same litter, less than 6 months	Non	Competes to become best Litter

More on Titles
	Norway / Sweden		rest of Europe *⁹
Certificat	Number of Countries	Number of Judges	Number of Countries	Number of Judges
3 x CAC / CAP	1	3	1	3
3 x CACIB / CACIP	2	3	2	3
6 x CAGCIB / CAGCIP	2	4	3	3
9 x CACE / CAPE	2	6	3	3

*	Forklaring / Explanation
*1	Even numbered classes 10 to 2 is for neutered / spayed cats, uneven numbered classes 9 to 1 are for whole cats
*2	Neuters gets CAP
*3	Neuters gets the title Premier instead of Champion, is valid for the classes 10 - 2
*4	Neuters gets CACIP
*5	Neuters gets CAGCIP
*6	Goes for Norway / Sweden From rabies infected countris you must show in 3 different countries.
*7	Neuters gets CAPE
*8	This class i sonly open for the breed Europé. Sokokes may be shown in this class if they are able to show with papers that they originate from the Sokoke district in Kenya.
*9	Other rabies free countries and isolated areas have their own versions of the FIFe rules too. For instance UK and Iceland