Competition Rules
SCA follows ECU and ICU rules, with some adaptations. Please read the rulebook carefully. A version with marked changes from 2025/2026 to 2026/2027 can be found below. Although the document serves only as an aid to visualize the changes. Regarding legal matters, the original unmarked version of the ICU is valid.
Rulebook Swiss Cheerleading Championship
SCA Rulebook 2026/2027 with marked changes
ICU Rulebook 2026 with marked changes (aid only, original applies)
Rules for Swiss Cheer Open 2027
Latest version: August 2026
Information on the Performance Cheer rules:
ATTENTION: A lot of changes were made in the Performance Cheer Rulebook by ICU from 2025 to 2026. Please pay close attention to them. All categories and their changes can also be consulted on the ICU Website.
You will find several helpful documents regarding the changes here. Please review the rulebook carefully.
Performance Cheer Rules Chart Novice
Performance Cheer Rules Chart Intermediate
Performance Cheer Rules Chart Premier
Rules Questions
Everyone is welcome to send in questions about their competitive routines. However, each request must be sent in a way that it can be answered with LEGAL or ILLEGAL. The SCA expects coaches to have a basic knowledge of the rules (this includes all documents).
Videos must be filmed specifically for the purpose of the request (no Instagram/Youtube/Facebook/ Championship videos).
Videos must show your team in a training situation and must not show more than one skill or sequence.
Stunt and Toss videos should not show more than one group
Pyramid videos may show all team members, but must still clearly show the skill
Please make sure there are no extra people in the video Ex: A spotter who will not be there at the event.
Videos must show the skill exactly as it will be judged. Assessments based on further explanations are not possible.
If there are questions about several skills, several separate requests are necessary. Multiple angles of the same skill are fine. All other questions about the rulebook must be sent to our rules committee.
Procedure Applicable from the 2026/2027 Season:
Once a team has sent in a skill and SCA has approved the skill, the team must bring the approved question and the official answer to the respective competition.
Before the competition, the Safety Judges will be informed about all approved questions so that they can take them into account when judging.
If the Safety Judges give a deduction for a skill that was approved by the SCA, the team may show the approved question and answer when the coaches are called to the judges' table.
If the approval applies to the situation, the deduction will be removed.
Send in Questions using this form: