Division qualifiers are determined by the qualifying information for various event types. For more information, click here.
When determining who has qualified for a Championship, only fencers who qualify through National Points are skipped over to the next eligible fencer. Fencers that qualify for championships via
regional points are not skipped over. Those who qualify through the division should not be skipped.
For example, if a fencer competes and qualifies in a Junior division qualifier and is age eligible for
Cadet, they will not get skipped over if they choose to also fence in the Cadet division qualifier. Those
who qualify for Div IA, Div II, or Div III by earning regional ROC points are not considered automatic
qualifiers at divisional qualifiers and should not be skipped over.
There is no retroactive path to qualification. Therefore, fencers who fail to qualify to enter a national
tournament through a RYC, RJCC, ROC, SYC, SJCC or divisional qualifying competition do not qualify
simply by virtue of a qualifying fencer at the event qualifying at a later qualifying competition as well.
Qualifying forms and instructions are sent to regional (ROC, RJCC, RYC, SYC & SJCC) tournament
organizers and division officers via email; information is also posted on the USA Fencing website
under the Championship Tournament page and Regional Resources page (Tournament Resources). It is the regional tournament organizer’s and/or division officer’s responsibility to adhere to the
qualifying information; failure to do so may result in qualifying field adjustments and/or nullification
of the results from the qualifying tournament. Complete results from these qualifying tournaments
must be submitted in the proper excel format; the qualifying report is available as an export in Fencing Time v3.02 or later.
Complete results must be submitted to the National Office via the USA Fencing registration database
no later than 48 hours after the completion of the tournament. Results and reports will be accepted in any other format. These forms must reflect complete results and are the only acceptable notice from the regional tournaments and divisions regarding their qualifying fencers.
Regional tournament organizers and/or divisions who do not submit results by the deadlines described above may be charged a late fee by USA Fencing for late processing; results will not be able
to be uploaded until the late fee is paid in full.