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Event Formats - National Tournaments

 



 

Division I National Championships

One round of pools; 6 or 7-person pool, 80% promoted to simple direct elimination

 

Division I NAC

See Chapter 2.11.1.1 of the Athlete Handbook.

 

Division I-A II, III

National Championships

One round of pools; 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 persons per pool, 80% promoted to simple direct elimination.

 

Division II, III NAC

One round of pools; 5 and 6 or 6 and7 persons per pool, 100% promoted to simple direct elimination.

 

U19, U16 National Championships

U20, U17 Junior Olympic Fencing Champs.

One round of pools; of 6 or 7 persons per pool,

80% promoted to simple direct elimination. 

 

Junior & Cadet NAC

One round of pools of 6 or 7 persons per pool, 80% promoted to direct elimination with repêchage.

 

Y14 SYC, NAC & National Championships

One round of pools: 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 persons per pool, 100% promoted to simple direct elimination.

 

Y12, Y10 NAC, Regional & Super  Youth Circuit, & Competitions at Summer National Championships.

One round of pools; 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 persons per pool, 100% promoted to direct elimination in which bouts are best 2 out of 3, 5-touch bouts, 1 minute rest between bouts.

 

Veteran Age National Championships

One round of pools; 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 persons per pool, 80% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 10-touch bouts with two 3-minute periods. There is a one-minute rest between periods.

 

Veteran Combined NAC & Veteran Age NAC

One round of pools; 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 persons per pool, 100% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 10-touch bouts with two 3-minute periods. There is a one-minute rest between periods

 

Wheelchair NAC 

Two rounds of pools; 100% promoted to simple direct elimination

 

Wheelchair National Championships

One round of pools, 100% promoted to simple direct elimination

 

NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Direct elimination from beginning of competition. Relay format, 9 bouts to a maximum score of 45 – increments of 5 touches or maximum time of 3 minutes for each bout. Fence off for 1st and 3rd

 

Open National Team Championships

Seeding is based on Senior national points at the close of entries and participating fencers’ classifications earned prior to the summer nationals entry deadline.

 

U19 National Team Championships

Seeding is based on Junior national points at the close of entries and participating fencers’ classifications earned prior to the summer nationals entry deadline.

 

 

Bouts in the pool round are 5-touch bouts with a 3-minute fencing time limit. For direct elimination, except where noted, maximum score of bout is 15, with three 3-minute periods. There is a one-minute rest between periods. In saber direct elimination bouts, except Veterans and Youth 10 and 12, a one minute rest will be given when one fencer’s score has reached 8 or 3 minutes have expired in the first period, whichever occurs first.