International Selection Criteria

The full 25/26 international Selection Criteria will be published in the coming weeks. Please keep an eye on this page for further updates. In the meantime, please see below for important notes regarding qualification to the 2026 Senior, Junior & Cadet World Teams:

2026 Senior World and Zonal Championships

The following spring 24/25 Designated Senior events will count for selection to the 2026 Senior World and Zonal Teams:

• Men’s Epee – n/a (Bogota & Saint-Maur will count for rolling points only)
• Men’s Foil – Vancouver, Shanghai
• Men’s Saber – Seoul, Madrid
• Women’s Epee – n/a (Bogota & Wuxi will count for 2025 Senior Team selection)
• Women’s Foil – n/a (Vancouver & Shanghai will count for 2025 Senior Team selection)
• Women’s Saber – Seoul, Lima

For all senior weapons, the Division I events at the 2025 Summer Nationals/July Challenge will count for rolling points only

See table below for 2025 World Championship results that will count for 2026 Teams.

2026 Cadet & Junior World Championships

• The Cadet events at the March 2025 NAC will count for rolling points only.
• The Division I and Junior events at the April 2025 National Championships and NAC will count for rolling points only for all junior and cadet weapons.
• The Division I, Junior and Cadet events at the 2025 Summer Nationals/July Challenge will count for rolling and team points for all junior and cadet weapons.
• For Men's & Women's Saber only, the final two Designated Senior events of the 24/25 season (Seoul & Madrid/Lima) will count for selection to the 2026 Cadet & Junior Men's & Women's Saber World Championship Team.

See table below for 2025 World Championship results that will count for 2026 Teams.

Go here for selection criteria updates from previous seasons.

Please note the following selection criteria clarification for the 2025 Junior & Cadet World Championships:

• The Division I events at the February 2025 Junior Olympics will count for selection to the 2025 Junior & Cadet World Championships team. (This clarification is provided given Div I is not usually held in February).

Junior Pan American Games Selection Criteria Notice

• The full Junior Pan American Games Selection Criteria will be posted in the coming weeks. Please see here for the preliminary selection criteria.
• Please see here for the selection criteria.

Please note the CWF Rolling points posted here have been updated to reflect the new 24/25 CWF Selection Criteria, linked above. You may have noticed that 5 Group I results and 2 Group II results will count for team selection this season. Therefore, the points have been updated to be in alignment with the selection criteria.

Full selection criteria for the 2024-25 international season will be released in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please be advised of the following urgent notes concerning team selection for 2024-25:

The following 23/24 Designated Senior events will count for selection to the 2025 World and Zonal Teams:

• ME – Cali, St. Maur
• MF – Hong Kong, Shanghai
• MS – Seoul, Madrid
• WE – n/a (2024 Cali & Abu Dhabi will count for rolling points only)
• WF – n/a (2024 Hong Kong & Shanghai will count for rolling points only)
• WS – Seoul, Plovdiv

See table below for 2024 Olympic Games results that will count for 2025 Teams.

• For all senior weapons, the Division I events at the 2024 Summer Nationals/July Challenge will count for rolling points only.
• For Men's & Women's Epee only: all 24/25 Designated Senior, Junior & Cadet international events will be selected on ROLLING points.
• The 2025 Cadet, Junior & Senior World and Zonal Championships will be selected on TEAM points.

• See table below for 2024 World Championships & Olympic Games results that will count for 2025 Teams.
• The Cadet events at the March 2024 NAC will count for rolling points only.
• The Division I and Junior events at the April 2024 National Championships and NAC will count for rolling points only for all junior and cadet weapons.
• The Division I, Junior and Cadet events at the 2024 Summer Nationals/July Challenge will count for rolling and team points for all junior and cadet weapons.
• For Men's & Women's Saber only, the final two Designated Senior events of the 23/24 season (Seoul & Madrid/Plovdiv) will count for selection to the 2025 Cadet & Junior Men's & Women's Saber World Championship Team.
• For Men's & Women's Epee only: all 24/25 Designated Senior, Junior & Cadet international events will be selected on ROLLING points.
• The 2025 Cadet, Junior & Senior World and Zonal Championships will be selected on TEAM points.