Home
CUPA Administration
     Executive Director
     Board of Directors
     Officers/Committees
     By-laws
     Membership
     Event Sanctioning
     Innovation Grants
Championship Series
     Nationals     
     Regionals
     Series Contacts
     Tournament Manual
 University Series
     Nationals
     Policies
Forum
International Scene
Juniors Ultimate
Links
Newsletter
Tournaments

Qualification Procedures for the 2005 IWGA World Games

The next World Games will take place in Duisburg, Germany from July 14 - 24, 2005. The World Games will be the largest multi-sport event in Europe in 2005 featuring over 30 sports and 3000 athletes. Following up on the success of Flying Disc sport in Akita, Japan in 2001, Ultimate will again be a featured sport.

Six nations will be invited by WFDF to field teams that will compete in a Mixed format. As host nation, Germany will receive one of those invitations. The other five nations will be determined by the results of the 2004 World Ultimate Championships for National Teams which will be held in Turku, Finland July 31 - August 7, 2004.

World Games invitations will be based on the combined results of each country's top three finishes in the six divisions of competition: Open, Women, Mixed, Masters, Junior Open, and Junior Women. For example, one country's top three finishes may come in Open, Mixed, and Junior Open, while another country's top three finishes may come in Women's, Mixed and Masters.

Scoring within each division will be determined by the number of teams entered in the division. If 20 teams are entered, it will be worth 20 points to win, 19 points for second and so on down to 1 point for 20th place. Germany's finish will, for the sake of point distribution, be treated as any other team.

If two or more countries are tied for the last invitation position, a tiebreak procedure will be used which will then consider the countries finishes in the fourth division, and then fifth and sixth divisions if necessary. For example, one country's fourth highest finish may be in Masters, while another country's fourth highest finish may be in Women's.

If two or more teams are still tied after considering the sixth division finishes, the order of the teams will be decided with a random selection procedure determined by the WFDF Ultimate Committee.

The National Association for each country chosen shall then be responsible for selecting a Mixed team of elite players to represent their country.

If you have any questions about the World Games and our qualifying procedures, please contact ultimate AT wfdf DOT org. You can also check out www.worldgames2005.org to learn more about the event.