Rules

** An injured athlete will have until one hour after the end of his first day of competition to announce his injury to the UWW Doctor.  For all the other type of injuries or diseases that happen out of competition, the concerned athlete will have to attend the second weigh-in otherwise he will be eliminated of the competition and the ranked last, without rank.  

SEPERATION & BRACKETING:

USA Wrestling Performance Index (PIN): Separation used for all brackets. Click here for more information about PIN 

• The USA Wrestling Performance Index (PIN) measures consistency over time and rates the probability of a person winning against an opponent based on their bodies of work.
• A person with a higher PIN is considered more likely to beat someone with a lower PIN and the closer the PINs are the closer the probability gets to 50/50 chances.
• This does not reward the one time win or head-to-head over an opponent; what it does is rewards consistency over time. If you consistently beat people with higher PINs, you will gain PIN points to surpass them in index given that you do not lose to lesser competition along the way.

Nationality/Passport requirements:

• The World Team Trials process is open to all U.S. citizens eligible to represent the United States of America at the World Championships as governed by United World Wrestling (UWW) and USA Wrestling (USAW) rules.
• Athlete must be a United States citizen; and have completed USA sporting nationality with UWW prior to the athlete's World Team and Pan Am Games Tryout event.

• Team Selection Criteria 

   

U20 MEN'S NATIONALS: GRECO-ROMAN & FREESTYLE

• All Athletes Must be US Citizens & be eligible to obtain a US Passport
• There is no qualification tournament for the Greco-Roman or Freestyle Championships.
• The U20 Nationals will be line bracket, double-elimination; wrestle back to 7th place.
• If there are any byes, they will be push to the highest seeds
   

U17 MEN'S WTT: GRECO-ROMAN & FREESTYLE

• All Athletes Must be US Citizens & be eligible to obtain a US Passport
• There is no qualification tournament for the Greco-Roman or Freestyle Championships.
• The U17 Nationals will be line bracket, double-elimination; wrestle back to 7th place.
• All other athletes will be randomly drawn into the remaining available slots. If there are any byes, they will be placed evenly and randomly in the brackets
• Finals will be Best 2 out of 3

U15 NATIONALS: GRECO-ROMAN & FREESTYLE

• All Athletes Must be US Citizens & be eligible to obtain a US Passport
• There is no qualification tournament for the Greco-Roman or Freestyle Championships.
• The U15 Nationals will be line bracket, double-elimination; wrestle back to 7th place
• Team Selection is a point system, please refer to the "Team Selection Criteria"

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASE
Girls High School National Recruiting Showcase (born 9/1/2004 & After, plus enrolled in 9th-12th grade):

Automatic Qualifiers

• Previous Girls High School National Recruiting Showcase All American
• All High School State Champions (any year)
• 2023-2024 High School State Placers
• National Prep Champions (any year)
• Placer at NHSCA Virginia Beach High School Nationals (any year)
• 2023, 2024 USA Wrestling National All-American Placer 1st-8th: (Preseason Nationals, Boys and Girls National High School Recruiting Showcase, Women’s Freestyle Nationals, Girls and Boys Folkstyle Nationals, and 16u/ Junior Nationals)  
• 2022/2023/2024 UWW U15 and U17 National Placer (Must be currently enrolled in High School) 

UWW FUTURES

• Born  2012-2014

Approved as of the  2023 USA Wrestling Board of Director’s  National Convention: 

• Participation at Regional & National Championships When both regional and/or national championships are offered to both genders in the same style(s) in Junior and 16U, wrestlers shall only be allowed to compete in the division of his/her gender.
   
• Participation at Regional & National Championships When both regional and/or national championships are offered to both genders in the same style(s) in 14U and below, wrestlers shall only be allowed to compete in the division of his/her gender.