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.  

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.

SENIOR WOMEN FREESTYLE, MEN'S FREESTYLE, and GRECO-ROMAN

• All Athletes Must be US Citizens & be eligible to obtain a US Passport
• The Senior Nationals will be line bracket, double-elimination, wrestle back to 7th place.
• The seeded athletes will be separated and placed into the appropriate bracketed slots. If there are any byes, they will be push to the highest seeds accordingly.”

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.
• The seeding committee, as established by the National, will seed individuals in each weight category. ----The seeded athletes will be separated and placed into the appropriate bracket slots.  If there are any byes, they will be push to the highest seeds
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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.

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

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.

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

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.

GIRLS HIGHSCHOOL SHOWCASE

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.

UWW FUTURES

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.