Rules

** An injured athlete will have until one hour after the end of his first day of competition to announce his injury to the onstie Chief Medical Officer.  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.
  • Questions about requirements please contact National Teams at cbickley@usawrestling.org

* All divisions will be seeded using the USA Wrestling Performance Index (PIN).

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.
• ** USA Wrestling's National Teams Department will have final say over seeds for Senior & U20 divisions. **

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 3rd place. Placement will be Top 8 places
• 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 3rd place. Placement will be Top 8 places
• 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

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 3rd place. Placement will be Top 8 places
• 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 3rd place. Placement will be Top 8 places

U15 Pan American Championship Selection

U15 Athletes with the highest combined Greco-Roman and Freestyle point values will qualify to compete at the U15 Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from May 22-25, 2025.

Important Note: Given the tight timeframe between the U15 Nationals and the Pan American Championships, it is crucial to obtain a valid US passport before the Nationals.

GIRLS HIGHSCHOOL SHOWCASE

• Born 9/1/2005 & after, plus enrolled in grade 9-12
• Must be pre-qualified

Automatic Qualifiers

• All High School State Champions (any year)
• 2026 High School State Placers
• National Prep Champions (any year)
• Placer at NHSCA Virginia Beach High School Nationals (any year)
• 2025/2026 USA Wrestling National All-American status Place 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)  
• 2024/2025/2026 U15 and U17 National Placer   (Must be currently enrolled in High School) 

UWW FUTURES

• Born 2014-2016

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