NAC Team Registration Process

Please read below as the team process will be different from the one used at Summer Nationals.  Please see the team entry form for appropriate tournament deadlines.

 Registration

  1. Teams will be required to submit 3-4 team member names and captain with the team entry - this will streamline the verification of membership, NRPS and classification prior to the tournament. Those fencers who are NCAA fencers will need to self monitor club affiliation and NCAA eligibility.
  2. NAC, JO's and Veteran team events will be an open registration process in line with individual entry deadlines. 
  3. Clubs may enter no more than 3 teams per event.
  4. At North American Cup tournaments Junior & Division 2 team member's division composites will be allowed. Fencers on composite teams must be from the same geographic USFA division and cannot be on a club team in the same event.
    1. Veteran Teams will be open to any 3-4 Veteran aged competitive members.  Club & Division affiliations will not be enforced for Veteran Team events.
  5. The team events are purely voluntary and if coaches want their fencers to rest rather than to compete that is a decision between coach and fencer.  Those fencers who are NCAA fencers would need to self monitor club affiliation and NCAA eligibility.
  6. Seeding information will be based on the same deadlines used for individual events.
  7. Preliminary team seeding and table will be posted on the USFA web site.
    1. This will allow the teams to verify information and contact the National Office with any corrections by a designated date.  If teams fail to do so, information stands as presented.
    2. Table will only be reconstituted if the classification and/or NRPS are in error
    3. If a team withdraws after the classification deadline for that tournament, the table stands as constituted.
    4. Higher seeded team would automatically be designated as the "winner of the coin flip" and assigned the 1-2-3 side

At the Venue

  1. Teams will be required to check-in with the Bout Committee by a designated time to determine fencer order.  Time will be posted with check-in schedule.
  2. At the team start time, posted with the check-in schedule, both teams and referees will be at their designated strips.  Strip assignments will be posted in the venue.
  3. Format will be direct elimination team matches, fence off for 3rd.
  4. Fencers' can compete in one individual and one team event per day.