Selection Rules

National Team Selection

Criteria Objective

The goal of this criterion established by the Canadian Fencing Federation is to guarantee equitable and impartial selection of athletes, enabling them to achieve medal performances at significant international veteran events consistently. These events are limited to the Veteran Commonwealth Fencing Championships, Veteran Pan American Championships, and Veteran World Championships

Means

Engaging the Canadian Sport for Life LTAD and Canadian Fencing Federation guidelines for masters and veteran athletes.
Creation of a veteran selection ranking.
Participation criteria are based on domestically ranked competitions and performances at the Canada Cup and National Championships.

Eligibility for Selection

Hold a validated license with the Canadian Fencing Federation during the period of selection
Hold a current FIE license affiliated with Canada
Hold Canadian citizenship
Have satisfied all published criteria for the event in question
Agree to the Canadian Fencing Federation Code of Conduct

Veteran Selection Rules

National Veteran teams selection will be based on end-of-year CFF domestic ranking plus the results from the following tournaments;

National Championships
Canada Cup 1
Youth/Veterans Cup
CAN-AM Veterans Cup
North America Cup (one result age group result and one combined result)
World Veterans Championships

Points Grid

Table 1 – National Championships (combined events), Canada Cup 1 (combined events), Canada Cup 2 (combined events) and CFF Domestic Ranking (Combined events)
Table 2 – Can/Am Veterans Cup (Combined events )
Table 3 – Can/Am Veterans Cup (Age Groups)
Table 4 – North America Cup
Table 5 – World Championships (Age Groups)

Result	Table 1	Table 2	Table 3	Table 4	Table 5
1	50	100	75	200	350
2	45	75	65	150	250
3	40	60	55	100	225
4	40	60	55	100	200
5	35	45	45	80	150
6	30	40	40	60	130
7	25	35	35	40	110
8	20	30	30	30	100
9 to 12	15	20	20	20	80
13 to 16	8	15	15	15	60
17 to 32	4	8	0	8	40
33 to 64	0	4	0	4	20

Criteria for Selection

The selection for an event will be made based on CFF Veteran Selection points

In the event of a points tie

If two (2) or more fencers have the same point total, the tie will be broken as follows:

Priority to the best result in the equivalent age division at the CAN-AM Veterans Cup
Next priority is assigned to the best national circuit result (Canada Cup/National Championships) in the equivalent age division
Highest rank in the equivalent age division in the season’s final CFF Domestic Rankings