USAPL International Team Selections
Open Women’s and Men’s IPF Championships
The current Open National Champions from the Women’s and Men’s Open National Championships will automatically be a member of the USA Team. If the National Champion of any weight class is unable to honor this appointment, then an additional team member will be selected under the same condition from a rank order listing of all remaining unappointed national competitors. The order will be determined by calculating each lifter’s highest average placing over the past three IPF World Championships, based on his or her total at this qualifying National Championship (Carpino ranking). The lifter with the highest ranking who is not already on the team will be appointed to the USA team, regardless of weight class representation.
2013 Junior and Sub-Junior World Team Selection
Age Limits
Sub-Juniors are born in 1995-1999. Juniors are born in 1990-1994. Your age at the time of the meet doesn’t matter. Only your birth year is considered.
National Meets Used for Qualifying
- Women: High-school, Collegiate, Women’s
- Men: High-school, Collegiate, Men’s/Teen/Junior
Lifters qualifying at women’s or men’s nationals must enter their appropriate division for consideration. If you enter the Open division only, you can’t be considered for subs or juniors.
Ranking of Lifters
Lifters will be ranked by comparing their totals from nationals against the totals from the past 3 world competitions. Each lifter will be assigned an “Average” according to where they would have finished in the last 3 worlds.
Ex: Bill Smith 592.5 kilos. 2008: 3rd place 2009: 2nd place 2010: 2nd place Avg. is 2.33.
In the case of ties in average finish, totals will be averaged to 4 years, then 5 years and then by Wilks formula if they are still tied.
Primary Team Selection
The top 8 women and 9 men who are national champions and have a 2.0 average or better will make up the primary team. If there are fewer than 8 women or 9 men who achieve this standard, the remaining spots will be filled from lifters in the alternate pool. If more than 8 women and 9 men achieve this standard, these lifters will be offered spots on the team before the alternate pool is utilized.
Alternate Pool
All lifters who aren’t national champions or don’t have a 2.0 average will go to the alternate pool. These lifters will be ranked according to their average and offered spots on the world team in that order.
Lifting strategy and mindset
Please don’t be frustrated if you don’t expect to win nationals or achieve a 2.0 average. The alternate pool is expected to be used when selecting teams. Go into national meets with the mindset of maximizing your total by selecting smart attempts. Remember that it’s the totals that really matter when the teams are being selected. If you make 4 of 9 lifts and total 600 instead of 630, then 600 will be the total attached to your name.
2.0 Averages
All classes and weights in kilos
| 43 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 84 | 84+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subs | 277.5 | 332.5 | 380 | 372.5 | 392.5 | 420 | 447.5 | 475 |
| Juniors | 302.5 | 375 | 400 | 450 | 508.75 | 515 | 550 | 575 |
| 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 93 | 105 | 120 | 120+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subs | 467.5 | 562.5 | 625 | 687.5 | 765 | 727.5 | 794 | 732.5 | 812.5 |
| Juniors | 525 | 607.5 | 705 | 787.5 | 840 | 895 | 955 | 977.5 | 997.5 |
Master Women’s and Men’s IPF Championships
The Masters women lifters appointed to represent the USAPL at the IPF Master’s World Championships will be chosen on the basis of highest total achieved in each weight class at the Women’s National Championships (within the two prescribed IPF age groupings, 40-49 and 50-59 years), irrespective of any age group divisions contested that day. Lifters 60-69 will be placed in a pool and the top 5 based on wilks will be selected for the team. Lifters 70+ will be placed in a pool and the top 5 will be selected based on the wilks formula. An individual who is 39 years old at Women’s Nationals and will be turning 40 in the same year MAY be able to compete at the IPF Master’s World Championships per the IPF’s rules of age eligibility. If a lifter of this age is eligible and wishes to compete for a world team position they must notify the team manager of their eligibility and will be included in the pool. All others must enter the Master division to be eligibility for a world team position.
The Masters Men lifters appointed to represent the USAPL at the IPF Master’s World Championships will be chosen on the basis of highest total achieved in each weight class at the Men’s Masters Championships, within the three prescribed IPF age groupings of 40-49, 50-59 and 60-69 years irrespective of any age group divisions contested that day. Lifters 70+ will be placed in a pool and the top 5 will be selected based on the wilks formula. An individual who is 39 years old at Masters Nationals and turning 40 in the same year MAY be able to compete as at the IPF Master’s World Championships per the IPF’s rules of age eligibility.
If the lifter with the highest total is unable to honor this appointment, then the lifter with the second highest total in that weight class will be selected. If the lifter with the second highest total in that weight class is unable to honor this appointment, the additional team members will be selected from an alternate listing of all remaining unappointed National competitors. The order will be determined using each competitor's Wilks total, based on his or her total at this qualifying National Championship. The lifter with the highest ranking who is not already on the team will be appointed to the USA team, regardless of weight class as long as there are no more than two lifters per weight class.
Open Men’s and Women’s IPF Bench Championships
The current Open Bench National Champions from the Men’s and Women’s Open Bench National Championships will automatically be a member of the USA Team. If the Bench National Champion of any weight class is unable to honor this appointment, then an additional team member will be selected from a rank order list of open lifters from Bench Nationals, Powerlifting Nationals, all NAPF, and all IPF contests from the previous 12 months prior to Bench Nationals. The order will be determined by calculating each lifter’s highest average placing over the past three IPF World Championships, based on his or her bench at the Championship used. The lifter with the highest ranking who is not already on the team will be appointed to the USA team, regardless of weight class representation.
Junior and Sub-Junior Men’s and Women’s World Bench Team Selection
Lifter benches from Bench Press, Collegiate and High School Nationals Championships will be considered along with the Women’s and Men’s Teen/Junior National Championships in determining the USA Team attending the IPF Sub-Junior/Junior Bench World Championships.
Sub-Junior/Junior division lifters appointed to represent USAPL at the IPF Sub-Junior/ Junior World Championships will be chosen on the basis of highest bench achieved in each weight class at any of the aforementioned championships. The totals achieved in these five National Championships from lifters who fall within the prescribed IPF Junior category will be considered in choosing the USAPL Sub-Junior/Junior World Team. If the lifter with the highest bench is unable to honor this appointment, then the lifter with the second highest total in that weight class will be selected. If the lifter with the second highest total in that weight class is unable to honor this appointment, the additional team member will be selected from a rank order listing of all remaining unappointed National competitors. The order will be determined by calculating each lifter’s Wilks. The lifter with the highest Wilks ranking who is not already on the team will be appointed to the USA team, regardless of weight class.
Master Women’s and Men’s IPF Bench Championships
The Master Women and Men lifters appointed to represent USAPL at the IPF Master’s World Bench Press Championships will be chosen using the following criteria:
- M1-M2 Women: Best bench in each weight class in preceding year in Master's divisions of Bench Press Nationals. Each IPF age group will be considered as a separate team. For example, if there is no M1 lifter, M2 lifters may not be automatically substituted. Rather, open positions will be filled from the alternate pool of ranked lifters.
- M3-M4 Women: 5-M3 Women (60-69 years old) and 5-M4 Women (70 years and over) will qualify to represent the USAPL at the IPF Master’s World Bench Press Championships based on the Wilk’s numbers achieved at Bench Press Nationals.
- M1-M3 Men: Best bench in each weight class in preceding year in Master’s divisions of Bench Press Nationals. Each IPF age group will be considered as a separate team. Please see the example above.
- M4 Men: 5-M4 Men (70 years and over) will qualify to represent the USAPL at the IPF Master’s World Bench Press Championships based on the Wilk’s numbers achieved at Bench Press Nationals.
An individual who is 38-39 years old at Bench Press Nationals MAY be able to compete as at the IPF Master’s World Bench Press Championships per the IPF’s rules of age eligibility (see page 5 of this document). If a lifter of this age is eligible and wishes to compete for a world team position they must enter as a guest lifter in the M1 Master’s division. All others must enter the Master division to be eligibility for a world team position.
Each highest qualifier will be offered a position on the team. They must respond to the coach/manager by a published date. This date will be published within one week of the qualifying competition. If those offered a position decline, or fail to respond by the deadline, the highest ranked alternate will be offered a position on the team.
Alternates will be selected based on Wilk’s number rank within the alternate pool they are in. No other factors will be considered.
If the alternate pool from Bench Nationals is exhausted prior to a team being filled, athletes from Master’s Nationals (for men) and Women’s Nationals (for women) will be added to the alternate pool. This may only be done if the alternate pool from Bench Nationals has been exhausted.
If, following this procedure, teams remain unfilled; athletes from the previous year's World Master Bench Press Championships will be added to the alternate pool. This may only be done if the alternate pool, which includes athletes from Bench Nationals and the appropriate National Championships as defined above, has been exhausted.
If following this procedure, teams remain unfilled; any USAPL member in good standing may be added to the team at the coach’s discretion. Athletes added at the coach’s discretion might not displace an athlete who has been previously selected.
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