How to Qualify for the World Cups – A Summary
Olympia Fencing Center has had over its’ twelve years of existence some amazing results, and our fencers keep going strong and getting stronger, every day!
We’re always excited to follow them on their fencing journey around the world, but very few, especially non-fencers, know how to qualify for World Cup events in Cadet, Junior, and Senior events.
Here is a summary of requirements for qualification by age categories, followed by a short list of our fencers’ best results during the years.
Qualification for Cadet fencers
- The top twenty fencers (US citizens) on the national rolling points list are all eligible to participate in designated World Cup events.
- Fencers can earn points at specific domestic and international tournaments. All events at NACs, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships are point events except for Division IA, Division II, Division III ,and team events. You must place at a certain level to earn points.
- Rolling points are based on a continuous 12-month period of competitions. Points stay on the point standings until the competition is held again or, if it is not held again, those points are dropped one year after it was held. Both rolling and team points include only those points that will be used for National Team selection.
- Rolling points are used for seeding in national competitions, for qualifying for Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, Division I National Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships, and for selection for international competitions at the beginning of the season.
For example, if you earn 16th place at the 2021 October NAC and 78th place at the 2022 October NAC the points earned in 2021 will roll off the national points list at the conclusion of the 2022 October NAC. - Team point standings are used for international competition selection starting mid-season and to select international championship teams.
- Points from regional events do not factor into eligibility for international events.
- In an event with 163 or fewer fencers the top 32 finishers earn national rolling points.
- In an event with greater than 163 fencers the top 64 fencers earn national rolling points.
Qualification for Junior fencers
- The top twelve fencers (US citizens) on the national rolling points list are all eligible to participate in designated World Cup events.
- Fencers can earn points at specific domestic and international tournaments. All events at NACs, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships are point events except for Division IA, Division II, Division III, and team events. You must place at a certain level to earn points.
- Rolling points are based on a continuous 12-month period of competitions.
Points stay on the point standings until the competition is held again or, if it is not held again, those points are dropped one year after it was held.
Both rolling and team points include only those points that will be used for National Team selection. - Rolling points are used for seeding in national competitions, for qualifying for Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, Division I National Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships, and for selection for international competitions at the beginning of the season.
For example, if you earn 16th place at the 2021 October NAC and 78th place at the 2022 October NAC the points earned in 2021 will roll off the national points list at the conclusion of the 2022 October NAC. - Team point standings are used for international competition selection starting mid-season and to select international championship teams.
- Points from regional events do not factor into eligibility for international events.
- In an event with 163 or fewer fencers the top 32 finishers earn national rolling points.
- In an event with greater than 163 fencers the top 64 fencers earn national rolling points.
Qualification for Senior fencers
- The top twelve fencers (US citizens) on the national rolling points list are all eligible to participate in designated World Cup events.
- Fencers can earn points at specific domestic and international tournaments. All events at NACs, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships are point events except for Division IA, Division II, Division III, and team events. You must place at a certain level to earn points.
- Rolling points are based on a continuous 12-month period of competitions. Points stay on the point standings until the competition is held again or, if it is not held again, those points are dropped one year after it was held. Both rolling and team points include only those points that will be used for National Team selection.
- Rolling points are used for seeding in national competitions, for qualifying to Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, Division I National Championships and USA Fencing National Championships, and for selection for international competitions at the beginning of the season.
For example, if you earn 16th place at the 2021 October NAC and 78th place at the 2022 October NAC the points earned in 2021 will roll off the national points list at the conclusion of the 2022 October NAC. - Team point standings are used for international competition selection starting mid-season and to select international championship teams.
- Points from regional events do not factor into eligibility for international events.
- In an event with 163 or fewer fencers the top 32 finishers earn national rolling points.
- In an event with greater than 163 fencers the top 64 fencers earn national rolling points
Here are some of our best results over the years
Emily Vermeule (Harvard 2023)
Team Bronze Medalist, and 5th place Cadet’s Women Epee, 2018 Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires, AG
World Silver Medalist, 2018, Verona, IT,
2022 NCAA Silver Medalist, First Team All-American, and other numerous international and national titles.
Gabriel Feinberg (Ohio State 2025)
2022 NCAA Champion, 2022 First Team All-American, and numerous national titles.
Team Gold at the 2022 Juniors World Cup, Riga, LAT
Currently ranking 4th in the national rolling points in Junior Men’s Epee, and qualified for the 2022 World Championships in Plovdiv, BG.
Luka Loncar
Gold Medalist, 2022 Cadet World Cup, Grenoble, FR
Silver Cadet Team Medalist, 2022 Coupe du Danube, Bratislava, SVK
Tony Whelan (Yale 2026)
Team Gold at the 2022 Juniors World Cup, Riga, LAT
(In the photo with teammate Gabriel Feinberg)
Ashley Luo
7th place, 2022 Belgrade Open European Cadet Circuit, other numerous national top results
Dayus Gohel
Silver Team Medalist, 2022 Belgrade Open European Cadet Circuit, other numerous national top results
Isabel Di Tella
Gold Team Medalist, 2022 Pan American Championships, Silver Team Medalist, 2022 South American Games, Asunción, Paraguay, Senior Women’s Epee, and numerous national and international results
Robert Hondor (NJIT 2022)
2021 NCAA Bronze Medalist, 2021 First Team All-American
2016 Team Silver medalist, Cadets World Cup, Bratislava, SVK.
2016 Junior Olympic Champion, and other national titles.
Spencer Vermeule (Notre Dame 2026)
Team Gold Medalist, 2019 Cadet Circuit Grenoble, FR
Team Silver Medalist, 2019 European Cadet Circuit, Budapest, HUN,
Team Bronze Medalist, 2019 Pan AM Cadets Championships, and other numerous national top results
Cristina Gordet
2013 World Bronze Medalist, World Veterans Championships, Varna, BG
2013/2014 National Champion, Vet.50
Veteran World Championship Teams: 2013-2016