USASF Cheerleading Worlds Cup Race 2016 - 2017
Overview: All Level 5 and 6 Teams entering one or more USASF Tiers 1 and 3 Member Events (declared and approved as USASF-Sanctioned National Championships) will receive points based on the size of their division and placement rankings. At the end of the season, the Level 5 and 6 Teams with the highest point totals, will win Paid and At-Large Bids to the 2017 Cheerleading Worlds.
Who Participates: USASF Tier 1 and Tier 3 Member Event Producers
Tier 1 EPs: are included since they are already approved to award Worlds Bids.
Tier 3 EPs:
- will have to complete the application / approval process and be in good standing by June 1, 2016
- will have to declare which event will be their National Championship and be included in the World Cup Race
- Declared National Championship:
- must have a three-year history
- must have had 75 All Star Cheer Teams at previous year’s event (Previous year’s event results/rankings must be sent for verification of number of All Star Cheer Teams)
- may not be held within a two-week window on either side of the current bid-giving or points-qualifying event, within a 100-mile radius
- must be over 200 miles on the same weekend as a current bid-giving or points-qualifying event
- all Level 5 and 6 Teams entering the event must perform twice over one or two days
- may not require Level 5 and or 6 team(s) to bring percentage of programs to qualify for points in the Cheerleading Worlds Cup race
- may not offer cash awards directly to any participating Level 5 or 6 Team
- Declared National Championship:
Approval Process For Tier 3 Event Producers:
- will take place April 1, 2016 through June 1, 2016
- in addition to the listed guidelines above, the USASF will follow the same process as the Tier 1 approval process by priority of membership date with only the following differences:
- may not be held within a two-week window on either side of the current bid-giving or points-qualifying event, within a 100-mile radius
- must be over 200 miles on the same weekend as a current bid-giving or points-qualifying event
NOTE: Event Producers must wait until they are OFFICIALLY approved before they can promote their event’s participation as a qualifier in the USASF Cheerleading Worlds Cup Race.
Approved Tier 3 Event Producers: Membership dues will be $2,500.
When: 2016-2017 Competition Season (November 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017)
Bids Awarded By USASF: 3 Paid ($650 per athlete/plus 2 coaches) and 3 At-Large
Process: At the conclusion of each declared National Championship, the Event Producer will have to post their Level 5 and 6 Team results in the closeout under their Event Producer profile on the USASF website.
Note: For the purpose of the USASF Cheerleading Worlds Cup Race, with divisions
that were combined, the Event Producer will enter the results as if the divisions were
all separated.
The system will automatically calculate the points for each team. Points are calculated based on ranking and number of teams in the division. There will be a maximum of the 5 highest calculated scores per team. At the end of each week the current standings will be available to see on the USASF website.
At the end of March/early April, once the USASF Cheerleading Worlds Cup Race results are complete, the USASF will award three (3) Paid and three (3) At-Large Cheerleading Worlds Bids to the Level 5 and 6 Teams with the six (6) highest point totals (Paid: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams / At-Large: 4th, 5th and 6th place teams). If any team already has a Paid or At-Large Bid, the Cheerleading Worlds Bid will go to the team withnext highest score.
