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Selection Criteria
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Irish Fencing Federation Selection Guidelines
The standards listed below are to be seen, primarily, as
guidelines. Fencers who achieve the stated criteria will be
automatically selected unless there are more fencers who reach that
level than can be sent to an event. In exceptional circumstances,
fencers who have not achieved the stated results may still be
selected on the discretion of the selectors; in doing so the
selectors will consider, but will not be limited to, the following
factors:
Selection Procedure:
It is up to the individual fencer to apply to the IFF if
they wish to compete in an international individual competition. At
the beginning of the season a fencer who aspires to international
competition should provide to Selectors (via email to
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Individual Events:
Senior:
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Event
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Criteria
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World
Cups and Grand Prix
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Achieve
a Top-half finish in an FIE satellite or a Top-16 in one of the
British Events listed below.
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European
Championships
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2 Top-half finishes
in Senior World Cup or Grand Prix.
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World Championships
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2 Top-half finishes
in Senior World Cup or Grand Prix.
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Olympic Zonal
Qualifier
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The selectors will
only consider only fencers with at least 2 Top 64 finishes in
A-Grade or Grand Prix events.
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Junior:
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Event
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Criteria
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A-Grades
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2 top-half finishes
in Junior Grade B or equivalent in UK and/or Europe
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European
Championships
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1 top-half finish
Junior World Cup
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World Championships
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1 top-half finish
Junior World Cup
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Cadet:
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Event
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Criteria
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European Circuit
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2 top-half finishes
in Junior Grade B or equivalent UK and/or Europe
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European
Championships
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1 top-half finish
European Circuit
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World Championships
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1 top half finish
European Circuit
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Other:
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Event
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Criteria
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U-23 European
Championships
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1 top-half finish
Senior World Cup
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World Student Games
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2 top-half finish
Senior World Cup
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Team Events:
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Events
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Criteria
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5 Nations
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Strongest available team from fencers in possession
of Irish passports.
The top
two IRL fencers on the Irish ranking will ordinarily be selected.
For the remaining places, Selectors will use Ranking System as a
guide for selection, but not necessarily exclusively
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Senior World
Cups, European and World Championships;
Junior European
and World Championships;
Cadet European
Championships
U-23 European
Championships
World Student
Games
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Selectors
will consider entering of a team if two or more fencers achieve
the individual criteria for the event (see above). The rest of the
team will be selected based on the recommendation of the
selectors.
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Appendix - Events Counting toward World Cup
Qualification
Men's Foil:
FIE
Satellite Events
Bristol
Open
Birmingham
International
Essex
Open
Welsh
Open
Men's Epee:
FIE
Satellite Events
Men's Sabre:
FIE
Satellite Events
Bristol
Open
Hamlet
Birmingham
International
Welsh
Open
Women's Foil:
FIE
Satellite Events
Bristol
Open
Birmingham
International
Essex
Open
Welsh
Open
Women's Epee:
FIE
Satellite Events
Women's Sabre:
FIE
Satellite Events
Bristol
Open
Hamlet
Birmingham
International
Welsh
Open
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