IWBF Classification Guidelines Transition Provision Extension Authorised – IWBF

The dates for the transition provision within the 2021 IWBF Participant Classification Guidelines have been prolonged because of the postponement of the 2022 IWBF World Championships.

The rationale to implement the Transition Provision within the new 2021 IWBF Participant Classification Guidelines, which was initially in place till 31 December 2022, was to make sure that the integrity of the qualification course of for the 2022 World Championships was maintained along with the consideration of gamers’ welfare, permitting an inexpensive quantity of discover for gamers to regulate to the adjustments and a interval to exit out of the game on the worldwide stage.

IWBF submitted a request to the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC) to increase the Classification Transition Provisions because of the postponement of the 2022 IWBF World Championships exterior of the unique set dates of the transition provision.

The IPC Classification Committee and the IPC Governing Board thought-about our request to increase the transition interval from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2023 and it has been accredited by the IPC Governing Board.

The approval implies that any Participant with the Sport Class Standing Assessment (Transition) (RT) or Confirmed (Transition) (CT) are in a position to proceed to compete at IWBF-governed occasions till 30 June 2023. The most recent model of the IWBF Official Participant Classification Guidelines with the modified dates will come into impact from the 12 December 2022.

Beneath are the abstract of adjustments to the IWBF Participant Classification Guidelines and Handbook.

Obtain the most recent model of the 2021 Participant Classification Guidelines and Handbook.