USASF WORLDS DIVISIONS ( continued )
U . S . -BASED TEAMS COMPETING IN IASF DIVISIONS
U . S . -based teams competing in International divisions must associate their official USASF roster through their member profile to the event where they are competing to receive their Worlds bid . All U . S . -based cheer athletes ( original team members , alternates , substitutes ) must be USASF athlete members to join the team in the warm-up room and compete at Worlds .
NON-U . S . -BASED TEAMS
All non-U . S . -based teams must submit a completed International team roster . This document is available to print at TheCheerleadingWorlds . net or IASFworlds . com .
Copies of each athlete ’ s birth certificate or passport must be with the team coach / representative at all times and readily available upon request by a Worlds official . Copies of each athlete ’ s proof-of-age document on a USB / zip drive are acceptable .
U . S . TEAM ELIGIBILITY FOR NON-U . S . CITIZENS
Athletes must be legal residents or legal student residents of the United States . Each team member must provide proof of legal residency prior to the competition through the Roster Verification Process and upon request for each athlete that is NOT a U . S . citizen . Contact Amy Clark at aclark @ usasf . net with questions about this policy .
PRELIMS , SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS
Competition officials reserve the right to amend the order of events and / or divisions based upon final registration for The Cheerleading Worlds .
SXS , SXSC , SOSC , IONT-6 , and IOCNT-6 DIVISIONS
• These teams will compete in a preliminary round Saturday , April 23 , 2022 :
- all teams with at-large bids in SXS , SXSC and SOSC divisions
- only U . S . teams with at-large bids in IONT-6 and IOCNT-6 divisions The top 10 preliminary teams will advance to the semi-final round on Sunday which also will include paid-bid teams in those divisions .
• Prelim teams advancing to Semi-Finals will be reverse-seeded and spread among the paid-bid teams within the performance order .
• Scores to not carry over from one round to the next .
• SXS , SXSC , SOSC : The top 10 teams will advance from Semi-Finals to Finals .
• IONT-6 , IOCNT-6 : The top three teams from each country will advance from Semi-Finals to Finals .
• The performance order for Finals will be reverse-seeded based on Semi- Finals results .
NOTES :
• If 40 or more teams compete in a division ’ s preliminary round , 15 will move to the semi-final round .
• If 40 or more teams compete in a division ’ s semi-final round , 15 will move to the final round .
SS , SM , SL , SSC , SMC , SLC , SO , SOLC and LIMITED DIVISIONS
• SS , SM , SSC , SMC and SO divisions will compete in a semi-final round on Saturday , April 23 , 2022 .
• SL , SLC , SOLC and LIMITED divisions will compete in a semi-final round on Sunday , April 24 , 2022 .
• The top 10 teams from these divisions will progress from Semi-Finals to Finals .
• The performance order will be reverse-seeded based on Semi-Finals results .
ROSTER VIOLATIONS
• It is important that rosters are true and accurate before submitting to a bid-giving event or The Cheerleading Worlds .
• Any team or program found to be in violation of roster guidelines at the bid-qualifying event is not eligible to receive a bid .
• If a bid has been awarded and the team is in violation of the rostering requirements , they will forfeit the awarded bid .
• If a team is found to have made an improper substitution / alternate assignment , or has an illegal team member / crossover , this team
- will be disqualified ;
- may be subject to fines ;
- may be responsible for repaying the total cost of any funds received through a paid bid ;
- may be denied participation ( along with the gym ’ s entire cheer program ) in future events including The Cheerleading Worlds the following year ; and / or
- may be subject to USASF membership revocation .
PROGRAM RELEASE WAIVER
Any athlete who has taken the floor with an exhibition or competition team at any level from a ( primary ) program during the Worlds competition season ( Nov . 1 , 2021 – April 23 , 2022 ), must have a USASF Program Release Waiver signed by the owner of the primary program to be eligible to compete with a different ( secondary ) program at The 2022 Cheerleading Worlds . The USASF Program Release Waiver is found at TheCheerleadingWorlds . net . This form must be uploaded on the Roster Verification Form prior to meeting with your USASF regional director for your virtual roster verification appointment .
USASF DIVISION AWARDS
• Each team will receive a participation trophy .
• The USASF will award trophies to the top 10 teams in each division at The Cheerleading Worlds .
• Athletes on teams ranking first , second , or third will receive gold , silver , or bronze medallions .
• First-place teams in each division will receive a championship banner and each athlete who competed on the floor with that team will receive a Worlds champion ring .
SCORING
Scores DO NOT carry over from the preliminary to the semi-final round , nor from the semi-final to final round .