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Qualifying Standards

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CLASSIC POWERLIFTING STANDARDS
Required Totals to lift at CPU Nationals or Regionals, Classic Division

EQUIPPED POWERLIFTING STANDARDS
Required Totals to lift at CPU Nationals or Regionals, Classic Division

CLASSIC BENCH PRESS STANDARDS
Required Totals to lift at CPU Nationals or Regionals, Classic Division


EQUIPPED BENCH PRESS STANDARDS
Required Totals to lift at CPU Nationals or Regionals, Classic Division

RETIRED 72 KG WOMENS STANDARDS

Only used as a standard for meets prior to the 2021 IPF weight class changes

 

 

2024 CPU NATIONALS & 2024 INTERNATIONAL TEAM SELECTION

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Nationals during Canada’s winter months is less than desirable, 2024 Nationals will be held (as
a TRIAL time frame)  in September in PEI. Selection for international teams will be based on
similar criteria that was used during the 2020-2022 Covid period.


● Athletes can apply for these teams using their best total from a corresponding discipline (ie.
classic totals for classic events, equipped totals for equipped events) from any 2023 or
2024 IPF competition, or 2023 CPU Nationals, or 2023 or 2024 CPU Regionals
*bench only results from 3 lift competitions will not be considered for bench only teams.
Athletes must have done a bench only competition.


● The athlete must be applying for a spot on the team in the weight class they competed
in. Once the team is named athletes may be able to move weight classes based on
CPU policies.


● Athletes must have hit their CPU National Qualifying Total with the results they’re using
to apply for the team.


● The totals of all eligible applicants will be sorted based on weight and age classes, and
1st place in each weight class will automatically earn the spot on the National team. Any
remaining team spots and reserves will be filled based on the CPU policies (all second
place finishers will be pooled and ranked according to IPF points and named to the
team, followed by all third place finishers being ranked by IPF points and named to the
team, and carrying on until the team has been filled).


● Athletes applying for a spot in a sub-junior or junior age category in 2024 must
apply using a result from 2024 when they are in that new age category.

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Points to Remember

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  1. Athletes must satisfy any additional provincial requirements to qualify for a regional and/or national championships.

  2. All registrants wishing to compete in regional or national championships must meet the qualifying totals 24 months prior to the date of the intended championships.

  3. All registrants wishing to compete at their first national championships must first compete and achieve a total at any regional championship within the previous two years of the national championships. Additionally, lifting in bench only at regionals cannot be a qualifier for 3-lift nationals, however the reverse is accepted.

  4. At CPU Regional and National Championships, athletes cannot change their entered age and weight class after 21 days before the contest starts.

  5. A registrant who achieves a regional or national qualifying total is then eligible to compete at any chosen weight class at the regional or national championships they qualify for.

  6. You must meet the requirement (qualification) in the discipline (Classic or Equipped) you intend to lift in. 

  7. Bench-Only qualifying lifts can come from other Bench-Only contests or from the Bench Press portion of a regular Powerlifting contest.

  8. A Registrant who achieves a national qualifying standard is then eligible to compete at any chosen weight class at the National Championships.

  9. Submitted entry forms for all regional and national championships must include details of the Registrants qualifying standard and must be verified by a provincial officer prior to making the athlete roster public. If any entry form is incomplete in any way, it will not be accepted by the meet director.

  10. All age categories begin on January 1 of the year the lifter reaches the minimum age limit (with the exception of sub-junior which begins on the day the lifter turns 14). For example, a lifter become a Master 1 on January 1 of the year they turn 40. Similarly, a Junior ceases to be a Junior on Dec 31 of the year they turn 23.

  11. A registrant can qualify for a higher level meet in their next age category within the 12 month period before meeting the minimum age requirement for the class they will compete in, but cannot claim awards in that category at that qualifying meet. For example, a lifter who turns 40 next year can qualify for next years Master Nationals at any time during THIS year, but would only win "Open" awards at that meet.

  12. You must meet the requirement (qualification) in the discipline (Classic or Equipped) you set out to lift at Nationals..

  13. Bench-Only qualifying lifts can come from other Bench-Only contests or from the Bench Press portion of a regular Powerlifting contest.

  14. For Parapowerlifters not considering competing Internationally the Classic weight classes and qualifying standards apply.

  15. For Parapowerlifters wanting to go to International events check the Minimum Qualification Standards and weight classes.

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