About Sanctioning

Menʼs Open/AAA/AA/A and Women’s Open/AAA/AA divisions: require a minimum of twelve (12) teams AND minimum eight (8) players whose rating equals the tournament division (for example, 8+ AA-rated players in AA division tourney).

Women's A division: requires a minimum of eight (8) teams AND minimum four (4) players with an A or a B rating (for example, 2+ A-rated players and 2 B-rated players).

Men's B/Unrated: require a minimum of eight (8) teams AND minimum eight (8) players whose rating equals the tournament division (for example, 8+ B-rated players in B division tourney), OR a minimum of sixteen (16) teams, regardless of the players' ratings.

Women's B division: require a minimum of four (4) teams AND minimum two (2) players whose rating equals the tournament division (for example, 2+ B-rated players in tourney), OR a minimum of eight (8) teams, regardless of the players' ratings.

Women's Unrated division: require a minimum of four (4) teams.

Tournaments must meet the listed sanctioning requirements in order to be "sanctioned" as the division. If a tournament does not meet these requirements, it is downgraded.

For Open/AAA/AA/A divisions with eight (8) or more teams but less than twelve (12) teams, OR twelve (12) or more teams but less than eight (8) players whose rating equals the tournament division, the division will be downgraded to the next highest level where the minimum number of player ratings is met.

For Men's B divisions with eight (8) to sixteen (16) teams but less than eight (8) B players, the division will be downgraded to the Unrated.

If a tournament has less than eight (8) teams, it will not be sanctioned and no ratings will be awarded. (With the exception of the Women's B)