We’ve been provided with a long-term calendar of events that covers the key national tournament dates for 2007 and 2008 and also the major international championships up to 2012.
We will be working to add this to the fencing event calendars availble in the forums in the near future.
| TOURNAMENT | LOCATION | DATES | | |||
| 2007 TOURNAMENTS & KEY DATES | | |||||
| Wheelchair Fencing European Zone Qualifier | Warsaw, Poland | 11-19 Jul 2007 | | |||
| Wheelchair Fencing World Cup | Warsaw, Poland | 20-22 Jul 2007 | | |||
| Pan American Games – Fencing Events | Rio de Janiero, BRA | 23-29 Jul 2007 | | |||
| World University Games * | Bangkok, THA | 8-18 Aug 2007 | | |||
| World University Games * – Fencing Events | Bangkok, THA | 11-16 Aug 2007 | | |||
| * WUG: open to all student-athletes that have not been out of a University or its equivalent for more than a year and that are between 17 and 28 years old. | | |||||
| Pan American Senior Zonal Championships | Montreal, Canada | 27 Aug – 1 Sep 2007 | | |||
| IWAS World Games, Wheelchair Fencing (?) | Chinese Taipei | 14-16 Sep 2007 | | |||
| Veterans World Championships | Sydney, AUS | 14-16 Sep 2007 | | |||
| Rosh Hashanah | N/A | 12-13 Sep 2007 | | |||
| USFA Annual Meeting of Board of Directors | Chicago, IL | 16-17 Sep 2007 | | |||
| Yom Kippur | N/A | 21-22 Sep 2007 | | |||
| Senior World Championships | St. Petersburg, RUS | 28 Sep – 6 Oct 2007 | | |||
| NAC Division II, III, Cadet | Tucson, AZ | 5-8 Oct 2007 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 6 Oct 2007 | | |||
| Columbus Day Holiday | N/A | 8 Oct 2007 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 3 Nov 2007 | | |||
| Daylight Savings Time ends | N/A | 4 Nov 2007 | | |||
| NAC Junior, Cadet, Youth 14 | Dallas, TX | 9-12 Nov 2007 | | |||
| Wheelchair World Cup | Paris, France | 16-18 Nov 2007 | | |||
| Thanksgiving Holiday | N/A | 22 Nov 2007 | | |||
| FIE Congress Meeting | Madrid, Spain | 24-25 Nov 2007 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 1 Dec 2007 | | |||
| Chanukah | N/A | 4-12 Dec 2007 | | |||
| NAC Division I, Veterans, Wheelchair | Richmond, VA | 7-9 Dec 2007 | | |||
| Christmas Holiday | N/A | 25 Dec 2007 | | |||
| 2008 TOURNAMENTS & KEY DATES | | |||||
| NAC Division I, Junior | Atlanta, GA | 18-21 Jan 2008 | | |||
| Martin Luther King, Jr holiday | N/A | 21 Jan 2008 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 26 Jan 2008 | | |||
| Junior Olympic Championships | Charlotte, NC | 15-18 Feb 2008 | | |||
| Presidents’ Holiday | N/A | 18 Feb 2008 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 1 Mar 2008 | | |||
| NCAA Regional Championships | Various | 1-2 Mar 2008 | | |||
| NAC Div. 2, 3, Veterans, Wheelchair | Rosemont, IL (near O’Hare) | 7-10 Mar 2008 | | |||
| Daylight Savings Time starts | N/A | 9 Mar 2008 | | |||
| NCAA Fencing Championships | Ohio State U, Columbus, OH | 13-16 Mar 2008 | | |||
| Easter Holiday | N/A | 23 Mar 2008 | | |||
| FIE Olympic Qualifying Period ends | N/A | 31 Mar 2008 | | |||
| World Junior/Cadet Championships | Catania, ITA | 7-15 Apr 2008 | | |||
| Passover Holiday | N/A | 19-27 Apr 2008 | | |||
| Olympic Fencing Test Event – MF Individual (limit 40) | Beijing, CHN | 18-20 Apr 2008 | | |||
| Senior World Team Championships – WE, MF (limit 16 teams per) | Beijing, CHN | 18-20 Apr 2008 | | |||
| Zonal Olympic Qualifying Tournament (1-country w/o a qualifier in the individual events) | TBD | 1 Apr – 31 May 2008 | | |||
| NAC Youth; DIV I NATL CHAMPS | Portland, OR | 25-28 Apr 2008 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 3 May 2008 | | |||
| Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) | N/A | 7 Jun 2008 | | |||
| USA World Cup: WF, WS, MS | Las Vegas, NV | June 2008 | | |||
| Summer National Championships | San Jose, CA | 1-10 Jul 2008 | | |||
| 2008 Pan American Senior Zonal Championships (for seeding at Olympic Games –FIE dble pts awarded) | TBD | Between: 1 Jul – 31 Jul 2008 | | |||
| 2008 Pan American Junior/Cadet Zonal Championships | TBD | Between: 15 Apr–30 Aug 2008 | | |||
| 2008 Olympic Games | Beijing, CHN | 8-24 Aug 2008 | | |||
| 2008 Fencing @ Olympic Games | Beijing, CHN | 9-17 Aug 2008 | | |||
| 2008 World Veterans Championships | Limoges, FRA | 5-7 Sep 2008 | | |||
| 2008 Paralympic Games | Beijing, CHN | 6-17 Sep 2008 | | |||
| | FUTURE TOURNAMENT/DATE CONSIDERATIONS | |||||
| | 2009 World Junior/Cadet Championships | Great Britain | | |||
| | 2009 Pan American Junior Zonal Champs. | | 15 April – 31 Aug | |||
| | 2009 Pan American Senior Zonal Champs | | 1 July – 31 August | |||
| | 2009 World University Games | Belgrade (Serbia & Montenegro). | July/August | |||
| | 2009 World Veterans Championships | | Sept. | |||
| | 2009 Senior World Championships | Luxembourg | Sept./Oct. | |||
| | 2010 World Junior/Cadet Championships | Serbia (Pending) | April | |||
| | 2010 Pan American Junior Zonal Champs. | | 15 Apr-31 August | |||
| | 2010 Pan American Senior Zonal Champs. | | 1 July – 30 August | |||
| | 2010 World Veterans Championships | | September | |||
| | 2010 Wheelchair World Championships | Held once every 4 years | | |||
| | 2010 Senior World Championships | Paris, France | Sept./Oct. | |||
| | 2011 World Junior/Cadet Championships | | July | |||
| | 2011 Pan American Junior Zonal Champs. | | 15 Apr-30 August | |||
| | 2011 Pan American Senior Zonal Champs. | | 1 July – 30 August | |||
| | 2011 Pan American Games | | July | |||
| | 2011 World University Games | | August | |||
| | 2011 World Veterans Championships | | September | |||
| | 2011 Senior World Championships | | Oct | |||
| | 2012 World Junior/Cadet Championships | Split into two tournaments? | July | |||
| | 2012 Pan American Junior Zonal Champs. | | 15 Apr-30 August | |||
| | 2012 Pan American Senior Zonal Champs. | | 1 July – 31 July | |||
| | 2012 World Veterans Championships | | September | |||
| | 2012 World Team Championships (2 Weapons Not Included as Team Competitions in 2012 OG) | |||||
| | 2012 Olympic Games | London, GBR | 27 July – 12 August | |||