Age categories
Football & Futsal
Men: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+
Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+
The age category you will compete in for Football will be determined as at 31 December of the year of the event. For team sports, the category you compete in is based on the age of the youngest team member.For example, if your youngest team member is 39 during Games time but has turned 40 by 31 December, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
Football Grade definitions
A Grade (Premier) – Men and Women: 30+, 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+
Teams that have three or more senior players with international, national or state representative open experience. These players must be identified on the team registration sheet. Teams without international, national and state representatives are still encouraged to enter into the Premier Grade, but should expect games of a very competitive nature.
B Grade (Competitive) – Men and Women: 30+, 40+, 50+
Open to everyone, including teams/individuals that participate or have participated, at a local competition level.
Open Grade – Men and Women: 55+, 60+
Events and disciplines
11-a-side
7-a-side
“World Masters Sport doesn’t allow building new venues and encourages the host cities to use existing facilities to keep the costs lower. Therefore, all sport information is subject to changes depending on the venues available.”
Athlete Comments & Reviews
“Everyone should compete in events like this!”
“There’s such an amazing atmosphere and spirit, as well as the competition, which is brilliant and that’s why I would encourage everyone to compete in events like this.”
“Inspiration everywhere to just get up and do it!”
“You watch the Olympics and people are in awe of performance. You watch an event like this, you know the 40, 50, 60 year old age group, hopefully it inspires people to get out of the arm chair and say: ‘Actually, I could do that!”
“You might compete against World Champions”
“Masters Games, you never know who the competition is going to be until you have a few races. Quite often they’re former Olympians or World Champions in their day. You get a very broad spectrum of athletes and their abilities over their lives which is a really good thing really.”
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