Age categories
The teams will be assigned to one women category and three men categories based on 10 years‘ age groups. The youngest team member determines the applicable category. Team members may be older than the age group requires.
Category Ladies 30+ 30 years and older
Category Ladies 40+ 40 years and older
Category Ladies 50+ 50 years and older
Category Men 30+ 30 to 39 years
Category Men 40+ 40 to 49 years
Category Men 50+ 50 years and older
Category Men 60+ 60 years and older
Masters competitors must have reached their 30th birthday by December 31st of the year prior to the event to be permitted to take part in the WWMG. The age at this date further defines the athletes age category.
Special regulation for goaltenders: Goaltenders in the categories Men 40+ and Men 50+ may be up to 5 years younger than the age group requires. Goalkeepers in the category Men 40 must have reached their 35th birthday, goalkeepers in the category Men 50+ must have reached their 45th birthday by December 31st of the year prior to the event.
Grade definitions
Teams can be graded into divisions based on a formula that uses an individual player’s age and an experience factor based on the highest level of play the player attained.
A different experience factor scoring system will be used for the men’s and women’s division.
Events and disciplines
“The IMGA 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
“We love to see all the other sports as well!”
“We try and attend different sports depending on what’s going on and depending on what we are doing in terms of sightseeing.”
“So exciting to experience other countries and cultures”
“I think the most part is the cultures of the countries you come to visit, and experiencing the people.”
“There are so many different athletes in age and nationality”
“This is a beautiful platform that the Masters Games has where these athletes can come from all different spectrums of life and come to participate in the Games.”
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