Eligibility

These are the guidelines established for the skill-level events at the national championships, specifically the A singles, B singles and doubles, C singles and age-group B singles events. These events were created for players who are not proficient in the open (for A), A (for B) or B (for C) events at the local level.

Intent: A subjective test

• If you are considered a legitimate open player, you should not enter the “A Divisions” or lower events.
  
  
• If you are considered a legitimate “A player” or open masters, golden or super player, you should not enter any of the B or C events. These events are intended for less proficient players. They were not created for you.
  
  
• If you are considered a legitimate “B player,” you should not enter the C event.  This event is intended for the less proficient player. It is not for you.

Evaluation: An objective test

• If you regularly advance in state, regional or local “major” singles tournaments in the open, you should not enter any of the A or lower events.
  
  
• If you regularly advance in state, regional or local “major” singles tournaments in A, or any open masters events, you should not enter any of the B or C events, singles or doubles.
  
  
• If you regularly advance in state, regional or local “major” singles tournaments as a B or better player, you should not enter the C events.
• If you have won any national open event in singles or doubles in one-, three- or  four-wall, you are no longer eligible for any national A event.
  
  
• If you have won any national B event in singles or doubles in one-, three- or four-wall, you are no longer eligible for any national B singles event and should not enter any national B doubles event.

These guidelines still put most of the responsibility back on you, the player. The USHA board believes that the major effort of classification belongs to the entrant. That is the way most local and regional classification is done, and we want to reinforce that.

Our tournament directors have been authorized to screen every entrant and to take a liberal attitude in reclassifying any possible offender. If there’s any doubt, the entry will probably be bumped up to the next skill level. Be fair to yourself and to your opponents, and be a true sport and abide by the competitive spirit of handball.