Event Entry & Fees.
The entry fee for the 2025 World University Championships is set at $300USD per competitor regardless of disciplines entered. In addition to this entry fee a levy of US$30.00 to assist towards the travel costs of the Official Panel.
Deadlines for Entries:
Intention to Enter should be submitted through EMS by the 10th of November 2024. As per the IWWF Rulebook, any federation not meeting this deadline will not be allowed to compete until they pay a fine of $200 to the IWWF. The Intention to enter must be
The deadline for each Federation to declare through EMS, the names of the members of its team, the events each will enter, the ratings of each skier, as well as the names of the official reserves is close of business on the 8th December 2024. An entry is considered complete when the Skier’s name is registered in EMS and the full Entry Fee Payment has been received.
Any Federation not meeting this requirement will not be allowed to compete until the Federation pays a fine to the IWWF Representative at the Championships, of $10USD per skier per day after the 60 days deadline for each skier not officially entered.
Event Rules & Team Formation.
Standard team rules for a Worlds event apply as per section 14 & 15 of the IWWF Rulebook.
Adjustments or information relating to these rules are below:
- Countries may enter up to 2x full teams denoted as an A and B team. Each team shall consist of a maximum of 6 skiers, with the further limitation that no team may have more than four men or four women.
- Teams may also enter 2x skiing reserves / alternate skiers. These skiers can win individual medals, however they do not contribute to the team scores unless they are substituted in to the team prior to the first skier of the tournament.
- For the purposes of the team overall the “A team” scores will be used.
- Skiers must be between the ages of 17 and 28 as at December 31, preceding the Championships.
- Skiers must be enrolled as full-time students in good standing at an accredited university and evidence must be provided to the organisers 30 days prior to the start of the event.
- Students who graduated in the year of the tournament (2025) or prior year (2024) are eligible to compete in the event.
Payment Process for Entries.
Once your entry has been processed you will receive an invoice from the Auckland Water Ski Club for payment online. Entries will not be considered as received until payment has been received.
We can also receive bank transfers to our NZD bank account as per the details on the right.
Please send all bank payments selecting the “fees ours” option as remitting parties are responsible for all bank charges on both ends. Please include UniWorlds and your country as payment reference to assist reconciliation.
Email uniworlds@awsc.co.nz to request a copy invoice.
Bank Details:
- SWIFT: ASBBNZ2A
- Bank Address: 12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland Central.
- Bank Account Number: 12-3057-0534074-00
- (an additional 0 can be added to the end of the account number if required by your payment provider)
- Account Name: Auckland Water Ski Club
Entry Requirements & Rules:
Any Federation not meeting the timelines specified will not be allowed to compete until the Federation pays a fine to the IWWF Representative at the Championships, of US$10 per skier per day after the 60 days deadline for each skier not officially entered.
If a skier is not registered on EMS prior to the 48 hours before the start of the first event, the Federation’s skier’s places in the draw shall be determined by the Chief Judge without reference to their qualifying scores.
2 days before the start of the first event the entry lists shall be closed at noon (12:00) and thereafter the order of competitors entered and paid will be finalized and posted.
The Scorer in consultation with the Chief Judge should post Preliminary Running Orders 7 days preceding the start of events with the orders clearly marked as “Preliminary and subject to change”. No change in this order is allowed after noon of the 2 days preceding the start of events except that a team representative may:
- Withdraw a skier from the competition.
- Replace an injured skier with a qualified official reserve from the same team with the authority of the Chief Judge and before the start of the first event, that is, before the first skier taking part in the first event has started.
- The substitute skier shall start first in the series in which he is qualified unless the draw has not yet been completed.
Team or individual athletes not showing up: In the event a team or individual athletes (for whom their Federation has submitted a competition entry), fail to show up for a competition their entry fee shall still be payable in full, unless a valid written excuse is received by 12 noon of 2 days the day before the start of the competition.
A valid excuse may include a sickness certificate or a certificated injury and should be considered and agreed as valid by the IWWF Representative at the Championships.
Remitting parties are responsible for all bank charges on both ends.