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WUFO CHAMPIONSHIP CUP CATEGORY STRUCTURE

SEVEN CATEGORIES · SEVEN CATEGORY CHAMPIONS · 241 MEMBERS

ILLUSTRATIVE INAUGURAL PLACEMENT · FUTURE MOVEMENT DETERMINED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FIELD

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A–F · 32   |   G · 49

HOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP STRUCTURE WORKS

SPORTING STRUCTURE · A–G
STEP 1INAUGURAL PLACEMENT

The 2034 Ranking Snapshot sets the inaugural Category only.

STEP 2CATEGORIES A–G

All seven form one Championship Cycle, staged across four years.

STEP 3SEVEN CATEGORY CHAMPIONS

Each Category crowns its Champion; Category A crowns the absolute World Champion.

STEP 4THE FIELD DECIDES

Sporting results determine the following complete Championship Cycle.

MOVEMENT BETWEEN CATEGORIES

TOP 8 · MOVE UPMIDDLE 16 · STAYBOTTOM 8 · MOVE DOWN
  • Categories B–F: the top 8 rise, the middle 16 remain and the bottom 8 descend.
  • Category A has no Category above it; its bottom 8 descend.
  • Category G sends its top 8 upward and has no Category below it.
Movement earned in one cycle applies to the NEXT complete Championship Cycle.

CHAMPIONSHIP CUP · DISTINCT COMPETITION

  • Championship Cup results govern movement only between Categories A–G.
  • World League results and movement govern only Divisions 1–30.
  • The two competitions, results and rankings are not merged.
  • For every cycle, one Host Cluster is assigned to each Category by draw.
THE CATEGORY IS EARNED ON THE FIELD.

SEVEN CATEGORIES · 241 MEMBERS

SELECT A CATEGORY HEADER TO COLLAPSE OR REOPEN ITS MEMBER LIST
ACategory A32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 1–32 BOTTOM 8 DOWN · NO CATEGORY ABOVE A
  1. Spain
  2. Argentina
  3. France
  4. England
  5. Brazil
  6. Morocco
  7. Portugal
  8. Belgium
  9. Netherlands
  10. Mexico
  11. Colombia
  12. Germany
  13. Croatia
  14. Switzerland
  15. Italy
  16. United States
  17. Japan
  18. Senegal
  19. Norway
  20. Uruguay
  21. Denmark
  22. Iran
  23. Austria
  24. Egypt
  25. Ecuador
  26. Nigeria
  27. Türkiye
  28. Australia
  29. Algeria
  30. Canada
  31. Côte d’Ivoire
  32. South Korea
BCategory B32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 33–64 TOP 8 UP · MIDDLE 16 STAY · BOTTOM 8 DOWN
  1. Ukraine
  2. Paraguay
  3. Russia
  4. Poland
  5. Sweden
  6. Wales
  7. Hungary
  8. Serbia
  9. DR Congo
  10. Scotland
  11. Cameroon
  12. Panama
  13. Slovakia
  14. Greece
  15. Venezuela
  16. Czechia
  17. Chile
  18. Peru
  19. Costa Rica
  20. Romania
  21. Mali
  22. South Africa
  23. Republic of Ireland
  24. Slovenia
  25. Tunisia
  26. Saudi Arabia
  27. Qatar
  28. Uzbekistan
  29. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  30. Burkina Faso
  31. Iraq
  32. Cabo Verde
CCategory C32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 65–96 TOP 8 UP · MIDDLE 16 STAY · BOTTOM 8 DOWN
  1. Ghana
  2. Honduras
  3. Albania
  4. United Arab Emirates
  5. North Macedonia
  6. Northern Ireland
  7. Jamaica
  8. Georgia
  9. Jordan
  10. Iceland
  11. Finland
  12. Israel
  13. Bolivia
  14. Kosovo
  15. Oman
  16. Montenegro
  17. Guinea
  18. Curaçao
  19. Syria
  20. Gabon
  21. Bulgaria
  22. New Zealand
  23. Angola
  24. Haiti
  25. Uganda
  26. Zambia
  27. China PR
  28. Bahrain
  29. Benin
  30. Thailand
  31. Palestine
  32. Belarus
DCategory D32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 97–128 TOP 8 UP · MIDDLE 16 STAY · BOTTOM 8 DOWN
  1. Guatemala
  2. Luxembourg
  3. Vietnam
  4. El Salvador
  5. Tajikistan
  6. Trinidad & Tobago
  7. Mozambique
  8. Madagascar
  9. Equatorial Guinea
  10. Kyrgyzstan
  11. Armenia
  12. Comoros
  13. Kenya
  14. Libya
  15. Kazakhstan
  16. Tanzania
  17. Mauritania
  18. Niger
  19. Lebanon
  20. Gambia
  21. Sudan
  22. Indonesia
  23. Togo
  24. North Korea
  25. Namibia
  26. Sierra Leone
  27. Faroe Islands
  28. Cyprus
  29. Suriname
  30. Azerbaijan
  31. Estonia
  32. Rwanda
ECategory E32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 129–160 TOP 8 UP · MIDDLE 16 STAY · BOTTOM 8 DOWN
  1. Malawi
  2. Zimbabwe
  3. Nicaragua
  4. Guinea-Bissau
  5. Kuwait
  6. Republic of the Congo
  7. Philippines
  8. Malaysia
  9. Latvia
  10. India
  11. Central African Republic
  12. Liberia
  13. Turkmenistan
  14. Burundi
  15. Ethiopia
  16. Dominican Republic
  17. Yemen
  18. Lesotho
  19. Botswana
  20. Singapore
  21. Lithuania
  22. Guyana
  23. New Caledonia
  24. Saint Kitts and Nevis
  25. Solomon Islands
  26. Puerto Rico
  27. Fiji
  28. Hong Kong
  29. Tahiti
  30. Myanmar
  31. Moldova
  32. Vanuatu
FCategory F32 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 161–192 TOP 8 UP · MIDDLE 16 STAY · BOTTOM 8 DOWN
  1. Malta
  2. Antigua & Barbuda
  3. Grenada
  4. Cuba
  5. Eswatini
  6. St. Lucia
  7. Bermuda
  8. Papua New Guinea
  9. South Sudan
  10. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  11. Afghanistan
  12. Andorra
  13. Maldives
  14. Chinese Taipei
  15. Cambodia
  16. Montserrat
  17. Nepal
  18. Mauritius
  19. Barbados
  20. Belize
  21. Bangladesh
  22. Dominica
  23. Chad
  24. Eritrea
  25. Laos
  26. Cook Islands
  27. Sri Lanka
  28. Samoa
  29. Aruba
  30. Mongolia
  31. American Samoa
  32. Bhutan
GCategory G49 MEMBERS INAUGURAL PLACEMENT 193–241 TOP 8 UP · NO CATEGORY BELOW G
  1. Macao
  2. Brunei
  3. São Tomé & Príncipe
  4. Djibouti
  5. Cayman Islands
  6. Pakistan
  7. Somalia
  8. Tonga
  9. Timor-Leste
  10. Gibraltar
  11. Guam
  12. Seychelles
  13. Turks & Caicos Islands
  14. Liechtenstein
  15. Bahamas
  16. U.S. Virgin Islands
  17. British Virgin Islands
  18. Anguilla
  19. San Marino
  20. Asian Russia
  21. Alaska
  22. Hawaii
  23. Greenland
  24. Zanzibar
  25. Bonaire
  26. Guadeloupe
  27. French Guiana
  28. Martinique
  29. Réunion
  30. Monaco
  31. Mayotte
  32. Rapa Nui
  33. St. Pierre & Miquelon
  34. Saint Martin
  35. Sint Maarten
  36. Saint Helena
  37. Saint Barthélemy
  38. Saba
  39. Saint Eustatius
  40. Northern Mariana Islands
  41. Federated States of Micronesia
  42. Kiribati
  43. Marshall Islands
  44. Nauru
  45. Palau
  46. Tuvalu
  47. Wallis & Futuna
  48. Niue
  49. Tokelau
PERMANENT SPORTING PRINCIPLE

PLAY THE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP → EARN THE RESULT → MOVE CATEGORY → BEGIN THE NEXT CYCLE

DIRECT LEGAL REFERENCES

STA / ART-67 · Permanent seven-category architecture ↗REG-14 · Competition, ranking, draw and sporting movement ↗

Each reference opens the governing provision in the English legal and regulatory Corpus.