Artistic Pole

The IPSF has developed a three-year plan for qualifications for new pole disciplines to introduce each new discipline throughout the pole community and evolve the standards required of an IPSF discipline in accordance with SportAccord and International Olympic Committee criteria.

The highly anticipated ARTISTIC POLE will make its debut during the 2017/2018 competition season with Federations and Endorsed Competitions ramping up inclusion of this more artistic version of Pole in their National and Regional competitions. The First Annual World Artistic Pole Championships will be held in July 2018 in the Netherlands during World Pole Weekend.

Artistic Pole, perhaps the softer more artistically inclined sibling of Pole Sports, encourages creativity and emboldens freedom of expression with more emphasis on artistic interpretation and is judged by the newly created Freestyle Pole Series Rules, which does not include a Code of Points, but relies more heavily on art, choreography and musicality.

For more information on the World Pole Art Championships or Artistic Pole World Championships or the exciting jam packed championship weekend, World Pole Weekend, visit the WPSC2017 page

ARTISTIC POLE

The IPSF has developed a three year plan for qualifications for new pole disciplines to introduce each one throughout the pole community and evolve the standards required of an IPSF discipline.

Years 1 / 2

• National and video applications permitted for qualification
• 10 places per categories in the finals
• No age categories

Year 3

• National and Open championships applications permitted only
• 10+ places per categories in the finals
• Age categories to be developed

WORLD ARTISTIC POLE CHAMPIONS QUALIFICATIONS:

• Athletes must be at least 18 years old on the date of the World Ultra Pole Championships to apply
• There will be three categories: Men, Women and Doubles
• There are 10 places available in each category
• Applications open on March 1st 2017

HOW TO QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD ARTISTIC POLE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017

National Championships Qualification

1. If your country is hosting an Artistic Pole Championships, you must compete in this to qualify.
2. When all the national Artistic Pole competitions have taken place, the scores from the 1st place winners will be collated; a maximum of five athletes with the top scores will automatically be allocated a place in the World Artistic Pole Championships.
3. The scores of other athletes placed will be considered depending on numbers.

Video applications qualification

1. If your country is not hosting an Artistic Pole Championships, you may send in a video application.
2. Athletes with the top scores will automatically be allocated a place in the World Artistic Pole Championships.
3. The video application criteria will be announced on March 1st 2017.