The fittest men, women, and teams from each region of the world advance to the second stage of the CrossFit Games season: the Regionals.
CrossFit splits the world into 17 regions. There are 10 regions in the United States (North East, Mid Atlantic, South East, Central East, North Central, South Central, North West, South West, Northern California, Southern California), and 7 international regions (Canada West, Canada East, Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe). Athletes are placed in their region during Open registration based on their residence as of Jan. 1 of that year.
To qualify, the Regional competitors had to prove that they were their region's fittest athletes by competing in the five-week, five-workout online Open and finishing well in the overall standings. The number of athletes to qualify from each region varies from 10 to 30 (20 for all U.S. regions).
- 20 men, 20 women and 15 teams advance from regions in the U.S. and Canada.
- 30 men, 30 women and 20 teams advance from Europe and Australia.
- 10 men, 10 women and 10 teams advance from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
The 17 regions feed into eight Regional competitions.
At the Regionals, 40 men, 40 women, and 30 teams compete over three days for the right to advance to the CrossFit Games. (The larger South Regional has 50 men, 50 women and 40 teams.)
All Regional competitors face the same workouts, whether they're in Wollongong, Australia, or Atlanta, Georgia.
Competitors care about how they place relative to their peers at their Regional, since that's what determines how many points they earn and where they'll rank in the overall standings. Claiming first in an event earns an athlete 100 points, second earns 95 points, third 90, fourth 85, fifth 80, sixth 75. The scale then drops by 2-point increments for seventh through 30th, and then by one-point increments from 30th-50th. The athlete with the most points will claim first in the overall standings; the top five athletes overall at the end of the weekend earn the right to advance to the CrossFit Games.
2017 Regional Dates and Locations
Week 1: May 19-21, 2017
- East Regional | Albany, New York | Times Union Center
- South Regional | San Antonio, Texas | Alamodome
Week 2: May 26-28, 2017
- Pacific Regional | Wollongong, Australia | WIN Entertainment Centre
- California Regional | Del Mar, California | Del Mar Arena
- Central Regional | Nashville, Tennessee | Music City Center
Week 3: June 2-4, 2017
- Meridian Regional | Madrid, Spain | Caja Mágica
- West Regional | Portland, Oregon | Portland Expo Center
- Atlantic Regional | Atlanta, Georgia | Georgia World Congress Center
Tickets
Tickets will be sold through the Games site starting the last day of the Open--Monday, March 27.
Volunteer registration for Regionals begins Tuesday, February 21.
Hotels
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