Eligibility

ELIGIBILITY rules for 2027 Norcal toc

At the present time, the Northern California Tournament of Champions is not affiliated with any California or national wrestling organization such as USA Wrestling or SCWAY and is meant to be a middle school level tournament. Therefore, athletes must provide their own medical insurance policy to compete in the TOC.

• Wrestlers must be currently enrolled in 6^th, 7^th or 8^th grade in an accredited public or private school in Northern California located north of Tehachapi and be eligible by their school academic and citizenship standards.

• Wrestlers are limited to 3 consecutive years of TOC participation, which begins once an athlete starts 6^thgrade. Once an athlete has started 8^th grade, the athlete is not eligible for the following year’s TOC.

• Athletes must not be 15 yrs old before Sept 1^st of the current school year 2026-27 (coincides with CIF high school age requirements)

All eligible competitors must qualify to enter the Nor Cal TOC according to the following guidelines:

1. Qualify in at least 2 of the tournaments listed on the TOC website as qualifying tournaments

2. Qualifying at a tournament is based on the following criteria:

a. Place in a weight class in the varsity coed division (girls only division does not qualify) depending on the number of entries in the weight class as follows:

b. 4 entrants= 1 qualifier; 5-7 entrants = 2 qualifiers (true second should be determined); 8–11 entrants = 3 qualifiers; 12 or more entrants = 4 qualifiers

Combining weight classes in a TOC qualifying tournament is allowed and adds on an extra qualifier – e.g., 5 entries in a combined weight class would give 3 qualifiers instead of 2, etc. Weight classes should not be combined in a TOC qualifier unless one of the weight classes has less than 4 entries.