USCA 5U Eligibility

OVERVIEW: If you're over 21 and began curling in the 2019 calendar year, you're eligible for the 2024-2025 USCA 5U Championship. But see the detailed description below.

DETAILS: The USCA rules for 5U eligibility are on page 14 of this document. Those rules are copied below.

"U.S. citizenship or residency is required. In addition to the USA Curling membership requirements in Section I, all team members must be dues-paying members of USA Curling. Competitors must be 21 years of age prior to competing in any Five-and-Under Nationals Qualifier. Delivery of the stone with a stick device is permitted, but players cannot switch to a stick device during a game."

Competitors cannot have more than a total of five seasons of curling experience. A season of curling experience is defined as 10 or more games played between July 1 – June 30. Seasons where a player curled fewer than 10 games do not count against the total. Convenors at national qualifying event bonspiels will ensure that players are acting in good faith when claiming to be a competitor with five seasons or less of curling experience. The 2020-2021 (COVID) season does not count as a season of curling experience for any participant.

Teams may be comprised of players of any gender.

Teams that compete at Nationals must have Three of Four or Three of Five of the team members that played in the Qualifier Bonspiel."

For the 2024-2025 season only, players who began curling at any point during the 2019 calendar year, and curled in each consecutive year, are eligible for the 2025 championship.