2013 Artistic Gymnastics season

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, December 21, 2011: For the Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics elite, 2013 will kick off with the American Cup in Worcester (USA) on March 2, an event that is part of the 2012/2013 FIG All-around World Cup series. The series of five events will conclude with the final tournament in Tokyo (JPN) on April 6-7, where the overall winners of both the men’s and women’s series will be crowned. The best three results for each gymnast make up their total ranking.

Places in the All-around World Cups, which feature a single final round, are reserved for the best eight gymnasts, male and female, from the All-around Finals (CII) of the 2012 Olympic Games. Participation is limited to eight gymnasts plus one wild card from the organising member federation, with a maximum of two gymnasts per country.

The FIG All-around World Cup season for 2013/2014 has its first two events scheduled in 2013, in Stuttgart (GER) on November 30-December 1, and Glasgow (GBR) on December 7, and will continue until April 2014.

Meanwhile, the World Cup and World Challenge Cup season for individual-apparatus tournaments starts from scratch in 2013, and features a total of six events. The series starts with the only Individual Apparatus Finals World Cup of the year in La Roche sur Yon (FRA) on March 16-17, and continues with five World Challenge Cups scheduled as follows: Cottbus (GER) on March 21-24, Doha (QAT) on March 27-29, Ljubljana (SLO) on April 26-28, Anadia (POR) on June 21-23, and Osijek (CRO) on September 12-16. With separate World Ranking lists being established for this series (six for men and four for women), and the Individual Apparatus rankings including combined lists for the World Cup and World Challenge Cups, the overall winners will be crowned in Osijek.

World Cups with Individual Apparatus qualification rounds and finals are open to the apparatus finalists of the 2012 Olympic Games and the best four gymnasts per apparatus from the 2012 World Cup Ranking list for Individual Apparatus. In addition, the organising member federation can grant wild cards to a maximum of one man and one woman.

The World Challenge Cup series is an open category, with participation limited to two gymnasts per country and apparatus, and invitations addressed at least to the apparatus finalists of the 2012 Olympic Games and the best eight gymnasts per apparatus from the 2012 World Cup Ranking list for Individual Apparatus.

The winners of the 2013 Individual Apparatus World Cup & World Challenge Cup Series will be the gymnasts with the highest number of points for each apparatus and the best four results counting after the last event in Osijek.

For full details of the FIG World and Challenge Cups, download the following documents from the FIG website:

2012 / 2013 Rules for the FIG All-around World Cup Series in Artistic Gymnastics

2013 / 2014 Rules for the FIG All-around World Cup Series in Artistic Gymnastics

2013 Rules for the FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup and World Challenge Cup Series in Artistic Gymnastics

Moscow (RUS) has been confirmed as host venue for the 5th European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in 2013. The event, scheduled for April 17-21,  will include a Senior Individual tournament for men and women respectively.

The 2013 Universiade will take place in Kazan (RUS) on July 7-10, meanwhile, featuring team and individual competitions in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

The highlight of the season will, of course, be the 44th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships scheduled for September 30-October 6 in Antwerp (BEL), birthplace of FIG founder Nicolas J. Cuperus. The championship programme includes individual competitions for men and women, but no team competition.

Information on the events including registration deadlines, contact details, invitations and directives, as well as links to the event website and to related news articles can be found in the FIG online calendar under the respective ID numbers listed below.

For a complete list of FIG events for all disciplines, view the FIG 2013 Event Calendar!