As you probably know, CrossFit HQ altered the road to the Games. No longer are individuals required to go through the Open, then Regionals to qualify. Instead, there are four main pathways to qualify:
- National champions as determined by the CrossFit Open
- First-place sanctioned-event winners
- The top 20 overall finishers in the CrossFit Open
- Four at-large athletes selected by CrossFit Inc.
Team qualification has also changed: CrossFit-sanctioned events are the only pathway for teams to compete at the CrossFit Games. The big twist from prior years is that teams are no longer required to share an affiliate or geographical location to qualify for the CrossFit Games team competition.
Below are the sanctioned CF events for 2019 and beyond:
2019
- Dubai CrossFit Championship - Dubai, U.A.E. - December 2018
- Australian CrossFit Championship - Queensland, Australia- January 2019
- Wodapalooza CrossFit Festival - Miami, Florida, U.S. - January 2019
- CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town - Cape Town, South Africa - January 2019
- CrossFit Strength in Depth - London, England, U.K. - February 2019
- Asia CrossFit Championship - Chinese Mainland- April 2019
- Mid Atlantic CrossFit Challenge - Baltimore, Maryland / D.C. Area, U.S. - April 2019
- CrossFit Italian Showdown - Milan, Italy - April 2019
- Brazil CrossFit Championship - São Paulo, Brazil - May 2019
- The CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown - Apeldoorn, Netherlands - May 2019
- Down Under CrossFit Championship - Wollongong, Australia - May 2019
- Reykjavik CrossFit Championship - Reykjavik, Iceland - May 2019
- The Rogue Invitational - Columbus, Ohio - May 2019
- CrossFit French Throwdown - Paris, France - June 2019
- The Granite Games - Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S. - June 2019