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Rules and Regulations Archives - The World Freestyle Football Association

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  • The Sports Committe of the WFFA announces the reinstatement of time limits for battles across all official competitions

    The Sports Committe of the WFFA announces the reinstatement of time limits for battles across all official competitions

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today a change in the regulations for all official competitions featuring 1×1 Battles: starting in the 2025 season, all clashes will introduce again a time limit of 30 seconds per round, hence revoking the No Time Limit rule which had been in place in recent years.

    The No Time Limit rule (NTL) was first implemented in a major event at Super Ball 2020 and since then it had expanded across all official competitions. Its original goal was to cater to the feedback and preferences of the community, despite the significant logistical and production challenges it presented.

    However, the positive changes it pursued have not materialised: instead, the NTL format has led to competitions becoming not only longer, but also less engaging for both the general audience and the freestylers themselves. Additionally, this format introduced an extra layer of uncertainty for judges when evaluating performances.

    Therefore, after careful review and consultation, the Sports Committee has decided to implement a new format for all major WFFA competitions (Pulse Series, Super Ball, NextGen and WFFC) starting in 2025.

    New Battle Format:

    • 3 rounds of 30 seconds each
    • The clock resets at the beginning of each round
    • Each round begins when the competitor whose turn it is performs their first action with the ball: this includes any type of ball interaction, such as juggling, flick-ups or ground moves
    • If a competitor takes too long to begin their round, the MC has the authority to signal the official timekeeper to start the clock

    This change has been designed to ensure only one competitor performs at a time, reducing confusion for the audience and judges; give competitors a few extra seconds to prepare and start their round efficiently; and keep the competition dynamic and interesting to watch, actively avoiding extra-long rounds which have become the new norm in recent years.

    While this system will be mandatory for all major WFFA competitions in 2025, events applying for World Ranking (WR) status are not required to adopt it. Organisers of said events are free to use the format that best fits their needs while complying with official WFFA rules; however, they are welcome to adopt the new format and provide feedback on its implementation.

    For more information, watch the following explanatory video on the official YouTube channel of the WFFA:

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    The new system will be used throughout the official 2025 season and will be reviewed at the end of the year based on feedback from competitors and the community. For more information about this update of the Regulations, please contact judging@worldfreestylefootball.org or follow the official channels of the Association.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The Sports Committe of the WFFA announces the new regional quota for the 2025 Pulse Series

    The Sports Committe of the WFFA announces the new regional quota for the 2025 Pulse Series

    The Sports Committee of the World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the distribution of competitive slots in each of the five regions of the 2025 Pulse Series, the official regional qualifiers for the World Freestyle Football Championship, whose locations will be announced in the coming weeks.

    In order to ensure a fair and balanced representation of competitors from around the globe, while maintaining the integrity and excitement of the event, the members of the Sports Committee have used a transparent and data-driven approach based on two key factors:

    1. Weighted World Ranking Representation (40%)
      This reflects the current strength of each continent based on player positions in the top 100 of the World Rankings. Higher-ranked players have contributed more to their continent’s score, ensuring that regions with stronger competitors are fairly represented.
    2. World Freestyle Football Championship Performance (60%)
      This reflects historical performance in the last three World Championships. Continents that have consistently performed well in recent years have been rewarded for their success.

    The Sports Committee has chosen a 60:40 ratio in favour of the World Championship performance because, while the World Rankings are a key tool for the future of the sport, they are still in their early years and may not fully capture the competitive landscape yet. By placing more weight on proven performance in past championships, the Committee aims to ensure that the allocation reflects both current strength and historical excellence.

    Besides that, and in order to help in the development of the sport all around the world, the Sports Committee has implemented a cap of 1/3 of the total competitors in each of the regions, that is, 5 slots per continent. This ensures a diverse and global competition, giving fans from all over the planet a chance to see their region represented on the biggest stage.

    Lastly, the WFFA Sports Committee, together with the Board, has decided to allocate all available slots to physical events, meaning Pulse Online will be discontinued in 2025. This decision was carefully considered after reviewing the tournament’s last two editions and is based on two main reasons: first, to reward freestylers who make the effort to attend physical events; and second, the realisation that, although Pulse Online was created mainly for freestylers from smaller countries, it was not fulfilling its purpose, as all the winners came from nations with large and competitive freestyle communities.

    Therefore, the spots for the 2025 edition of the World Freestyle Football Championship, both for men and for women, are allocated as follows:

    To learn more about the calculations, please review the specific file, which has also been uploaded to the Rules & Regulations section of the WFFA website. For more information, please contact judging@worldfreestylefootball.org or follow the official channels of the Association.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

  • The WFFA announces the latest update of the Rules of Freestyle Football

    The WFFA announces the latest update of the Rules of Freestyle Football

    The World Freestyle Football Association has announced today the latest update of the Rules of the Sport of Freestyle Football, which will be available in the Rules and Regulations section of the official WFFA website for everyone to review.

    These Rules have been thoroughly created by the WFFA Sports Committee using the experiences and jurisprudence gained throughout the last years of competition at a global scale. They will be applied universally to all official WFFA competitions, and they will also be readily available for any Freestyle Football event organiser in the world who wishes to organise a Ranked event – or simply to follow the same protocols as the official tournaments of the Association.

    The new Rules will be in application from January 1st, 2025 onwards. No Rules will be applied retroactively. It’s important to note that this update of the Rules does not include the Regulations for official events, nor the new Judging process, both of which are still in development and will be released in 2025.

    Every freestyler or event organiser who wishes to send feedback and/or amendment proposals to the new Rules will be welcome to do so: they will just need to send an email to judging@worldfreestylefootball.org. The Sports Committee will then review the feedback and implement the changes they deem fit.

    For more information, please contact judging@worldfreestylefootball.org or follow the official channels of the WFFA.

    For more information about the activities of the WFFA, follow its official channels to get the latest updates!

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