New Updates to Points Championship – Top Pros!
Beginning the 2026 dance year, UCWDC will award Pro Points Championships to the top Male and Female ProAm Teachers based on the following qualifications and points calculation:
- Instructors North America must have students attend and compete at a minimum of 6 events
- Instructors in Europe must have students attend and compete at a minimum of 4 events
- Instructors in Asia must have students attend and compete at a minimum of 3 events
- Instructors on all other continents must have students attend and compete at a minimum of 2 events
Your continent is determined by your current permanent address. If you attend more than the required number of events, we use the highest point totals from the required number of events. Dispensations do not count towards event totals. If you lead and follow, your points are counted toward your identified gender as one total, not separately for leading and following.
Points are calculated using the following table:
- GG – 15 points
- GH+ – 12 points
- GH – 9 points
- G+ – 7 points
- G – 5 points
- S+ – 4 points
- S – 3 points
- B – 2 points
- M – 1 point
Instructors living outside of North America will have their points multiplied by the following factor (rounded up or down to the closest point total) to make it equitable to North American teachers:
- Points for European instructors are multiplied by 1.33%
- Points for Asian instructors are multiplied by 1.50%
- Points for instructors from all other continents are multiplied by 1.66%
Awards are made to both top Male and Female ProAm Teacher Points Champions as follows:
- 1st place $2100
- 2nd place $1800
- 3rd place $1500
- 4th place $1200
- 5th place $1000
Awards are presented in a special session at the Country Dance World Championships. The first year of the new points calculations will be the 2026 dance year and awarded at Worlds 2027 in Dallas, Texas.
More Points Information is available at https://ucwdc.org/worlds-qualification-and-points-championship/