Minimum Individual Qualification Spots
Per FIFG’s June 30, 2025 allocation, these individual spots are guaranteed for AFGF players:
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Projected Additional SpotS
(As of June 30, 2025)
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Men’s Category:
11 spots total (+4 projected)
Senior Men’s Category:
5 spots total (+2 projected)
Senior Plus & Women’s Categories:
No change
If a player earns a spot via the North America Regional or World Tour Ranking (ending at Desert Storm in November), they will retain that spot, and their other earned spot will be reallocated to the next eligible player in the relevant AFGL ranking.
AFGL Tour Ranking
Road to Acapulco Events
Your eligibility for ranking-based spots depends on AFGL-sanctioned tournaments held between July and November 2025, including:
Great Lakes Open 250
(Midwest – Completed)
U.S. Open 1000
(October 9–12, East Coast)
Desert Storm
(November 21–23, West Coast)
Top two AFGL-100
Events held anywhere in the U.S.
Players who qualify via FIFG Regional or World Rankings will be removed from AFGL Tour Ranking eligibility. Final rankings and confirmed bonus spots will be published after October 1, 2025, based on FIFG’s official country allocation.
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Participation & Invitation
Registration and participation in AFGL Tour qualification events and the FIFG World Cup is voluntary.
If a qualifying player declines the invitation to participate, the next ranked player in that category will be offered the invitation.
National Team Allocations
As FIFG expands to over 60 member nations, the team format for Acapulco 2026 is as follows:
24 Men’s National Teams
24 Senior Men’s National Teams
16 Women’s National Teams
North America has 3 regional spots for the Men and Senior Men categories and 2 spots for the Women category. As the host country, Mexico automatically qualifies in all Team categories, leaving 2 contested spots for Canada, Honduras, and the United States in the Men/Senior Men categories and 1 in the Women category. AFGL team captains will announce rosters for the North American Team Qualifiers in Los Cabos, Mexico next month (August 2025). Once finalized, AFGF will share rules and team details via the BlueGolf System.
For questions about Team categories, please contact your division captain:
Men’s Team:
Bart Wojtyla
Women’s Team:
Jo Reid
Senior Men’s Team:
Darrin Karuzas
Note: Senior Men Plus players may be included in the Senior Men Team if selected by the captain in the best interest of the team performance.
Individuals and Teams categories qualify separately
More information will be shared through BlueGolf and emailed after October 1 once final individual spots are confirmed by FIFG. For all inquiries, please contact us at: usa@footgolf.net