World Yo-Yo Contest 2018 will be held in Shanghai, China, in August of 2018.
The particular dates and venue details are coming soon.
WYYC2018 Official Web Site
http://wyyc2018.com/
WYYC2018 Official Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/worldyoyocontest/
WYYC2018 Official Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/worldyoyocontest
WYYC2018 Official Twitter
https://twitter.com/worldyoyocon
Here is the page for the contest rules for the World Yo-Yo Contest 2017 in Iceland.
In particular, the deadline for AP Division video submissions is very close. Please make sure you check the dates and submit on-time if you plan to compete in the AP Division.
For any other information aside from the Contest Rules, please visit the WYYC2017 official web site.
After much discussion among judges all over the world, we have a freestyle scoring criteria change that will be effective starting with this year’s WYYC.
The only changes this year will be with evaluation criteria.
Up Until 2016:
Beginning in 2017:
Detailed rules are coming soon.
We have had many inquiries and ideas for running WYYC in a different place from many enthusiastic people. However, after a few rounds of application submission, we realized the allotted time was not enough for people to fully prepare their proposals. Again, we have decided to set the submission deadline back further, starting with the current application round.
2019 Americas:
Feb. 28, 2017: Deadline for the proposals (We extended the deadline until April 1, 2017)
August, 2017: Announcement at WYYC2017 in Iceland
2020 Europe:
Feb 28, 2018: Deadline for the proposals
August, 2018: Announcement at WYYC2018 in Shanghai
2021 Asia:
Feb. 28, 2019: Deadline for the proposals
August, 2019: Announcement at WYYC2019 in Americas (location to be determined)
IYYF proudly introduced the host country of the 2018 World Yo-Yo Contest at the end of the award ceremony at the 2016 World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland.
We are very happy to announce that WYYC2018 will be held in Shanghai, China.
Further details will be announced when they have been confirmed. Keep your eye on www.iyyf.org for news.
IYYF had its second General Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on August 5, 2016.
We elected the next Executive Board and its Audit Committee, to serve a two-year term from September 1, 2016 until August 31, 2018.
Executive Board Members:
Ondra Sedivy (Czech Republic)
Hironori Mii (Japan)
Andre Boulay (USA)
Alfredo Mascali (Spain)
Steve Brown (USA)
Moyo Lin (Taiwan)
Grace Welch (UK)
Audit Committee:
Marcus Springer (Germany)
Nathan Crissey (USA)
Roy Teo (Singapore)
The host country of the 2018 World Yo-Yo Contest will be announced at the end of the award ceremony at the 2016 World Yo-Yo Contest in Cleveland.
Thank you for your patience and please look forward to the announcement.
There have been some inquiries for running WYYC2019 in Americas, however they are not yet ready to put together their proposals. Therefore, the IYYF has extended the submission deadline (originally Aug. 1, 2016) to Oct. 1, 2016.
2016 WORLD YOYO CONTEST will be held on Aug. 3-6, 2016 at Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
There have been some inquiries for running WYYC2018 in Asia, however they are not yet ready to put together their proposals. Therefore, the IYYF has extended the submission deadline (originally Dec. 1, 2015) to Feb. 1, 2016.
If you are in Asia and are interested in running WYYC2018 in your country, please send your proposal to iyyf (at) iyyf.org by Feb. 1, 2016.