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Powerlifting
Everything the paper holds for Powerlifting: game reports built from the signed-off box score, the schools that field the sport, the athletes who have chosen to be public, and the season calendar.
From the Scorebook
Powerlifting Game Reports
No Powerlifting reports published yet
A report lands in this section as soon as both teams' books agree, the box score is signed off, and the recap is published from the game page.
The Season
Season Calendar
Season Calendar · 2026
Powerlifting · International Powerlifting Federation (IPF); para powerlifting is governed separately by World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) under the IPC
| Phase | Starts | Ends | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| IPF year-round championship calendar | Jan 31, 2026 | Dec 13, 2026 | Year-round and indoors, with no closed season and no hemisphere inversion. Runs from the SBD Sheffield Classic on 31 January through European championships in February and March, World Bench Press in May, World Classic Open in June, junior worlds in August and September, Masters worlds in October, World Open Equipped in November, FISU World University Championships in Sharjah 26-30 November, Asian Open and Masters in Ulaanbaatar 1-10 December and the European Sub-Junior and Junior Classic in Kranjska Gora 3-13 December. |
| World Classic & Equipped Bench Press Championships | May 23, 2026 | May 31, 2026 | Warsaw, Poland. |
| World Open Equipped Powerlifting Championships | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 15, 2026 | Istanbul, Turkey. |
| Para Powerlifting Bahrain 2026 World Championships | — | — | Art Hotel & Resort Amwaj, Manama. The 12th edition, with Rookie and Next Gen Worlds from 27 November and the Elite World Championships 28 November to 5 December 2026. The IPC's own 2025-28 championships table still shows a wider window of 1-10 December; the July 2026 news item is the later and more specific statement. Two sources publish different windows for this event; both are recorded under Sources Disagree and no date is asserted here. |
| IPF 2027 season | Feb 7, 2027 | Dec 12, 2027 | European Masters Classic, Malta, 7-14 February; Asian Sub-Junior and Junior, Hong Kong, 5-11 May; World Classic & Equipped Bench Press, Istanbul, 13-23 May; World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 19-27 June; Asian-African-Pacific, Astana, 5-13 July; EUSA Classic, Split, 24-27 July; World Classic Sub-Junior & Junior, Haining, China, August to September to be determined; European Bench Press, Batumi, 18-26 September; World Masters, St. John's, Canada, October to be determined; World Sub-Junior, Junior and Open Equipped, Kitakyushu, Japan, 4-13 November; European Junior Classic, Druskininkai, 6-12 December. |
| USA Powerlifting High School Nationals | — | — | Killeen Civic & Conference Center, Killeen, Texas. USA Powerlifting's rule is that High School Nationals must be held on one of the last two weekends in March, running Thursday to Sunday, with Junior High lifting on Thursday from 2026. The 2027 edition is 19-21 March at the Albany Capital Center, Albany, New York. Two sources publish different end dates for this event; both are recorded under Sources Disagree and no date is asserted here. |
| IPF World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships | Jun 13, 2026 | Jun 21, 2026 | Druskininkai, Lithuania; originally awarded to the UAE with the host city Fujairah and the Zayed Sports Complex before an official relocation notice |
IPF championship calendar · checked Jul 31, 2026
Sources Disagree
2 dates are published more than one way
Both published versions are shown with the page each came from. The paper does not pick between them — the governing body settles it.
Elite calendar
Two published windows for the Bahrain 2026 Para Powerlifting World Championships. The phase dates are left null pending resolution.
- Rookie and Next Gen from 27 November, Elite 28 November to 5 December 2026Nov 27, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026IPC news
- 1 to 10 December 2026Dec 1, 2026 – Dec 10, 2026IPC championships 2025-2028 table
Settled by World Para Powerlifting
High school season
Two published end dates for the 2026 USA Powerlifting High School Nationals in Killeen, Texas.
- 26 to 29 March 2026Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 29, 2026USA Powerlifting event page
- 26 to 30 March 2026Mar 26, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026Powerlifting.com listing
Settled by USA Powerlifting
Not Yet Confirmed
4 parts of the Powerlifting year are still unsourced
These are gaps, not blanks. Each names what is missing and who would confirm it. Nothing is estimated to fill the shape of the table above.
- Season window
- Which U.S. body currently holds IPF membership and how the two split national-team selection — the IPF championship secretary at championshipsecretary@powerlifting.sport would confirm. IPF official invitation PDF · IPF homepage
- High school season
- Which year the Milwaukee 10-13 April High School Nationals belongs to — Powerlifting America would confirm. Powerlifting America high school page · Powerlifting America
- College season
- The 2026 Collegiate Nationals host city and the 2027 dates from an official federation page — USA Powerlifting and Powerlifting America would confirm. IPF calendar · Powerlifting America Collegiate Nationals
- Data availability
- Whether the IPF's OpenPowerlifting-style results database or live-results service is publicly accessible — the IPF would confirm. IPF calendar · WPPO events
Around The Season
- High school
- Not an NFHS sport; powerlifting is absent from the NFHS list of sanctioned activities and sports. A national high-school championship structure exists outside NFHS and is anchored to late March: USA Powerlifting High School Nationals 26-29 March 2026 in Killeen, Texas and 19-21 March 2027 in Albany, New York. Powerlifting America runs a separate High School Nationals, 16-19 April 2026 in Omaha, Nebraska. NFHS Activities & Sports
- College
- Not an NCAA sport; powerlifting appears in neither the NCAA championship future-dates schedule nor the emerging-sports-for-women list. Collegiate competition runs as Collegiate Nationals in April under the national federations, 9-12 April 2026, and Powerlifting America also stages a Collegiate Nationals. International university competition runs through FISU and EUSA: FISU World Championships Powerlifting in Sharjah 26-30 November 2026 and the EUSA Classic in Split 24-27 July 2027. NCAA Future Dates Summary
- Olympic and major games
- Powerlifting is not on the LA28 Olympic programme; Para Powerlifting is on the LA28 Paralympic programme. Powerlifting appears at the Commonwealth Championships in Winnipeg 2026 and the FISU World University Championships, and para powerlifting is on the programmes of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on 24 July 2026, the ASEAN Para Games 21-25 January 2026, the Para South American Games in Valledupar 3-6 July 2026 and the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games 19-24 October 2026. LA28 Games Plan
- Club, youth and academy
- The U.S. domestic pathway is a qualify-then-nationals cycle rather than a season. Regionals run in the autumn - Southwest 5-6 September, Midwest 12-13 September, West Coast 12-13 September, Southeast 19-20 September, Northeast 16-18 October - feeding national championships across the spring and summer: High School Nationals in March, Collegiate Nationals 9-12 April, Raw, Masters and Youth Nationals 10-14 June 2026 and Bench and Equipped Nationals 21 August 2026, from a base of over 600 competitions a year. International entry deadlines sit months ahead of the meets; final nominations for the June 2026 World Classic Open closed 23 May 2026 with preliminary nominations on 14 April. The IPF also runs coach education, with Trainer Education Course Level II in Istanbul 26-28 June, Santiago 17-19 September and Halmstad 30 October to 1 November 2026.
- Busiest months
- January, March, April, June, November
Results data · Published but human-readable only. The IPF posts calendars, invitations and timetables as web tables and PDFs rather than a structured feed. Para powerlifting is better organised, with a full public calendar carrying downloadable schedules and information packages.
Programs
Schools Fielding Powerlifting
No Powerlifting programs in the directory yet
This list is built from the school directory the roster work already produced. Schools appear as soon as a program for this sport is sourced.
Athletes
Public Powerlifting Pages
Athlete records are private by default. Only athletes who have claimed their record and chosen to make it public appear here.
No public athlete pages in this section yet
An athlete appears here only after they have claimed their record and set it public. Nothing is listed on their behalf.
Bylines
Reporting on Powerlifting
No filed stories on Powerlifting yet
Stories from named reporters covering this sport appear here, each carrying that reporter's page and their podcast, channel and social links.