8 PRO CARDS to each NPC Worldwide open category champion.

Effective January 1, 2022, Regional Certificates are valid ONLY within the same calendar year.

Any athlete who resides in a country with a Regional Certificate requirement must compete in a Regional contest in his or her country and must obtain a Regional Certificate before competing in a Pro Qualifier contest anywhere in the world. This Regional Certificate is valid only until December 31, 2022. In 2023 and each year thereafter, this athlete must again compete in a Regional contest in his or her country to meet the yearly Regional Certificate requirement.

If an athlete resides in a country with a Regional Certificate requirement but there are no Regional contests in that country until later in the year, the athlete may compete in a Pro Qualifier contest anywhere in the world provided the Pro Qualifier contest is held before the first Regional contest in his or her country. When this Regional contest is held, the athlete may not compete in any other Pro Qualifier contest without first obtaining a Regional Certificate from his or her country.

Countries with a Regional Certificate requirement:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Uruguay

*Athletes from Denmark, Finland, and Norway may compete in a Regional contest in any one of these three countries, as well as in Sweden, to fulfill the requirement for an Official Regional Certificate.

**Athletes from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay may compete in a Regional contest in any one of these 8 countries to fulfill the requirement for an Official Regional Certificate.

2. Athletes must abide by the Regional and Pro Qualifier rules of the country in which they reside.

3. If an Athlete qualifies for an IFBB PRO card at a Pro Qualifier and, before applying for the card, competes in another Pro Qualifier or competes in a contest that is not sanctioned by NPC WORLDWIDE, the Athlete automatically and without notice forfeits the right to apply for the card.

4. US athletes must compete in an NPC contest not more than one year before competing in an NPC WORLDWIDE Regional or Pro Qualifier contest. US athletes who are posted overseas, or whose employment requires them to work overseas, are exempt from this requirement and compete under the rules of the country in which they reside.

5. Canadian athletes must compete in a Canadian Pro Qualifier no more than one year before competing in an NPC WORLDWIDE Regional or Pro Qualifier contest, except for the Arnold Amateur USA where only a current membership is required.

6. IFBB PRO Cards are not awarded to Master competitors, except for contests approved by NPC WorldWide.