Tournament news
What's full, what closes this week and what just opened, from every USA Fencing and AskFRED listing we track.
- Both Fall NACs Close Today, 205 Events Are Wait-List Only, and Winter Still Has Room — National, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Cadet Men's Epee at the November NAC is still 259 of 336, and the big January–March regionals that opened this month are mostly empty.
- Region 1 Tournament Watch: Salle Auriol's December RJCC Is Sold Out, and the Seattle Vet Cup Opens Next Week — Region 1, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Eight Pacific Northwest fields went to wait-list in five days. Small caps close fast here.
- Region 3 Tournament Watch: Morris Cup's Epee Fields Are Gone, and American Challenge Opens Tomorrow — Region 3, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Cadet Men's Epee at Morris Cup filled all 140 spots since Friday; Cobra Challenge and Ben Gutenberg lost fields too.
- Region 4 Tournament Watch: AFM Is Down to Its Last Six Fields, and Elite Cup Is Next — Region 4, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. AFM Super Regional closes September 30 with 36 of 42 fields full. San Diego's Elite Cup added 250 fencers in ten days.
- Region 5 Tournament Watch: Austin Is Sold Out Twice Over, and Houston Closes Monday — Region 5, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Forty of the 44 Region 5 events we track are full, three months before the December Austin Challenge.
- Region 6 Tournament Watch: Peachtree Is Closed Out, and Five Big Winter Regionals Are Wide Open — Region 6, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Region 6 has the most open USA Fencing capacity in the country this winter, from Kiefer Meinhardt in November onward.
- Region 4 Tournament Watch: AFM Super Regional Is Almost Gone — and Four New Tournaments Just Opened — Region 4, Saturday, September 12, 2026. AFM went from 24 full events to 28, and four USA Fencing tournaments opened in the region with room in almost every event.
- Tournament Season Heats Up: What's Closing, What's Wide Open — National, Week of September 7, 2026. The first full look at this season's caps: which fields are gone, which close this week, and which just opened.
- Region 1 Tournament Watch: Seattle's Fall Circuit Is Filling Up — Region 1, Week of September 7, 2026. Rain City, Emerald City and Salle Auriol are tightening well before their deadlines.
- Region 3 Tournament Watch: Premier Challenge Sells Out — Here's Your Next Shot — Region 3, Week of September 7, 2026. Every tracked Premier Challenge event is full. A December tournament just opened, wide open.
- Region 4 Tournament Watch: AFM Super Regional Is Filling Fast — Don't Wait for the Deadline — Region 4, Week of September 7, 2026. Two-thirds of AFM's events were full with the deadline still three weeks away.