Wild Card Qualifying Events

These are some of the events that a competitor has to participate if he want to be considered into the Carding System:
1.) World Championships
2.) Olympic Games
3.)  World Games
4.) World Cup
5.) Pan American Games
6.) Pan American Taekwondo Championships
7.) Goodwill Games
8.) Senior Nationals

To participate in these competition you must be a Kukkiwon Certified Black Belt.

World Championships and National Teams Selection Process

To participate in a World Taekwondo Championships, the participant must first qualify to make their national team. There are eight weight divisions for men and women competitors in the World Taekwondo Championships. The National Team Selection Criteria are usually as follows:

A.) The competitor must qualify in their provincial, regional or State Championships by placing in the top three in their weight division.

B.) The competitor must then qualify in their National Championships on their own country by placing in the top three or qualify for one of two Wild Card positions, in some countries these Nationals winners will compete on Team Trials  Championships. The competitor who wins 1st place at the Team Trials Championships will represent their country at the  World Taekwondo Championships. Others Countries will choose their National team from all the 1st place in each weight division from their National Championships. Those will represent them on the World Taekwondo Championships.
In Canada the "1999 Olympic Division National Taekwondo Championships and Pan Am Games Team Selection", realized in Toronto on April 24-25, 1999, was used to select the Team who will represent Canada in the "World Taekwondo Championships", in Edmonton, Canada and the "Pan American Games", in Winnipeg, Canada.