The National Championship events are run by the Canadian Functional Fitness Federation—the official National Sport Organization (NSO) operating under the International Functional Fitness Federation (IF3). These events serve to qualify the top 3 athletes in each division for the IF3 World Championships:

• Masters: November 21–23 in Australia

• Seniors & Juniors: December 5–7 in Lithuania

To minimize travel costs and ensure the best athletes across Canada qualify (not just from the East or West), we are running the same competition simultaneously in two locations, using a shared leaderboard.

While this is our first large-scale Nationals event since COVID, the CFFF Board and Nationals Committee are made up of experienced Functional Fitness event organizers, coaches, and internationally trained Technical Officials. The team last ran the 2022 IF3 Maters & Junoirs national championships at the Richmond Oval, which saw over 450 athletes travel in from around the world, and it was a huge success.

Our mission is to use this event to increase awareness of Functional Fitness as a sport in Canada, which is a key step toward unlocking Sport Canada government funding. This funding will allow us to deliver consistent, high-quality events for years to come, and without relying on private companies or donations, ensuring that athletes experience and safety can remain our top priority.

Though attendance at this event may not top 400+ athletes like we hope, we’re looking at it as the jumping off point for multiple years of this event to grow from utilizing the same date and locations for years to come.

For the first time ever, the Functional Fitness League (FFL) is combining multiple season playoffs into one big multi-day event, hosted alongside the CFFF National Championships. The FFL will provide the team competition for Rx and Scaled teams, while the CFFF manages the competitive individual event.

Teams are encouraged to participate in an FFL season prior to the event, as their season ranking will count as "Event/Workout 1" at playoffs, provided all four athletes on the team competed in at least one season match. Teams that do not take part in a season are still welcome to join playoffs only, but will start one score behind. (Don’t worry, with a minimum of six scored events, there’s plenty of time to catch up!)

This is your chance as an athlete of any level to throw down on the big stage alongside some of Canada’s top individuals. You won’t want to miss it!

Since Functional Fitness is not yet as big out west, our WEST event will be co-hosted by the Functional Fitness League who will also be running their 2025 seasons Super Playoff event for teams of 2M+2F.

The FFL has been running for over a decade bringing recreational ‘beer league’ type competition to affilaites all over British Columbia. Typically the seasons end with a single all day playoff event, but this year we’re running a multi day multi season playoff alongside the CFFF National Championships.

Athletes must qualify for this event via one of our online qualifiers, their provincial championships, or via direct invite from CFFF. If you have not yet recieved your invite please contact us.

• Athlete Invitation Process & Timelines

Competition Links & Details

• CFFF Nationals Qualifier #1 (April 03-14)

• CFFF Nationals Qualifier #2 (June 5-16)

• WEST National Championships Event info

• EAST National Championships Event info

For those less competitive who are interested in throwing down on the same floor as some of Canada’s best athletes - the Functional Fitness League will be hosting their multi season Super Playoffs during the CFFF event!

FFL Teams are 2M+2F and have divisions for every level (scaled / Rx). Workouts are always tailored to ensure that everyone can take part, while still being challenging for the top athletes.

Taking part in playoffs does NOT require you to have done a season - but you’ll come in with a (slight) advantage if you do!

• YVR Season 2 Details & Registration

• Super Playoffs Details & Registration

We rely on volunteers (including our entire board) to make these events happen.

We have opportunties to volunteer at the upcoming events for half days (7AM-1PM or 12PM - 7PM), full days, or the full weekend at EITHER location.

We will provide food, shirts, and front row seats to the action to everyone who volunteers for at least one shift.

• Apply to Volunteer at EAST or WEST event

• View all available volunteer roles to be filled

Become a CFFF trained Technical Official Level 2

Part of our goal as an NSO is to train nationally and internationally recognized Technical Officials to help ensure ALL FF events have access to experienced TOs to ensure top quality competition. Begin your TO training journey today;

• Complete the TO1 test (free)

• Attend a live TO2 Training prior to the event:

  • We will host a LIVE in person training the weekend prior at both locations.

  • We will host a BACKUP online TO2 training during the week prior to the event

  • Fill out the ‘Apply to Volunteer’ form above to be kept up to date on upcoming TO training sessions.

As a non profit and National Sport Organization our goal is to connect Canadian brands with Canadian athletes.

WEST EVENT DETAILS

• Event Venue:

  • PNE Forum (over 20,000 sqf)

• What’s provided:

  • Vendor village will be right at the entrance for guarenteed visibility.

  • Booth space ~10×10 but can be discussed.

  • Open floor space with power/plugs available, bring your own tables / tent / etc.

  • Partner shout-outs on @canadian_functional_fitness and at / during the event.

  • Ongoing connections with FF registered clubs and opportunities to attend or partner with future events hosted by CFFF or it’s registered clubs.

  • Listing on the CFFF Partners page

• Expected Attendees:

  • 50-100 Volunteers

  • 200-300 Athletes

  • 100-200 Spectators

  • Athletes will be coming primarily from across BC & Alberta with some expected from further east as well.

• Fees to attend:

  • Donations to the CFFF (suggested range: $100–$500 based on your business size)

  • In-kind support such as product samples, services, or athlete-exclusive perks at the event

  • % of event revenue: If you’re retailing product at our event, we accept a donation based on a % of your sales

  • Other options: We are open to any and all offers and conversations of what makes sense for your brand and our athletes.

// APPLY NOW //

Applications will be processed on a first come first served basis.

EAST EVENT DETAILS

Applications to join our EAST event as a brand or partner must first go through the event host Team LDN. If you’re interested in attending the east event as a brand please contact that event lead.

Whether you’re a brand, athlete, or volunteer - here’s the tentative schedule outline for BOTH locations (unless specified).

Friday July 18:

• 12:00PM - 8:00PM: Event setup

• 6:00PM-8:00PM: Athlete Check-in & optional vendor setup

Saturday July 19:

• 6:00 - 7:00AM: Organizers meeting and final prep.

• 7:00AM: Technical Official morning event brief

• 8:00AM - 12:00PM: Competition & events

• 12:00PM: Technical Official afternoon event brief & shift change.

• 1:00PM ~7:00PM: Competition & events.

Sunday July 20:

• 7:00AM: Technical Official morning event brief

• 8:00AM - 12:00PM: Competition & events

• 12:00PM: Technical Official afternoon event brief & shift change.

• 1:00PM ~5:00PM: Competition & events.

• 5:00-6:00PM: Awards & wrap up

• 6:00PM - 10:00PM: Event cleanup & pack out.

Sunday July 19 (WEST ONLY)

• 7:00AM - 10:00AM: Final equipment pickup & packup from PNE Forum.

• What is Functional Fitness?

• What do NSOs do?

• Resources & Documentation

As a non profit organizaiton, our primary focus is on creating the sport that Functional Fitness athletes deserve. Unfortunately, as a non profit, getting word about this out is our biggest challenge. Please see the attached letters from CFFF President Simon Damborg which are tailored to Athletes, Affiliate Owners, or Brands explaining our goals and how you can help.

• Letter for Athletes

• Letter for Gym Owners

• Letter for Brands

We are always looking for more volunteers to join our committees or our board, and help us shape the future of Functional Fitness in Canada, and internationally under the International Functional Fitness Federation. If you’re interested in getting involved, please check-out our committees and apply to join.

We are also looking to train Technical Officials (judges) across Canada and to provide them as a resource for ALL FF competitions. If you’re interested in becoming a Nationally and Internationally trained and recognized TO, please read more below or begin your TO1 training today.

Why Technical Officials are the Backbone of Functional Fitness (and how to become one)

Our goal s the NSO for Canadian Functional Fitness is to ensure the best talent available qualifies to represent Canada at the IF3 World Championships.

We know that expecting athletes to travel across the country and then travel to worlds is a lot to ask, so we’re running 2 locations to alleviate travel costs as much as possible.

We are utilizing a shared leaderboard because we do not want this to be a ‘west vs east’ competition. Typically events would give spots to the top 1-2 east and top 1-2 west, but we want to ensure its the top 3 from either that go on to the next stage.

Scores for each event will not go live on the leaderboard until both locations have completed all heats of that event. This way nobody will have an advantage being able to see times to beat etc from the other time domains.

This also means we will not be able to announce final winners until both events have fully wrapped up.

In our WEST event - yes! You can register as a ‘non competitive’ athlete which will allow you to be on the floor and completing the same workouts - you just won’t be eligible to continue on to the next stage.

At our EAST event - no. Since we have limited space at this event our focus is purely on athletes who have qualified via one of our qualifiers or Quebenc pronvincials, or via direct invite based on prior competition performance.

The $15 / year annual athlete membership is required to take part in any and all CFFF sanctioned events. This nominal fee goes towards our non profit to help us grow and develop the sport. If you have registered for a membership via cfff.fit - it should auto renew annually through stripe (unless you disabled it).

Please note: membership purchases (via stripe) always show they are from BCFFSA, ignore this. That was the account it was originally set up under, and the banks make it very hard to change (payment still goes to CFFF).

FFL atheltes do NOT require a membership to compete (but we encourage your support).

Don’t hesitate to contact us and we will provide anwers and updates as quickly as possible.

info@functionalfitnessfederation.ca