The 5th FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship is to be held in Governador Valadares (Brazil) from April 6 to 20, 2022 (UPD April 8-16,2022). Local Rules of the event were approved by CIVL Bureau and published on the website.

The maximum number of pilots is 125. There is no limit on the number of pilots per nation. The maximum number of pilots constituting a national team is 6 total and 5 of one gender. Pilots from other Continents: as per Common Section 7 Common – 2.5.3.

Eligibility to compete:

• Between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, pilots must be ranked in the top 1500 in the World WPRS for paragliding or scored a minimum of 20 WPRS points in any single FAI sanctioned event.

At the time of the first allocation:

• Pilots must have the official support of their NAC.

• Nations are ranked according to the January 1, 2022 WPRS.

Link to the local rules file UPD 2 Dec