General information

UWW License is obligatory for all Referees who wish to take part in a competition published in the UWW Calendar. Coaches' licenses are required to competitions for which registrations are made via Athena. 

The license is bought by our National Federations and can be purchased all through the year. It insures the Referees and Coaches to UWW competitions under certain conditions, and enables our Federations to register them to our competitions via Athena.

 New ! 2021 Referees and Coach licenses purchased from October to December 2021 will be validated for 2021 and 2022 !

Insurance

In the event of an accident or illness during a trip to a competition abroad registered in the UWW calendar, our Licensees are insured by IMSSA Insurance who guarantees the medical expenses abroad and in the country of residence after the returning from overseas. This applies only if the accident/illness occurred for the first time during the competition. On the return to the country of residence for the continuation of treatment, IMSSA will intervene on a subsidiary basis, that means that IMSSA may settle the medical expenses that are not paid by the licensee's local insurance. Licensees must therefore apply for a local insurance in their country of residence.

When a Licensee participates in a UWW competition in his country of residence, IMSSA does not cover any expenses related to illness, but only accident expenses and on a subsidiary basis. See the full details of the risk insured by IMSSA under Governance / License / Insurance.

Athena

Licenses are purchased by our Federations prior to competitions. They are not sold on site, nor to individuals, and exclusively via our Athena platform  https://athena.unitedworldwrestling.org 

Our Federations received their access to Athena from our IT Team. The Federation can log into its account : enter its username (which is the official UWW email address of the Federation) and password. In case of a lost password, the Federation should enter its username, and click on "Lost password", and the procedure will be sent immediately to its official email address.

For the purchase of a new License  there are two tasks to be completed on Athena : upload a valid passport copy (no ID card is accepted) and a photo. UWW will validate the documents within a few days, and you'll be able to purchase the license afterwards. For the renewal of a license, no further documents are required, and the Federation can directly buy the license of the chosen year. Please note that

• a Referee will get the license of the country for which he holds the passport. 
• a Coach can have missions abroad for a set period of time, and can therefore obtain a license of another country than his passport. In this case, please contact info@uww.org

Payment can be made

• by Credit card (no more bank expense !)
• by bank transfer : UWW will send an invoice to the Federation, and upon receipt of the payment, the license will be confirmed within 7 days. 

For United World Wrestling bank details - also mentioned at the bottom of each invoice -  click here

Upon receipt of the payment, the license will be validated until 31st December of the year.

Price, Age, Categories & Validity

• Price for the Coach license is 100 CHF

• Price of the Referee license is 100 CHF for all categories (IS, I, II, III and Candidat)
• For Candidat, the maximum age is 40 years old
• For IS, I, II, III, the maximum age is 60

All information concerning UWW Referee Courses and Categories can be found here

Personal license card

Coaches do not receive a personal License card at the moment.

The card of each new Referee is sent to his Federation a few weeks after the purchase. When the Federation renews his license the following year, the validity and category will be immediately visible with the QR code. The license card can be kept during an entire sport's career, as it is reusable.

Each Referee has to present his card at the UWW competition, and the list of Referee (printable via Athena by the Federation) also contains a QR code, and is accepted as valid proof for license.

More Information concerning IMSSA Insurance is mentioned at the back of each card : Insurer details, website, user name and password for an online insurance claim, and also on our website, under Governance / License / Insurance.