IOF

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN FORENSICS

14-16 August 2026

DEADLINE

29 July 2026
NO REFUNDS AT ANY POINT AFTER REGISTRATION

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Hello Golden State Academy,

CONGRATULATIONS: If you are receiving this email, this means you or your student(s) have been selected as an International Olympiad in Forensics (IOF) team member for the 2026 USA Team!

This is an incredible accomplishment and a testament to the hard work, talent, & dedication that your organizations, students, and supporting figures such as parents or guardians have put in over the years. They should be very proud, and with this level of achievement, we can't wait to see where their futures take them.

Qualifications:

Public Forum, High School (HPF)
Location: Virtual
Country Representing: USA
Details: We expect the event to follow the original USAFO Championships schedule, with a closing ceremony on Sunday morning (Americas) / Sunday evening (Asia). More details will be sent around 1-2 weeks following the placement acceptance deadline.
Dates: 8/14-8/16/2026
Topic: NSDA 2026 Septober PF

Lincoln Douglas, High School (HLD)
Location: Virtual
Country Representing: USA
Details: We expect the event to follow the original USAFO Championships schedule, with a closing ceremony on Sunday morning (Americas) / Sunday evening (Asia). More details will be sent around 1-2 weeks following the placement acceptance deadline.
Dates: 8/14-8/16/2026
Topic: NSDA 2026 Septober LD

Lincoln Douglas, Middle School (MLD)
Location: Virtual
Country Representing: USA
Details: We expect the event to follow the original USAFO Championships schedule, with a closing ceremony on Sunday morning (Americas) / Sunday evening (Asia). More details will be sent around 1-2 weeks following the placement acceptance deadline.
Dates: 8/14-8/16/2026
Topic: NSDA 2026 Septober LD

Top placers at the International Olympiad in Forensics will receive physical medals.

To accept your placement, complete the following steps.

Complete the IOF 2026 Onboarding Form.

Judging

As a judge, you automatically abide by the Judge Policies & Procedures.
All judges must be available for all preliminary rounds, the first elimination round, and one round beyond the elimination of the last contestant from their representing school, even if their own child had gotten eliminated much earlier.
A minimum qualification for judges is a high school diploma.
Schools entering students in lower divisions should anticipate some of their judges being assigned to cover higher-division rounds.

General Tournament Rules
Updated general tournament rules can be found on this document.

Entry Price

PF and parent is judging $100
PF and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $250

LD and parent is judging $125
LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $300

Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

Click below to see the schedule:
Globally Compatible Schedule (LINK TBD) - PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIME ZONES!

Although the tentative schedule lists the start and end times, please keep in mind that there are various factors that may arise during a tournament that can cause rounds to be delayed. Therefore, if you are signing up for this tournament, please make sure you do not double book yourselves on these dates. Keep your schedule open and DO NOT leave the tournament without notifying the GSA chaperones first.

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: [email protected]
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: [email protected]
Or [email protected]

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Got any questions? Please email [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Make sure you understand that this online tournament is live and takes place in Eastern Time.

Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

Choose your event *

MS LD HS LD HS PF

JUDGE PROVISION

Will you (parent) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging?
This is a great collection of short videos that one of the leagues have put together to learn each event: click here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.
Click here to find other training and official certification resources. Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: [email protected]

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN FORENSICS

14-16 August 2026

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!