As was decided in the recently concluded FCA General Assembly, the competition formula for the Asian Cadet Circuit has been modified. Effective immediately the following should be observed and implemented:
*With no more than 30 fencers, two rounds of pools followed by direct elimination table with classification matches from T-16
*With more than 30 fencers, two rounds of pools followed by Direct Elimination
*With more than 50 fencers, one round of pools followed by Direct Elimination
*When there are two round of pools, the results of both pools must be considered in preparing the DE table
*From the rounds preceding the DE table, at least 10% and a maximum of 20% of the competitors should be eliminated