Bent Bar Powerlifting
2025 IDFPA BENCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 7 - 9, 2025
BENCH WORLD QUALIFIERS
INVITES WILL BE GOING OUT AFTER BENCH NATIONALS!
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Qualifying USA Powerlifting USA Lifters
Top 3 Placings at Bench Nationals
All Bench Pro Card Holders
Arnold Bench Bash Winners
Invites from Military Nationals
Invites from Master's Invitational
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Qualifying USAPL Non-USA Lifters
Invitations will be sent to the top 3 benchers per weight class
from USAPL and IDFPA affiliates
A total from another drug tested organization.
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​IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Weight Class Change Deadline - October 25, 2025​​​
ATHLETE INFORMATION
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - Tentative​
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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Equipment Check - 6-8 PM
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Location - Hilton Albany - Downtown
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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Session 1
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Athlete Check-In, Equipment Check, Rack Heights - 10:30 AM
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Weigh-Ins - 11:00 AM
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Lifting - 1:00 PM​
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All Equipped Bench
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Session 2
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Athlete Check-In, Equipment Check, Rack Heights - 2:00 PM
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Weigh-Ins - 2:30 PM
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Lifting - 4:30 PM
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Female Raw 44 - 65kg
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Male Raw 56 - 70kg​​​
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Saturday, November 8th
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Session 1
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Athlete Check-In, Equipment Check, Rach Heights - 9:30
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Weigh-Ins - 10:00 AM
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Lifting - 12:00 PM
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​​Female Raw 70 - 90kg
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Session 2
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Athlete Check-In, Equipment Check, Rack Heights - 2:00 PM
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Weigh-Ins - 2:30 PM
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Lifting - 4:30 PM
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Male Raw 75 - 125kg
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Sunday, November 9th
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Session 1
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Athlete Check-In, Equipment Check, Rack Heights - 8:30 AM
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Weigh-Ins - 9:00 AM
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Lifting - 11 AM​
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Male Raw 110 - 140+kg
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Female Raw 100 - 100+kg
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Sunday, November 9th
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Banquet (more info forthcoming)​
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EVENT MEDIA INFORMATION
Barbell Productions will be our media team for the IDFPA Bench World Championships.
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If you intend to purchase media (photos or video), you can follow the link below to pre-order.
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EVENT INFORMATION
​BENCH WORLDS SPECTATOR/COACH ENTRY
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Spectator - $20 per day
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Coach/Handler - $30 per session
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Click the Register Now button to purchase. (Available October 1st)
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Fees apply
SPECTATOR & COACH ENTRY
Spectators will be allowed into the vendor and competition room starting at TBD on November 7th - 9th.
Lifters will be allowed 1 person to assist them. This is to keep the warm-up room from being overpopulated with extra bodies. Anyone not credentialed to be in the warm-up room will be asked to leave and go to the spectator section. Security personnel will be present at the entry point, and monitors will be stationed inside the warm-up room to verify the correct wristbands.​​
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VENUE
ALBANY CAPITAL CENTER
5 Eagle Street
Albany, 12207
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​PARKING
On-street parking is available around the venue for free during the weekend. There is an attached parking garage to the Albany Capital Center that has a capacity of 100 cars, and parking is $12 a day. ​​
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Hotel Room Block
Airport Information
Albany International Airport
737 Albany Shaker Rd
Albany, NY 12211
​(9 miles to venue; 3 miles to Wolf Road hotels)
Airlines - Allegiant, Frontier, JetBlue, Delta, United, American, Southwest
Direct Flights from - Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Miami, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New York, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, Tampa, Washington DC
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Trains and buses are available from NYC, Boston, and Bradley Airport (CT)
