The CMBEL rules are an add-on to the official IFSC rules. All rules written in the official IFSC documents apply unless otherwise noted in the CMBEL rules.
Official CMBel-Rules NL | FR - Rules changes 2025 - Updated 2025
IMPORTANT
Competition Questionaire
To collect more data about the national competitions, learn from it and adapt where possible, a competitions questionaire is implemented.
Everyone who plays a role in competitions in any way is asked/allowed to fill this out. Your name is asked but no email address is required. The questionaire can be found here.
Info and Rules for Registrations to Official Competitions
CMBEL uses a competition database website (WAS) to record all official competitions.
The same website is used for the registrations.
WAS enables anyone to register to a competition based on the gender and age.
WAS compiles all the CMBEL competition results which are accessible for anyone to consult.
The link to the WAS site is accessible via the CMBEL site.
The CAB and KBF websites have a link to the National Competitions of the CMBEL site.
All the official competitions are listed as well as some local/regional competitions (for info).
To participate in any Official Competition, it is necessary to :
Please note that it is compulsory to be member of an official Climbing Federation (CAB, KBF, other country’s official climbing federation) to participate in any Official Competition.
You must be in possession of you federation card proving your membership and must be able to show your membership card at anytime during an Official Competition if asked by an Official Federation responsible person (usually Nelis Caubergs or Jean Dorsimond).
Failing from being membership of a federation will automatically remove you from the participants of the competition.
For info or problems with Registrations:
KBF: Nelis Caubergs (nelis.caubergs@klimenbergsportfederatie.be)
CAB: Jean Dorsimond (jean@clubalpin.be)
Kroonlaan 313/20, 1050 Brussel / Avenue de la Couronne 313/20, 1050 Bruxelles