2026 WATL Rules Updates
As WATL continues to evolve, our focus remains on creating a rulebook that’s clear, fair, and true to the spirit of competition. Now, in the final season of 2025, we’ve seen a community that’s confident…
2025 WATL Rating System
WATL is introducing a new 2025 Rating System designed to enhance competition by dynamically tracking performance and ranking competitors beyond just total points. This innovative system ensures fairness, makes every game matter, and evolves with…
2024 Rules Survey Results
The World Axe Throwing League (WATL) recently conducted a comprehensive survey to gather invaluable feedback from our community of throwers. We want to thank everyone who took the time to complete the feedback survey. Your…
Advanced vs. Amateur – Division Declarations
All throwers will have until April 5th to declare as Advanced or Amateur via their App profiles. Once Season 2 begins on April 6th, NO DIVISION CHANGES CAN BE MADE. The designation must be made…
2024 Rule Change Highlights
By now you should be familiar with the larger changes coming in 2024 with the new ruleset. If you aren’t, start with the Rules Summary video for the basics. There are also a lot of…
2024 Gameplay Proposal
JULY 20 – Beta rules released Click below to read the most updated version of the 2024 rules release. Below the red line, you can find the Alpha version of the rules, which have since…
Rating System Beta Test
Who is the best thrower in the world? And where do you stack up? These are questions we’ve often heard and that don’t always have clear answers. We can look at a season and say…
2023 Tournament Seeding Update
With the addition of Tyler Flynn to the WATL team, one of the first tasks was examining the seeding method used in 2022 and evaluating its effectiveness at placing throwers in their ‘correct’ seeding placement. …
2023 Rules Update
Thank you to our WATL Council and all the community members who provided feedback on the proposed rule changes for 2023. We made a commitment to the community (throwers and venues) to communicate these proposed…
2023 Proposed Rules Updates Public Feedback Request
As we have moved through into 2022, WATL has been engaging with stakeholders in the sport to review and adjust rules and gameplay to continue to move the sport forward. Part of our commitment to…