Compare Powerlifting Federations

United States

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting Suits			Mono	Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Brief
100% Raw		0	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
AAU	Raw	0	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
ADAU		0	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
ADFPF	Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
AFPF		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	AAFPF	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	AFPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	No
	AAFPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	Yes
APA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes	No
	Tested	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Unl Open	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Unl Test	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Raw Open	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	No
	Raw Test	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	Yes
APC		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	No
	UAPC	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
APF		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	AAPF	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	APF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	No
	AAPF Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	Yes
	APF 1-ply	1	POL	1	POL	Yes	Yes	No
	AAPF 1-ply	1	POL	1	POL	Yes	Yes	Yes
APL	Single	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	No	No	No
	Multi	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	No	No
EPF		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	No	No
ESA		0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	No
GW	Raw	0	-	0	-	No	No	No
	Equip	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	No	No	No
IBP	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
IPA	Pro	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Amateur	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Pro-Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	No
	Am-Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	Yes
ISA		2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	ISAA	2	Pol,Den,Can	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
MSA		0(w)	-	0	-	No	No	No
NASA	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	Yes
PPL	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	No	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No	Yes
NOVA		0	-	0	-	-	No	No
PRIDE	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	No	No
	Geared	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No	No
	Unlimited	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	No	No
PRPA		0(w)	-	0	-	-	No	No
RAW United	Raw	0(w)	-	0(s)	-	-	No	No
	Ironman	0	-	0	-	-	No	Yes
SLP		1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	No	Yes
SPF	Single	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Multi	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	Yes	No
SSA	Unlimited	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Single	1	Pol,Den,Can	1	Pol,Den,Can	No	Yes	No
	Standard	0(w)	-	0	-	No	Yes	No
UPA	Open	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Tested	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Raw Open	0(w)	-	0(w)	-	No	Yes	No
	Raw Test	0(w)	-	0(w)	-	No	Yes	Yes
USAPL		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
	Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
USPA	Single	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No	No
	Multi	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
USPF	Single	1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	No	No*
	Multi	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No*
	Raw	0(w)	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
WABDL	Single	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	-	Yes
	Multi	2	Pol,Den	-	-	-	-	Yes
WCPF	Single	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol,Den	No	Yes	No
	Multi	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	Yes	No
WNPF	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol,Den	No	Yes	Yes
	Unlimited	3	Pol,Den	2	Pol,Den	Yes	Yes	Yes
WNPFLT	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	No	Yes	Yes
	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	Yes	Yes

International

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Mono	Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
GPA		0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	Yes	No
GPC	Equipped	2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	Yes	No
GPF	Equipped	2
	Raw	0(w)	-	0(k)	-	-	Yes	No
IPF		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
WDFPF	Equip	1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
	Raw	0 (w)	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
WPA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes	No
WPC		UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
	AWPC	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	Yes
	WPC Raw	0	-	0	-	No	Yes	No
	AWPC Raw	0	-	0	-	No	Yes	Yes
WPF		1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	Yes	No
WUAP		2	Pol,Den	Unl	Pol,Can,Den	Yes	Yes	No

Canada

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Mono	Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
CDFPA	Equipped	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	No	Yes
	Unequipped	0	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
CPA	Open	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes	No
	Tested	2	Pol,Den	2	Pol	Yes	Yes	Yes
CPO		3	Pol,Den	3	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
CPU		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
IPA		2	Pol,Den	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No

Great Britain

Federation	Division	Bench Shirts		Lifting/Squat Suits			Mono	Test
		Plies	Material	Plies	Material	Briefs
BDFPA	Equipped	1	Pol,Den	1	Pol	Yes	No	Yes
	Unequipped	0	-	0	-	No	No	Yes
BPC		2	Pol,Den	UNL	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No
BPO		1	Pol	1	Pol	Yes	Yes	No
GBPF		1	Pol	1	Pol	No	No	Yes
GPCGB		2	Pol,Den	Unl	Pol,Den,Can	Yes	Yes	No

Abbreviations Key:
Pol=Polyester | Can=Canvas | Den=Denim
(w) - Wrist wraps allowed. (k) - Knee wraps allowed. (s) - Knee sleeves allowed. * - Some USPF meets are drug tested as determined by the meet director.