Teams are eligible to apply for the USYF National Championships under one of two categories;  Guaranteed Acceptance or At-Large Application.

 

Guaranteed Acceptance Teams - Teams that played in a USYF Regional and earned a Division or Age Group Champion / Finalist placement.  An Age - Group Champions / Finalists is used for teams that played in a combined age group (example - U9/U10  division).

Registration Opens For Guaranteed Acceptance Teams - Feb. 3, 2023.

Registration Closes for Guaranteed Acceptance Teams - Feb. 28, 2023.  
Guaranteed Acceptance teams, have until February 28, 2023 to register and pay the tournament fee to retain their guaranteed status.   Once guaranteed acceptance team registers, they can consider their spot secured and can begin booking their travel and hotels through TeamRunner.  If the the Guaranteed Acceptance deadline is missed, teams will forfeit their guaranteed acceptance status and become At- Large teams. 

At-Large Teams - Teams that competed in a  USYF Regional Championship but did not achieve Guaranteed Acceptance. 

Registration Opens for All At-Large teams - February 19th, 2023

Registration Closes for At-Large Teams - March 15, 2023

Notification of acceptance of At-Large Teams - March 31, 2023

At this deadline, registration for the 2023 USYF Nationals will close

Acceptance Criteria

1. The guaranteed acceptance teams meeting the deadline will be accepted first. 

2. After the guaranteed acceptance teams, the remaining slots will be filled by At-Large teams.

3. All At-Large teams registering by the At-large deadline will be evaluated by the Tournament Committee. The At-Large group may also contain teams that earned a guaranteed acceptance but did not meet the Feb. 28th registration deadline.

4. After tournament committee reviews the At-Large applications, acceptance status will be sent to those teams no later than March 31, 2023.

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