New Features for 2026-2027
 

• Boys Jr. 3SSB will now utilize a hybrid schedule consisting of regional play and open qualifiers.

  • A team must now earn their way into nationals by either earning a bid through one of these avenues.

  • Programs are allowed to participate in both.

  • Qualifying for boys nationals can be done in a variety of ways

  • Winning an open qualifier (see open qualifier below)

  • Accumulating AT LEAST 350 total points throughout the 2026-2027 season (see point system below)

• BOYS will offer 11u-14u divisions

• GIRLS will now be offering 12u-14u Divisions

  • Both Boys and Girls will be offering Gold and Silver divisions in each age group.

• BOYS Jr. 3SSB will now be implementing a new point system to determine seeding for events, and who will earn a bid to nationals.

  • Majority of bids to Jr. 3SSB nationals will be determined by our new point system.

  • In addition, this will help us improve seeding super regionals, open qualifiers and nationals.

• GIRLS Jr. 3SSB must participate in only one Open Qualifier in order to qualify for nationals.

  • We will use the same point system as the boys in order to improve seeding for nationals

• Nationals Dates

  • GIRLS – June25-27 – Rock Hill, SC

  • BOYS – July 1-4 – Bryan, TX

Regions

• West

• PNW

• South

• Midwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

Boys Regional Series

• All teams must be wearing adidas head to toe.

• Each region will consist of two mandatory regional qualifiers.

  • At each regional qualifier, each team will play (4) set games.

  • The top teams based on points will advance to the super regional, where the best from your region will compete against the best from another region.

• Super regionals will be a tournament style event where automatic bids to nationals will be awarded to the top finishers (number of automatic bids vary based on the age group + level of play).

• Regional point system

  • Regional Qualifier Win : +100

  • Super regional Win : +150

    • The champions of each division at the super regional will accumulate an addition 50 points for winning the entire tournament.

  • Loss : +0

• Each team must play in ONLY 1 REGION throughout regional series play (ex. You cannot play your first regional qualifier in the west region, then play your 2nd regional qualifier in mountain region.)

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Open Qualifiers

• Each open qualifier is open to any team that would like to enter, including teams that play in the boys regional series.

• BOYS : Open qualifiers will be tournament style events where the finalist in the gold divisions will earn an automatic bid to jr. 3SSB nationals (1st and 2nd place finishers). The champion of each silver division will receive an automatic bid also.

• GIRLS : Participation in an Open Qualifier will earn your team an automatic bid into nationals. Your results will be taken into account when seeding is done for nationals.

• Open Qualifier point system

  • Win : +50

    • The champion from each division will receive an additional +25 points.

  • Loss : +0

Point system importance

• BOYS : All Boys Teams who accumulate at least 350 total points will automatically qualify for nationals. However, you are not advised to stop participating when you hit this number.

  • All nationals seeding will be contingent on the point system. More than likely, a team who has only 350 points will receive a low seed.

  • Gold level teams who qualify are not guaranteed a spot in the gold division at nationals. We will take no more than 64 teams in any gold division, and these bids will be based on point accumulation.

  • all remaining gold teams who still want to attend nationals will be placed in the silver division, and will only be moved up if a team drops out of the gold division. In the case a team does drop, the highest ranked gold team in silver will be moved up.

• GIRLS : Accumulating more wins in the Open Qualifiers will help you improve your seeding at Nationals