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
By completing regional play at the top end of the standings (see regional series below)
Winning an open qualifier (see open qualifier below)
Accumulating AT LEAST 300 total points throughout the 2025-2026 season (see point system below)
In addition to our 5 existing regions, Jr. 3SSB will now be adding the PNW/Mountain Region.
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 – June 5th-7th – Chicago, IL
BOYS – June 27th-29th – Rock Hill, SC
Regions
West
PNW/Mountain
South
Midwest
Northeast
Southeast
Boys Regional Series
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.)
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 : Only 48 total automatic bids to Jr. 3SSB nationals will be given out to teams throughout all age groups. This means that majority of jr. 3SSB nationals bids will be at-large bids.
At-large bids will be given to the remaining teams who have accumulated the most points throughout the year.
Teams who earn an automatic bid from regional play or open qualifiers are still encouraged to play in more events to improve their seeding for nationals.
GIRLS : Accumulating more wins in the Open Qualifiers will help you improve your seeding at Nationals
