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Qualifying criteria
are as follows
Teams must meet the
following three criteria.
1. Team must be USFA Sanctioned
2. Must do at least one of the following:
A. Receive a direct berth at a USFA Regional NIT*
B. Attend at least 1 State Qualifier or NIT
3. Attend the USFA State Tournament in your home state
**
4
. Receive an at-large berth if no USFA events are available
within 300 miles of your teams home. (Contact
your Regional Director for details)
***
*
NIT
events will award 1 birth for each 5 teams participating per age group.
**
All teams must attend the State Tournament in the state
in with they are registered, with the only exception being those teams who received a berths
via an NIT.
***
At-large berths will be limited to teams in states with no
State Tournament, State Qualifiers or Regional NIT events
and may not be transferred. All other teams must
qualify.
Also See Exceptions
New for 2008
 Beginning
in Fall 2007-2008 Season, National berths are no longer
awarded for hosting a USFA events.
- Due to the decrease in hosting fees
and the increase in hosting points, USFA elected to eliminate the
automatic berth allowance. The USFA sanctioning costs of hosting a
State Qualfier has decreased from $20 to $10 per team.
- Teams will receive 50pts for hosting and an
additional 50pts for every 10 teams entered. ex: 1-9= 50pts /
10-19=100pts 20-29= 150pts / 30-39 = 200pts / 40-49 = 250pts, etc.
Points will be awarded by the regional offices once the event has
been closed out (all results have been entered online) and sanction
fees are received at the regional offices
Do we need a certain number of points?
At this time, USFA does not require teams to earn a specific amount
of points
as long as they have met the other qualifications above.
However, the more points you earn, the higher seeding you will
receive:
Double elimination play in both the State tournament and World
Series will be seeded based on the following point structure: The
more points a team has accumulated the higher the seed they will
receive.
Team will be awarded seeding points for all USFA events in which
they participate regardless of the state. Teams will earn
double points at NITs amd triple points at the State Tournament.
Teams
must attend the state tournament in the state in which they
are sanctioned.
Exception:
Team who receive an automatic bid at a Regional NIT event are not
required to attend their state tournament, however it is recommended
that you attend the state tournament to receive more points toward
World Series seeding.
Teams without a State Director and/or State Tournament may qualify
in a neighboring state. If there are no USFA events within a
suitable distance, your team may request an at large berth.
2008 SEEDING POINTS
|
PLACE |
STATE
QUALIFIER |
MULTI-STATE
NIT |
STATE
TOURNAMENT |
|
1ST |
100 |
200 |
300 |
|
2ND |
75 |
150 |
225 |
|
3RD |
50 |
100 |
150 |
|
4TH |
40 |
80 |
120 |
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5TH |
30 |
60 |
90 |
|
7TH |
20 |
40 |
60 |
|
DNP |
10 |
20 |
30 |
BONUS POINTS:
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| Tournament hosting
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Teams will receive 50pts for hosting and an
additional 50pts for every 10 teams entered. ex:
1-9= 50pts / 10-19=100pts 20-29= 150pts / 30-39 =
200pts / 40-49 = 250pts, etc.
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50 points
+
50 additional pts for each
10 teams
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| Online Team Registration before
1/1/08 |
100 points
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| Online Team Registration
after 1/1/08 and before 4/1/08 |
50 points |
IMPORTANT !!!
Please review your points on a regular basis to ensure the
tournament
directors have reported your points correctly!!
Points can not be adjusted
after a 30 day period.
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