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Section 13. World Series Qualification

1. Teams must be USFA Sanctioned.
2. All teams must submit online Roster. Roster will be locked
prior to the start of your State Tournament. You can add 2
players with the add on roster form for World Series play.
3. Teams must do at least one of the following:

a. Attend the State Tournament or USFA Showcase
in your home state.
b. Attend a State Qualifier or World Series
Qualifier Tournament in your home state.
c. Receive an at large berth if your state does not
offer a State Tournament or World Series Qualifier and
your team is not within 200 miles of a World Series
Qualifier in another state.
Note: State Tournaments do not have to be limited to
teams within that State. There are many teams that
live closer to the tournaments offered across the
border in their neighboring state. Be gracious to your
neighbors.
14/16U/18U ONLY: Can be granted an Automatic berth,
if the Teams High School activities or Team recruiting
activities prevent the team from participating in the State
Programs that are being offered. Remember that the
World Series is seeded by the amount of points that the
Team earns. The Team is encouraged to participate in
it’s State programs as much as possible to earn Team
points.
** If your State Director is offering Showcase as part of
the State Tournament or National Qualifier program, no
waiver will be granted for Team recruiting activities, as
this effort to provide recruiting service for your team has
been fulfilled.

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