(Updated: 02/26/25)

All auto invites for 2026 based on team finish in 2025 will be sent out by April 1, 2025
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1. If your club is ranked in the Top 50 of the 2025 US Club Rankings results over 5 years:
- Your No. 1 team in 14u through 18u receives a 2026 invite.
- Your 12u and 13u teams will be considered “top priority” for 2026.
NOTE: Clubs ranked in the Top 15 receive an invite for their No. 2 teams, 14u through 18u.

2. A 2026 invitation will be offered to teams with selected finishes in the Elite and Open Divisions of the 2025 TC NIT:
- 15u through 18u: Top 64
- 14u: Top 24
- 13u: Top 16
- 12u: Top 8

3. Automatic 2026 invitation for teams that qualify for USAV Open in 2025.

4. Automatic 2026 invitation for teams finishing in the Top 6 @ AAU Nationals in Open (14u through 17u Only).

5. Clubs that played in the 2014/2015 TC NIT in Salt Lake City, UT, are grandfathered into the event.

All other interested teams/clubs are waitlisted; if there is space remaining, we will consider waitlist teams as follows (no particular order):
- Priority given to clubs ranked No. 51-80 in the 2024 Club Rankings (over 5 years)
- No. 2 teams from clubs ranked No. 16-30
- Teams that won a championship at USAV or AAU Nationals (USA, National, American, and Premier Divisions)
- Top 2 teams who get to the championship of the Open Division at the 2025 Triple Crown West Coast Invitational in Sandy, Utah. (13u through 17u).