Youth Nationals 2027

We're excited for another year and we're expecting 300+ teams for our Youth Nationals!!!  We'll be offering Girl's and Boy's 5v5 Standard, 5v5 Air it Out and Girl's 7v7 for High School ages.  

Our age cutoff is January 1, 2026 and we won't change to 2027 until after Nationals concludes.  Example:  If your player was 6 years old on January 1, 2026 and turned 7 years old January 2, 2026 or later in 2026, then they qualify for 6U. 

Dates: January 15th-17th

Friday, January 15th: Girl's 7v7 & 5v5 Air it Out

Saturday, January 16th: Boy's & Girl's 5v5 Standard - Pool Play Games

Sunday, January 17th: Boy's & Girl's 5v5 Standard - Playoff Games

Location: Tampa Sports Complex - 9330 E Columbus Dr, Tampa, FL 33619

Divisions Offered: 

Boy's 5v5 Standard: 6U, 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 16U, 18U

Boy's 5v5 Air it Out: 8U, 10U, 14U

Girl's 5v5 Standard: 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, 13U, 14U, 16U & 18U

Girl's 5v5 Air it Out: 14U, 16U, 18U

Girl's 7v7: 16U & 18U

Schedule: Preliminary Schedule is on the Info tab of the Zorts app/URL.

**Please pay attention to the Info section of the Zorts app or URL.  This will have all tournament details as they come in.  Encourage your team parents to read as well to set them up for success!  We won't have a coach's meeting, but all tournament information will be on the Zorts app.

Zorts Player Cards: Every player must have an eligible Zorts player card to participate in our event.

Zorts Coach Cards & Background Checks: Every coach must have an eligible Zorts coach card and background check completed in order to coach in our event.

Rules: Please read our general rules first and then select the format you plan on participating in.  

Link to Rules: https://iflag.org/i-flag-football-rules/

Price $600

Referee fees are included in registration fees. Teams can secure a spot with a $50 deposit, but must be paid in full by the first deadline date - October 10th

Deadlines

October 9, 2026* (7pm EST) – Teams that registered with a deposit must be paid in full by this date to secure the spot you were holding.
*If a division fills and has a significant waiting list, we reserve the right to require teams to make the full payment to secure their spot. Teams will be notified if their division fills and will be given a specific date to pay in full before being removed.

Registration for new sign ups will remain open until December 4, 2026, but Late Fee ($50 for 4v4, 5v5, 6v6; $100 for 7v7, 8v8) will be added on November 27, 2026 (7pm EST) for any new registrations

Draft Order & Seeding

Draft order will be determined by those with guaranteed top seeds earned from previous tournaments first, then remaining teams will be seeded by final 2026 Ranking Points. Tie breakers are determined by date/time of team registration. Zoom Drafts will be held late December and early January.

Prizes & Awards

4X Ranking Points, Championship Rings, Team Trophy, Individual Medals & MVP's. Full Paid Bid if 10 or more teams, half paid bid if 9 or less.
Top 2 teams in each division qualify for 2028 National Championships and get guaranteed seed. Winners qualify for 2027 World Championships

Event Format

All divisions are 3 game guarantee, with 2 pool play + single elimination where everyone makes the playoffs.

We will not have multiple levels/brackets per age division.

Flags Required

All styles will use Youth Shruumz or Sonic Flag-A-Tag style belts and flags and you MUST provide your own.  Shruumz will be on site.  You can pre-order custom flags through https://shruumz.com/.