Global Sports World Series

How to qualify:

Teams of ages 7 - 14 qualify to participate in a Global World Series by participating in a Global World Series Qualifier and also satisfying your home State's USSSA and Global State Tournament requirements. Please contact your State USSSA Office for information concerning Global World Series qualifying in your State.

Teams must be registered with USSSA and registered with Global Sports to participate in Global Sports World Series Qualifiers. Please check with your USSSA State Director for qualifiers in your area.

How to enter a Global Sports World Series:

Teams earning a berth at a Global Sports Qualifier may participate in any state's Global World Series. Teams must enter the Global Sports World Series at www.usssa.com on a first come, first served basis started on January 16th at noon. Teams that qualify will not be assured a spot at a specific World Series location. Qualified teams may enter multiple Global Sports World Series.

Global Sports World Series Format:

  • Open to all Classifications
  • Elite World Series participating teams are ineligible to play
  • Ages 7 - 14
  • Limited to 24 teams per age group
  • Pool play followed by championship play
  • Teams will play 6 or 7 games
  • Champions of the 3 divisions will be crowned World Series Champion
  • Teams earn World Series Ranking Points

POOL PLAY:

All teams will play 4 games within pool play. After pool play is complete, teams will be seeded 1 - 24 and placed into a championship bracket. Seeding for championship play is based on USSSA pool play / tie breaker criteria.

Pool seeding is based on:

  1. USSSA Classification,
  2. Ranking Points,
  3. Geographical location.

The tournament director has the final decision on seeding teams into pool play.

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY

 

RED CHAMPIONSHIP

Seed 1
  SAT    
  1                  
Seed 8 SUN              
Seed 4              
  SAT       5  
  2                  
Seed 5       SUN        
Seed 3         Champion
  SAT                    
  3                  
Seed 6 SUN       7      
Seed 2              
  SAT       6            
  4                  
Seed 7     Loser 5        
            SUN          
            11 3rd Place  
          Loser 6        
Loser 1                  
  SAT                    
  8                  
Loser 2 SUN              
Loser 3   5th Place      
  SAT       10            
  9                  
Loser 4     Loser 8        
            SUN          
            12 7th Place  
          Loser 9        
 

WHITE CHAMPIONSHIP

Seed 9
  SAT    
  13                  
Seed 16 SUN              
Seed 12              
  SAT       17  
  14                  
Seed 13       SUN        
Seed 11         Champion
  SAT                    
  15                  
Seed 14 SUN       19      
Seed 10              
  SAT       18            
  16                  
Seed 15     Loser 17        
            SUN          
            23 3rd Place  
          Loser 18        
Loser 13                  
  SAT                    
  20                  
Loser 14 SUN              
Loser 15   5th Place      
  SAT       22            
  21                  
Loser 16     Loser 20        
            SUN          
            24 7th Place  
          Loser 21        
 

BLUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Seed 17
  SAT    
  25                  
Seed 24 SUN              
Seed 20              
  SAT       29  
  26                  
Seed 21       SUN        
Seed 19         Champion
  SAT                    
  27                  
Seed 22 SUN       31      
Seed 18              
  SAT       30            
  28                  
Seed 23     Loser 29        
            SUN          
            35 3rd Place  
          Loser 30        
Loser 25                  
  SAT                    
  32                  
Loser 26 SUN              
Loser 27   5th Place      
  SAT       34            
  33                  
Loser 28     Loser 32        
            SUN          
            36 7th Place  
          Loser 33        
 

Global Sports World Series Rules:

Global Sports World Series will be governed by the USSSA National Baseball Bylaws and Rules unless noted differently below.

USSSA Rosters will be the official roster at the GS World Series. Teams may add two additional players to the official roster at team check-in at the Global Sports World Series.

USSSA Baseball reserves the right to alter, change, or abbreviate the tournament format when necessary to complete the tournament due to weather.

Global Sports World Series Awards:

Team and individual awards will be presented to the champion and runner up of the Red, White and Blue Championship Divisions.