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Gopher State Tournament of Champions

GSTC At-Large Selection

GSTC Qualification

Winning a berth does not guarantee a spot in the GSTC. In most cases, the first 32 teams to register will be selected.

Spots are only secured once a team submits their official tournament registration before the registration deadline.

The following requirements must be met in order for an age level to be expanded to 40 teams:

  1. host group is able to commit the additional time and resources
  2. four or more teams that earned berths (did not register prior to tournament field filling to capacity at 32 teams) are still seeking the opportunity to participate.
  3. four or more teams register for “at large” berths at the age level
Automatic Berth

Teams can win an automatic berth by placing 1st or 2nd in a GSTC Qualifier.

  • If 6 or more teams are participating two berths are awarded (bids do not fall past 2nd place)
  • If 4-6 teams are participating only one berth is awarded (bids do not fall past 2nd place)

In most cases, the first 32 teams to register will be selected.

Note: If a team is “playing up” for a qualifier, either at an older age level or higher division, and earns a berth, they are only eligible to participate in the GSTC at the age and level to which they qualified. This does not apply to berths that are passed down. 

Once all automatic berths are registered, the remaining spots will be invited based on pre-registration and participation in GSTC Qualifiers. Priority will be given to teams finishing in 3rd or 4th place at GSTC Qualifying events.

There is no cost to Pre-Register for an At-Large Berth. 

GSTC At-Large Pre-Registration

GSTC Qualifiers

Listed below are the requirements to be considered for a GSTC Qualifier

  • When adding your tournament(s) to the RegisterPlay Tournament Index, you can identify that you would like your tournament to be considered as a GSTC Qualifier.
  • If we are selected as a qualifier, associations must pay a bid fee of $60 per age level to MYAS. 
  • Community qualifiers must have at least 4 teams. 

Timeline for the 22nd annual GSTC Qualifiers 

  • Last weekend for Week 1 (July 11-13) GSTC Qualifiers
  • Last weekend for Weeks 2 & 3( July 18-20 & July 25-27) GSTC Qualifiers

Tournaments that have been awarded GSTC Qualifier status will be identified on the RegisterPlay Tournament Index.

There will be a $60 fee per age & level.

GSTC Timelines

July 10-12 Tentative Timeline
  • June 22nd: All Earned GSTC Berths must be entered
  • June 23rd: MYAS will start reaching out to at-large teams

Once the field of teams is complete, we will start the seeding process.

  • 1st Step of Seeding: Enter Team Record & Information – Open for at least 24 hours
  • 2nd Step of Seeding: Teams vote on seeding based on team information

We will the post schedules once this is complete, the goal is to have schedules out you at least 7-10 days prior to the event. In most brackets, each team will play one game Friday(most likely start times are either 2pm or 4pm), two on Saturday, and 1-3 if they make it to bracket play on Sunday.

  • June 29th: All Earned GSTC Berths must be entered
  • June 30th: MYAS will start reaching out to at-large teams

Once the field of teams is complete, we will start the seeding process.

  • 1st Step of Seeding: Enter Team Record & Information – Open for at least 24 hours
  • 2nd Step of Seeding: Teams vote on seeding based on team information

We will the post schedules once this is complete, the goal is to have schedules out you at least 7-10 days prior to the event. In most brackets, each team will play one game Friday(most likely start times are either 2pm or 4pm), two on Saturday, and 1-3 if they make it to bracket play on Sunday.

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