NATIONAL FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIP

Updated on December 10, 2008

National Futures Championship presented by Longstreth. 

The National Futures Championship is held each year following the Futures Regional Tournament. Currently, the tournament includes 38 teams representing 646 top athletes.  The National Futures Championship features 16 under-19 teams, 16 under-16 teams, and 6 under-14 teams.  The National Futures Championship is a five day event with the first day designated as a practice day.   Selectors at the event choose athletes to attend the Junior National Camp, the AAU Junior Olympic Games and offer invitations to Futures Elite (national best). 

USA Field Hockey's premier event for Futures Program athletes, the National Futures Championship offers a showcase for more than 600 of the nation's top young athletes.

Traditionally held at USA Field Hockey's National Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va., the National Futures Championship is the crowning event of the Futures Program. The talented young athletes in the Futures Program receive five months of elite-level training and tactical instruction in preparation for possible future selection to the USA National Teams. The top athletes from the program's more than 4,500 participants are then selected to compete at the national tournament based on performances in regional events. At the national tournament, athletes are placed on regional teams in Under-14, Under-16 or Under-19 divisions.    

The tournament also provides an evaluation opportunity for collegiate coaches to view and evaluate the nation's top field hockey athletes as potential student-athletes in their respective programs.