2022 SCHEDULE
3/1-7/14
Hundreds of National Championship athletes get better at Football University Camps and Showcases from March through July.
The Path To Naples doesn’t start in the fall — it’s a year-round process that begins during the offseason.
7/15-11/1
Each National Championship Team holds a showcase event or a tryout to find the very best talent the area has to offer. Most programs hold more than one.
The tryout period begins June 1 of every year.
11/26-12/11
Regional rounds begin the first weekend in December at 8 regional sites all across the United States. Matchups are determined based on random draw during the National Championship Tournament Draw Show.
Two rounds are played to determine Regional Champions, who will advance to Naples, Florida for Championship Week.
12/16-12/20
The Path To Naples ends here, December 16-20 – Championship Week at Florida’s Paradise Coast, the home of youth football.
Regional Champions from the eight regions of the bracket meet to play national quarterfinal, semifinal, and finals.
TRYOUTS
Your Path To Naples begins at your nearest tryout.
In most areas multiple tryouts are held in order to determine the very best and most competitive selection of players for every team.
BRACKETS
The bracket selection show is filmed and released to the nation in the late fall.
Matchups are selected randomly and the show is filmed in front of a live television audience.
PATH TO NAPLES
Regional Round Games kick-off the FBUNC National Championship at locations across the U.S.
Regional Champions punch their tickets to Championship Week in beautiful Naples, Florida for the chance to win a national title.
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Quarterfinal, semifinal, and final rounds take place during Championship Week in Naples.
But there’s more than football – Naples, and its Paradise Coast, is the perfect host for off-field family fun in winter sun.