Step-By-Step Instructions on How to Apply for the 2016/17 U-19, U-16 National Indoor Tournament Qualifiers and the 2017 U-14, U-12, U-10 National Indoor Tournament

Registration for the 2016/17 U-19, U-16 National Indoor Qualifiers (NITQ) and the 2017 U-14, U-12, U-10 National Indoor Tournament (NIT) will begin on September 14, 2016 and end September 28,

2016. Please be aware when registering that both event registration prompts follow the same steps. Registrations and full event fees will be due by close of registration on September 28.

Step 1: Selecting the NITQs or NITs

Under the “National & Regional Club Events” navigation tab you will be able to see all of the events with Open Registration. Select the “+ Register Now!” button next to the “2017 National Indoor Tournament Qualifiers” or “2017 National Indoor Tournament” and you will be redirected to the event registration prompts for each event.

Step 2: Select Your Division

Select the division your team (or teams) will be participating in. Please note that if you have multiple teams, or multiple teams in multiple divisions, that you will be able to come back to this screen to register the additional teams later.

Step 3: Select Your Team Name | Submit Team Ratings

Use the drop down menu to select a team name for the team you are registering. If you do not see a team name in the drop down menu and you would like to add a new one, select “Add a team” to create a new name. If you are completing the registration prompt for the NITQs please fill in the top three site preferences you have for your team. Once you have selected your team and site preferences please complete the team rating information to the best of your knowledge and click “Continue”. Note On Site Preferences: USA Field Hockey will do their best to give each team their top site preference. A max of two teams per club will be allowed at any given 16-team tournament location. Some qualifier locations have 32 teams at them, these sites will be hosting two separate 16-team tournaments simultaneously. Once placements are made USA Field Hockey will not coordinate any site adjustments. Note On Team Ratings: Team ratings will be used to help create pools. Pools will be snaked starting with the highest rated teams. If you do not know what your team rating is at this time you may leave these boxes blank. However, if you leave these blank and do not submit a rating to the National Office via email 17 days before the weekend of your qualifier we will assume your team a 2.5 rating in skill and 2.5 years of experience.

Step 4: Advancing to Check-out

If you are registering for one team please select “Pay for this registration now” to advance to the payment screen and move on to Step 5 of this document. Please select “Register another team” if you wish to submit another team registration and select “OK” when this window pops up:

You will pay for this team registration later. Once you click “OK” you will be redirected to this page:

This is second confirmation screen to review the information you have input for your team. It is important that you again click “Register another team” to add more teams to the NITQs or NITs. Repeat steps 2-4 until you have all of the teams you wish to register in our system. If you have registered all of your teams and are back at this step please click “Pay for Registrations” and advance to Step 6 of this document!

Step 5: Submit Payment (Single Team Registration)

Once you have filled in your credit card information you may now select “Register” and a receipt for all of your team registrations will be sent to you. This completes your team registration! Note On Payment: Paying for a team your club cannot fill will result in the forfeit for the full registration fee for each registered team that your club cannot fill.

Step 6: Select Payments (Multiple Team Registrations)

Once you have submitted team names, site preferences and ratings for all of the teams you wish to register you are now ready to pay for your teams. This window is essentially a shopping cart for all of your teams. Please double check that you have all of the teams you want to register in each division of the NITs or NITQs and then check the “All” box at the top left hand corner of the prompt to select all of your teams to pay for them and click “Continue.” Note On Payment: If you do not want to submit a payment for a team yet you may individually uncheck the payment box for this team and you will not be charged for that team’s registration fee. However, this team will be submitted as “Unpaid” and will not be eligible for placement at an NITQ site nor will its position be held for NIT registrations after the registration deadline. We strongly recommend paying for all of your teams at once.

Step 7: Submit Payment (Multiple Team Registration)

Once you have filled in your credit card information you may now select “Submit” and a receipt for all of your team registrations will be sent to you. This completes your team registration! Note On Payment: Paying for a team your club cannot fill will result in the forfeit for the full registration fee for each registered team that your club cannot fill.

If you have any questions on this registration process please contact Justin Miller at jmiller@usafieldhockey.com or Chelsea Mitchell at cmitchell@usafieldhockey.com.