National Team Selection Process

1. First things first — the 2023 US Men’s and Women’s National Champions have automatically qualified for team USA. Those players are: Gabriel Finocchi, Will Picone, Kalin Morgan, and Kayla Wu Fleming.

2. Players are eligible to qualify for Team USA if they (a) hold a 2024 annual membership and (b) finish in the top 4 of the Open or Women’s division at any of 5 USA Roundnet (USAR) regional events. Full event details can be found here.

   • If a Women’s Division fails to get 6 teams by the Tuesday before the tournament, we will cancel the women’s division and make all women’s teams who signed up eligible for Team USA. In this case we’ll ask those players to submit film of their gameplay from any tournaments as far back as 2023 USAR Nationals so the selection panel can evaluate them on their gameplay.

3. If there are any teams in the top 4 where both players are not eligible to compete for the US, then the next highest placing team(s) will be eligible for Team USA. (ex: If the 2nd place team is Canadian and the 3rd place team is German, then the teams losing in the quarterfinals will play out for 5th and the 5th and 6th place teams will be eligible for Team USA).

   • A US player who places top 4 with a non-US partner is still eligible for selection to Team USA

4. After all 5 regionals determine which players qualified for selection, separate panels will select 8 Men’s, and 8 Women’s players based on the following criteria:

   • Performance at USAR Regional Events

   • Fair Play/Attitude

   • Roundnet accomplishments and recent level of play

   • Diversity in skillset across the team

5. The National team will be selected by Friday May 10th, 2024.

Qualified players may submit film from their games at Regionals or any tournament dating back to 2023 USAR Nationals for the panel to review through WeTransfer here

Note: The Sunday after USAR Nationals will be a mandatory Team USA day for selected members to practice, determine partners, and serve as media day for Team USA.