Junior Rankings
The Region believes the better a team performs, the more they should be challenged. A good criteria for the club is to request a division in which the team should finish at least in the bottom of gold or top of silver. The goal should be “make” gold! DO NOT enter a higher division just for rankings. Finishing at the bottom of a division is not better for rankings or the kids’ confidence. The team results overlap in ranking. So, a finish in the bottom of a division is not necessarily better than a high finish in the next lower division.
FORMAT-Division vs Age Group
The “Division” format and/or age groups may be used in the SURVA Preliminaries. Both formats will affect the Region seedings for the Region Championships & Bids! Teams who compete in higher “DIVISIONS” & finish in the upper seventy five percent will be given a higher ranking in their own age group than teams of the same age competing in lower divisions. Teams competing in age groups within Preliminaries are weighted differently in accordance to the age group such as a 12s high finish is not equal to mid “division” IV finish but a high 17s finish is about the equivalent to a mid to high “division” I finish.
OUTSIDE REGION: Outside of Region competition finishes are not considered for seeding or rankings. The Region doesn’t know the seeding criteria used or quality of the competition.
SEEDING OF TOURNAMENTS
- Tournaments other than the Championships & Bids are seeded by results from all the tournaments within the Region such as the Preliminaries, One Day and Inter-Regional Tournaments-NOT BY THE RANKINGS below. Every Region Tournament result is weighted by the number & quality of the teams within each division. The Region reserves the right to move teams up and down within a tournament or division to better facilitate team requests, reduce club head to head matchups, etc.
- SURVA Region Championships & National Bid Tournaments are seeded by the official Region Ranking (below).
The Region Rankings are based on the results of the Region Preliminary Tournaments.
SURVA Region Rankings as of 3.25.24
Please contact your Area Rep for questions.