Points, Rankings & Championship

Play as often as you like; only your best results count. Every result you play in your home conference while you hold a UCL membership builds your conference standing. National members also earn points in every conference toward a national ranking and a path to Pro status and the UCL Championship.

UCL may update these values during the season; the latest version applies.

The UCL season

• Local events: any sanctioned event below the Conference level, whatever its size, run by UCL directors year-round.
• Conference Signature Events: the major events in each conference. The January 1 to June 30, 2027 inaugural season has six Conference Signature Events. Full seasons, starting September 1, 2027, bring Signature Events to all six conferences, up to 6 per conference, plus the Conference Championship.
• Conference Championship: each conference's season goal and the last major event of its conference season.
• Pro Nationals: six national professional tour stops, one in each conference, with their own Pro field and standings. Each conference's Pro National can be held at any of its conference events, including a Conference Signature Event or the Conference Championship. UCL announces the host event for each Pro National.
• UCL Championship / Worlds: the season-ending national championship, seeded from final standings.

How points are earned

Your points for an event are your finish points multiplied by the event's level.

Which results count

• Conference standings (all members): your best 24 Local results, your best 4 Conference Signature Event results and your Conference Championship result, from events in your home conference only.
• Conference members earn points only in their home conference. Results from events in another conference don't count toward their standings.
• National members earn points in any conference. Their national standings use their best 10 results from events in any conference, with no more than 5 of them Local, and their Open (Pro qualification) standings include Signature Events and Championships in any conference. Results from other conferences still don't count toward their home conference standings.
• Singles and doubles have separate standings, and both earn points the same way. Only singles results count toward Pro qualification.
• Points count only for events played while your membership is current. Non-members may play Local events but earn no points.
• To appear in final conference standings and enter the Conference Championship, play at least 3 events in a full season, including 1 Conference Signature Event. In the 2027 inaugural season, you only need to have played any one of the six Signature Events.
• The inaugural season has its own standings. The first full season starts at zero on September 1, 2027, and needs a new membership.
• Juniors earn points the same way and also appear on the junior national leaderboard.
• Results are submitted in Scoreholio within 48 hours, and standings update weekly, every Monday. See the Standings page.

Tie-breakers

1. Better best single finish at the highest event level played.
2. More Conference Signature Events played.
3. Head-to-head record during the season.
4. Higher average points per round (PPR) across counted events.
5. Drawing of lots by the Competition committee, recorded in writing.

The road to Pro

UCL has four Pro divisions: an 84-player Pro field, a 32-player Women's Pro division, a 24-player Senior Pro division for players 55 or older on January 1 of the season, and a 24-player Junior Pro division for players under 18 on January 1 of the season. Pro status is earned every season through singles play, and a National membership is required. A Pro holds a National membership and pays no extra fee. Junior Pros hold the free junior membership.

• The first Pros: the 2027 inaugural season has no Pro divisions. Players chasing a Pro card enter their division's singles bracket at the six 2027 Signature Events and pay that bracket's fee: Open singles for Pro, Women's Singles Open for Women's Pro, Senior Singles Open for Senior Pro and Junior singles (UCL NEXT) for Junior Pro. You may enter any of the six, and your best 4 results count. The top 84 in Open singles, top 32 women, top 24 seniors and top 24 juniors earn Pro status for the 2027–28 season.
• Keeping your card: after the first season, the top 75% of each division keep their cards (63 Pro, 24 Women's, 18 Senior, 18 Junior). The bottom 25% (21, 8, 6 and 6) play twice as many top non-Pros from their division's standings (42, 16, 12 and 12) for the open cards in Pro qualifiers, held at any Conference Signature Event or the UCL Championship. UCL publishes the host events before the season.
• Earning a card: non-Pros qualify through Pro qualification points, earned only from singles results at Conference Signature Events (finish points x1) and Conference Championships (x2) in any conference. Local and doubles results don't count toward Pro qualification.
• Graduating juniors: a junior ages out when they will be 18 on January 1 of the next season. If the UCL NEXT season standings champion is aging out, they get a direct Pro card for the following season, and the Pro qualifier awards one fewer card. Every aging-out junior in the top 10 of the junior standings gets a Pro qualifier seat, and at least the top 4 aging-out juniors are guaranteed one. A graduating junior woman in the top 10 gets seats in both the Pro and Women's Pro qualifiers.
• Junior Pros need a parent or guardian's consent.

The UCL Championship

• Conference and National members qualify through conference standings and Conference Championships.
• Spots are reserved for the Pro divisions, women, juniors (UCL NEXT), seniors and other championship divisions.
• Pro qualifiers for all four Pro divisions may be held at any Conference Signature Event or at the Championship.
• Seeding comes from final standings, not a random draw.
• Field sizes, qualification spots and the location will be announced once membership numbers and venue capacity are known.

Entry fees

Entry fees at Conference Signature Events are set by division, with two steps: early registration, and walk-up if spots remain. Doubles prices are per team.

Division	Singles (early / walk-up)	Doubles per team (early / walk-up)
Pro divisions (from 2027–28)	$70 / $80	$130 / $150
Open	$60 / $70	$120 / $140
Competitive and Intermediate	$50 / $60	$110 / $130
Novice	$40 / $50	$90 / $110
Women's and Senior	$50 / $60	$80
Junior (UCL NEXT)	$25	$80
Pro qualifier	$75	—
Blind draw (per player)	$40 ($50 walk-up)	—
Crew or team event (4 players)	—	$160 per team

• Conference Championships add $10 per player in every division except the Pro divisions. Pro entries are $70 / $80 singles and $130 / $150 doubles at every event, including Conference Championships and Pro Nationals.
• The 2027 inaugural season has no Pro divisions. Players chasing a Pro card enter their division's singles bracket (Open, Women's, Senior or Junior) and pay that bracket's fee.
• Junior Pro cardholders play free at the six Pro Nationals and Worlds.
• Payouts aim to pay one place for every 4 entrants, with the payout table published before registration opens.