COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. – The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Junior Division Committee have announced the Junior Division Regional Qualifying Tournaments for the 2025-26 season.

Varsity teams may receive an automatic bid and qualify to receive an invite to a national tournament by results from a Conference Championships and/or Regional Qualifying Tournaments. One automatic bid will be provided for Conference Championships. Regional Qualifying Tournaments will receive qualifying bids per the following criteria: 

-Five (5) Teams or less = 1 Bid 
-Six (6) Teams or more = 2 bids

Only Conference Championships and/or Regional Qualifying Tournaments completed by March 2 will be awarded the automatic bid (provided to Conference Championships; or highest placing team not yet qualified for nationals) to nationals. 
 
Regional and Conference Tournaments will be awarded by divisional leadership and designated on the NWBA Events Calendar and Sanctioned Events List at https://www.nwba.org/sanctionedevents.  

The Junior Division portions of the 2026 NWBA National Championship Series will be held Friday, March 20, to Sunday, March 22, in Monroe, LA, and was announced HERE. 

Click here for the postseason timeline and updated qualification process.