Pro tour · Schedule & standings
Schedule & standings
Every night of the Clutch21 Pro tour, the open qualifier the day before each one, and the Season 2027 table.
The calendar
Every night of the tour
Every stop is a one-night, sixteen-player single-elimination bracket. Doors at 7:00 PM, first game at 8:00 PM, champion crowned before midnight. It opens on the League Shoot Out in Chicago in November 2026, the league’s first competitive night.
League Shoot Out — Chicago Next up
Venue to be announced · The league’s first night · 16-player bracket · Chicago
Stop 01 — Chicago
Wintrust Arena · Opening night · 16-player bracket · doors 7:00 PM
Stop 02 — Los Angeles
Galen Center · 16-player bracket · open qualifier the day before
Stop 03 — Las Vegas
Dollar Loan Center · 16-player bracket · open qualifier the day before
Stop 04 — New York
Barclays Center · 16-player bracket · open qualifier the day before
Stop 05 — Miami
Watsco Center · Debuts of Paul Pierce, Isaiah Thomas and Jerome Randle
Stop 06 — San Francisco
Chase Center · Final qualifying stop of the season
Finals — Las Vegas
T-Mobile Arena · Top 8 · single elimination · one champion
Open qualifiers
Half the bracket is won,
not given
The day before each stop, the same venue hosts an open bracket. Anyone with a licence and a medical certificate can enter, for $100. Eight survive to the main event, where the eight seeded players of the season card are waiting for them — and where $120,000 is on the table, from $2,500 for going out in the round of 16 to $40,000 for winning the night.
- When
- Day −1Registration closes at 10:00 AM local time
- Entry
- $100Refunded to every player who qualifies
- Format
- Games to 11One period of six minutes; the last round is played to 21
- Spots
- 6–8Eight, less one for every wildcard the league brings
The qualifier is three rounds in one day, each half the size of the one before it: 64 enter, 32 remain, 16 remain, and the eight who win that round are through. The league may bring up to two wildcards to a stop — an invitation rather than a result. A wildcard joins this half of the draw and takes one of its eight places, so the field it is won from goes with it.
| Wildcards | Entries | Rounds on day −1 | Into the round of 16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 64 | 64 → 32 → 16 | 8 qualified |
| One | 56 | 56 → 28 → 14 | 7 qualified · 1 wildcard |
| Two | 48 | 48 → 24 → 12 | 6 qualified · 2 wildcards |
Season 2027 table
The table opens in Chicago
Clutch21 has not played a competitive stop yet. Every player starts the opening season on zero points. Results, standings and head-to-head records appear here from the first whistle at the Wintrust Arena on 14 March 2027.
- Stops played
- 0of six, plus the Finals
- First result
- 14 MarStop 01, Chicago
- Purse a night
- $120KAt every stop and the Finals — $840K across the season, no agent cut
- Finals berths
- 8Top eight of this table qualify
Scoring
How the table will be built
Points are awarded by finishing position at each of the six stops. Nothing carries over from qualifiers, and nothing is seeded by reputation. The same finish decides the money: every player who reaches the round of 16 leaves with something, and the champion of a night takes $40,000.
| Finish at a stop | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 100 | $40,000 ×1 |
| Runner-up | 70 | $20,000 ×1 |
| Semi-final | 45 | $10,000 ×2 |
| Quarter-final | 30 | $5,000 ×4 |
| Round of 16 | 15 | $2,500 ×8 |
A player is paid once, for the round they go out in — the prizes are not added up along the way. $120,000 is paid out at every stop and at the Finals.
Tie-breaks
If two players finish level
- Stop wins. Outright victories at a city stop come first.
- Head-to-head. The result between the two players, if they have met.
- Point difference. Points scored minus points conceded across the season.
The opening field
The Season 2027 field
One player is signed to the opening season. Thirteen more are announced and not yet contracted. Eight further places at every stop go to the open qualifier held the day before, and to the two wildcards the league may bring.
| Player | Game | Status |
|---|---|---|
 JRJerome RandleChicago, IL |
Ball handler | Confirmed · Season 2027 |
 ITIsaiah ThomasTacoma, WA |
Guard | Wildcard |
PPPaul PierceOakland, CA |
Forward | Wildcard |
AFAndre FonsecaRio de Janeiro |
Footwork | Prospect |
CRCam RuizMiami, FL |
Physical scorer | Prospect |
DVDeni VukovicZagreb |
Post scorer | Prospect |
DMDevon MarshNew York, NY |
Ball handler | Prospect |
ICIsaiah CrowderPhiladelphia, PA |
Perimeter shooter | Prospect |
JWJalen WhitfieldAtlanta, GA |
Athletic finisher | Prospect |
NWNate WhitlockDetroit, MI |
Shot creator | Prospect |
TBTrey BonnerLos Angeles, CA |
Isolation | Prospect |
VNViktor NilssonStockholm |
Size advantage | Prospect |
XPXavier PikeHouston, TX |
Length & rim | Prospect |
TBTyrell BanksOakland, CA |
Lockdown defender | Qualified |
Think you can go to 21?
Two ways in. Open qualifiers run in every host city the day before each Pro stop — sixteen spots, no seeding, no favours. The World Series is open to every licensed athlete, and it starts in your own city.
