The Tournament (TBT/TST)

About The Tournament (TBT/TST)

Founded in 2014, The Tournament specializes in hosting high-stakes, open-to-all sporting events distributed across the world. The Tournament’s first property, The Basketball Tournament (TBT), has crowned twelve champions, awarded more than $15 million in prizes, and ushered in innovations such as the Elam Ending® and its signature postgame bracket celebration, since adopted by the NBA and NCAA respectively. Games air live on Fox Sports. In 2023, The Tournament launched The Soccer Tournament (TST), an open-application, million-dollar, winner-take-all world championship for 7v7 soccer. Teams faced off in a 32-team, World Cup-style competition on NBC/Peacock. It featured teams from across the world, including clubs from the English Premier League and Bundesliga. TST was a massive success, with over 400 teams applying for the 32 slots... and it's only grown from there! In 2024, The Tournament boosted TST's men's field up to 48 teams and added an 8-team, $1 million women’s tournament and then In 2025, The Tournament doubled TST's women's bracket, giving 16 women's teams the chance to win $1 million. 2025 was also a year of massive growth with attendance rising 23% YoY for a grand total of 51,730 attendees. TST matches have been on ESPN Platforms since 2024.

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Founded

2010

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