2027 Latin American World Series

🇲🇽 2026 NCS Latin American World Series

📍 Venue: Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
📆 Dates: June 23–29, 2026

🔹 Team Sanctioning

All teams must be sanctioned for the 2026 season to participate.
Register and complete your sanctioning through PlayNCS.com prior to the event.

💰 Fees

Team Entry Fee (D3 & Open Divisions)

• 5U–6U: $1,500

• 7U–8U: $1,500

• 9U–12U: $1,500

• 13U: $1,500

• 14U: $1,500

• 16U–18U: $1,500

Team Gate Fee

• $100 per player on the official team roster

• Due at team check-in

• Accepted payment: Cash or Credit Card only (No checks)

• Parents & fans enter free

• All payments are non-refundable ( processing fee applies to all card transactions)

🏨 Stay & Play Policy

Teams traveling from outside of Mérida, Yucatán must make hotel reservations through our official hotel partners.

🏨 Official Hotel Partners:

• A minimum of 6 hotel rooms per team, per night is required to meet the housing requirement.

• Teams wishing to stay in an Airbnb or non-partner hotel may do so by paying the buyout fee of $1,000 USD.

• Buyout payments can be made through:

  • Venmo: @play-ncs

  • Cash App: $playncs1

• Please include Team Name, Division, City, and State with your payment.

  
  

📝 Team Requirements

✅ Submit full entry fee
✅ Complete online player roster (all players must be listed)
✅ Provide team insurance (must be uploaded before the event)

If insurance is purchased outside of NCS, list:

National Championship Sports
2011 East Lamar Blvd, Suite 120
Arlington, Texas 76006

⚠️ Insurance will not be accepted on-site.

📅 Itinerary

✈️ Travel Dates:

• Teams must plan to arrive on Sunday, June 22st

• Teams should plan to depart on Monday, June 30th

SKILLS COMPETITIONS

(FASTEST MAN, FASTEST TEAM, AROUND THE HORN)

Home Run Derby

PLAYER SELECTION

Each team may select up to three players to participate in the Home Run Derby.

TIME LIMIT AND COMPETITION FORMAT

Each participant will have one minute to hit as many home runs as possible.

Each participant will be allowed two practice pitches before the official one-minute round begins.

Once the timed round begins, no additional warm-up or practice pitches will be allowed.

Only fair balls hit over the outfield fence or designated home run line will count as home runs.

Any pitch that does not result in a home run, including a pitch that is not swung at, will be recorded as an out.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Each team is responsible for providing its own:

Pitcher

Baseballs

Shaggers or ball retrievers

Teams should bring enough baseballs to complete the entire one-minute round without unnecessary delays.

Please share this information with all participating players, coaches, and parents. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and look forward to an exciting Skills Competition and Home Run Derby.

Format: 5-Game Guarantee | Gold & Silver Brackets

🏆 Awards

Gold Division
🏅 Champions – NCS Championship Rings + Banner
🥈 Finalists – NCS Finalist Rings + Banner

Silver Division
🏅 Champions – NCS Championship Rings + Banner
🥈 Finalists – NCS Finalist Rings + Banner

⚾ Playing Rules

All games follow NCS International Rules.

(For International Rules, there are no grade exceptions. Players must participate in the age division they are eligible for based on the tournament age requirements)

📝 Waivers, Rosters & Insurance

All items must be completed online prior to the event.

NO ROSTER, NO INSURANCE, NO PLAY.
Only players listed on an online or printed roster are eligible.

🌧 Weather / Cancellation Policy

• Full cancellation: Credit toward a future NCS International event

• Partial cancellation (weather): Credit based on games played

• Team withdrawal prior to event: No refund or credit

All payments are final.