Last updated 6/15/2025
CALL FOR 2025 TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Regional Tournament announcements through 2025 are now being accepted. Please submit your tournament information to Randy Coryer at apba66nyslp@yahoo.com.
Please keep the announcement to 150 words or less and include the tournament date, name, location, theme, price, any deadlines or restrictions, and tournament director contact information.
Longer submissions will be edited.
Only links to tournament web sites and email addresses will be posted – no links to YouTube videos or individual documents.
APBA REGIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The APBA Regional Tournament schedule is as follows. Please mark your calendars accordingly and be sure to attend and participate in one of these fine events. You will not regret the experience of face-to-face gaming and tournament play.
Saturday, March 29-Saturday, June 21, 2025 – APBA Convention Soccer Tournament – Sign-up for the APBA Convention Soccer Tournament is now open to all interested players. You don’t actually have to like soccer to enjoy this game, and you don’t have to know the game very well or at all. The rules are easy and the tournament will be filled with experienced APBA Soccer players who enjoy helping others understand and enjoy this fun, realistic, yet simple to play game. If you don’t have the game or any APBA soccer teams, many of our regular players have lots of soccer teams they will be happy to allow you to use for the tournament. Opening Kickoff to The Finals: Kickoff will be Saturday, March 29, with the finals at the National APBA Convention in Alpharetta, Georgia, June 19-22, 2025. You don’t have to be present to participate. The finals can be held live or via video application. If interested, contact Tournament Director Jack Dolan at jaxondolan@gmail.com.
Thursday through Sunday, June 19-22, 2025 – APBA National Convention and Tournaments, Alpharetta, Georgia. Be sure to reserve these dates to attend the APBA National Convention. More information will follow as the game company is currently finalizing arrangements. Once the final cost is established the company website will be updated for registration.
Saturday, July 12, 2025 – 2025 Chicagoland Summer APBA Baseball Tournament. The tournament will be held at Am-Vets Post 66, 700 McHenry Road, Wheeling, IL. Doors open at 8 am, games start at 9 am. The entry fee is $40 and includes coffee, snacks, lunch, and prizes. This year’s theme, “I Wish I Knew You When I Was Young,” features any non-retired team from 1905–1970. Tournament rules include a 4-man rotation, pitchers bat, and relievers limited to 2 innings per appearance. There will be an optional Friday night gathering and post-tournament dinner on Saturday. Please contact Rob Spatz at robspatz@gmail.com for more information or to register.
Saturday, July 19, 2025 – Rancho Palos Verdes APBA Baseball Tournament, Rancho Palos Verdes, California. This one-off tournament (limited to 20 registrants) will be held in a private residence (with unconfined dog) near the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard and Verde Ridge Road. The theme of the tournament is “Flukes Allowed,” period 1962 to 1987. This is a basic game tournament with team fielding, pitcher grade adjustment, 3-man rotation, 26-man rosters, and no AB or IP parameters. The format will be an 8 game round robin, 1 game semi-finals (top 4 teams), and best of 3 game final. The entry fee is $5 at the door and rolling starts at 9 am. BYO lunch, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages. If interested, please contact Dave Dawn at dldmi@yahoo.com or Facebook group APBA Baseball, Rancho Palos Verdes APBA Baseball Tournament event, or under 2025 RPV APBA Tournament group.
Monday through Wednesday, July 21-23, 2025 – 2025 Vegas APBA Baseball Championship, Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. There will be a 14-game schedule played over the first two days, with the 8-team playoffs on the third day. Any team from 1949 to 1999 with a winning percentage of .600 to .625 is eligible. The cost is $60 per person with food and beverages provided each day. Please contact Chris White at vsusports23@gmail.com to register.
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Shoeless Joe Jackson APBA Baseball Tournament, Greenville, South Carolina. The tournament will be held at the Homewood Suites, Greenville, SC. Eight-game tournament with playoffs, lunch, group picture around the Shoeless Joe Jackson statue, free tour of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and a ticket to the 7:05pm Greenville Drive minor league game vs. Rome Emperors. The cost is $60 and includes the Greenville Drive ticket ($12/ticket for each additional family member). Teams may be selected from 1901 through 1930. Also, for anyone showing up before 11 am on Friday, you can jump in one of our cars and drive down to Royston, GA to check out the Ty Cobb museum! We will be back well before dinner on Friday night. To learn more, please contact Jack Dolan at jaxondolan@gmail.com, and he will send you the Tournament rules and hotel information.
Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Southern Illinois APBA Tournament (Shiloh, IL) – Tournament Director John Kalous. E-mail John at jabakalous@gmail.com for information. This is a new tournament.
Saturday, August 16, 2025 – 1st Annual Sioux Falls Shakedown, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The basic baseball tournament will be at the Scheels Ice Plex in Sioux Falls from 8am-4pm. Team selection begins on June 1. There is no cost to participate in the tournament, but you are encouraged to participate in an event raffle. Raffle tickets are $5 each. All proceeds will go to “Fight Like a Ninja Foundation for Mental Health Awareness” in Sioux Falls. If you have any item of note (say $50-$100) and would like to donate it for a good cause, please let Dave Druk know. There will be awards and a plaque for the winner. The Fairfield Inn & Suites (phone: 605-339-8997) is the preferred hotel for the tournament (located one-half mile from the Arena). Friday night dinner will be at the Blue Rock Bar & Grill across the street from the hotel. To register, for additional information, or for a copy of the tournament rules, please contact tournament director Dave Druk at dave.druk@northlandhockeygroup.com.
Saturday, August 23, 2025 – 10th Annual Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament, Maumee, Ohio. The tournament will be held at the Maumee-Bowling Green Elks Lodge #1850, 137 W Wayne Street, Maumee, Ohio 43537 starting at 9 am. The cost is $20 and the theme is MVP and/or Cy Young Award winners. Your team must be from 1921 to present (excluding 1981, 1994, and 2020) and have an MVP and or Cy Young Award winner on the team. A random draft order for team selection will be held June 1st with team selection to follow. The DH and 3-man rotations will be used. If interested, or for a copy of the rules, please contact either Ron Emch at rce@emcher.com, Norm at drzacu@yahoo.com, or Zach at zzavela@gmail.com.
Saturday and Sunday, August 23-24, 2025 – APBA Football Club at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio. All Football gaming platforms (all eras, leagues, U.S., Canadian, NFL, NCAA, WFL, USFL, etc.) are welcome and encouraged to attend. Gaming hours will be 9 am to 7 pm daily. The cost is $75 per day or $150 for both days. Lunch is included both days and a museum discount of 20% will be offered. Advance registration is required and PayPal payment is to be made to halloffametournaments@gmail.com, using the friends and family option please. The host hotel will be Hampton Inn & Suites, 5256 Broadmoor Circle NW, Canton, Ohio (phone: 330-491-4335). The special hotel reservation link is here ($139/night). No official tournaments or rules have been established as of May 16. To register or for additional information, please contact Geoff Giordano at geoffgio@verizon.net or apbafootballcluboriginal@gmail.com.
Saturday, September 13, 2025 – The Old Dominion APBA Baseball Tournament, Hopewell, Virginia. The 2025 Old Dominion Tournament will take place at The Woodlawn Presbyterian Church, 1201 Blackstone Avenue, Hopewell, Virginia 23860. The theme of the tournament is any non-World Series winning team from 1920 through 1969. GTOP teams and the 1930 St. Louis Cardinals are ineligible. A team draft will be held on Saturday, August 2nd via e-mail. The cost to participate is $25, which will cover the rental of the facility, lunch, and prizes. The tournament fee is due by August 1 in order to participate in the team draft. For additional information and/or questions, please feel free to contact Jim Saska at jamessaska@gmail.com.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – The Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament (LBS XI), Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. The LBS Tournament will be held at the Slippery Rock Township Building in Slippery Rock, PA, with a theme that includes non-retired tournament teams from 1901-1939 (no Federal League teams) and 2000-2024 (no 2020 teams) that had a .550 winning percentage or under. The price is $25.00 which includes lunch, awards, venue, and any other tournament fees. All leftover monies are donated to the American Diabetes Association in honor of Linda Schulz. If interested, please contact Ken Schulz at schulzka02@yahoo.com or Darren Schulz at dcs1700@yahoo.com with your contact information and team selection.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 – RollAPBAlooza Carolina Style, Bluffton, South Carolina – The tournament will be held at The Okatie Ale House, 25 William Pope Drive, Bluffton, SC 29909. The tournament theme is “The Mad Bum Years” honoring Hickory, NC native son Madison Bumgarner. Team selection can be any team from Mad Bum’s playing years 2009 through 2023, except 2020. The tournament entry fee is $10 and includes lunch and bottled water. Hurricane Jim Cicilia admission is free after barely surviving Hurricane Helene while traveling to the last RollAPBAlooza tournament. If interested, please contact one of the Tournament Directors: Rodney Woodward (rodwoodhhi@gmail.com), Marty Benjamin (martymvw@gmail.com), or Tony Stevens (APBATony@gmail.com) to register, for further information, or for a copy of the tournament rules.
Saturday, November 8, 2025 – The 2025 DVAL Tournament, Wilmington, Delaware. The tournament will be held at The Concordia Lutheran Church, 3003 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE 19810. Teams available include 1946 to present excluding 1981, 1994, and 2020 teams. Previous winners are not eligible (1968 Tigers, 1969 Orioles, 1984 Tigers, and 2017 Nationals). If you would like to use a team you do not own, the tournament director will gladly lend you the team for the day of the tournament. Team selection is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, so if you plan to play, get your team selection in as soon as you can. If you plan to attend or if you have questions, please contact Dick Moore at moore315@comcast.com.
Thursday, January 1, 2026 – The Player’s Memorial Tournament (formerly Thx for the Memories Tournament) – Any team from 1944 to 2016 that has a carded player that passed away in the calendar year 2025 is eligible. Players include Chet Lemon, Rich Dauer, Octavio Dotel, and others. Play is conducted using a video application. A Zoom account is available so that you are able to play uninterrupted. The entry fee is $5. The tournament winner gets a coffee mug with the APBA card of his or her choice player. Please contact Tony Stevens at APBATony@gmail.com for more details.
THE GRAND SLAM OF SOUTHERN REGIONALS!
This is a free and additional add-on contest where the APBA player accumulates wins from across all four of the southern APBA baseball tournament regionals.
The four Southern APBA Regionals in 2025 will be:
1) Charlie Fouche’s Chattanooga Shoot-Out (02/2025) in Chattanooga, TN
2) Shoeless Joe Jackson Dead Ball Tournament (08/2025) in Greenville, SC
3) Old Dominion Tournament (09/2025)
4) RollAPBAlooza: The Madison Bumgarner Seasons (omit the 2020 season) (10/2025) moving to beautiful Bluffton, SC (hoping no hurricane this time)
