North American roundnet tour launches USA and Canada pathway

The North American Tour Series has turned roundnet’s U.S.-Canada link into a single competitive lane, built around sectionals, majors, national team camps and a championship. USA Roundnet’s 2025 Year in Review already carried headings for a "NATS 2026 ATLANTA SECTIONAL PREVIEW" and a "NATS 2026 CHAMPIONSHIP LOCATION," and a USA Roundnet preview said Atlanta was "the first of 12 happening on the North American Tour Series (NATS)."

That changes the road map for anyone trying to reach top events. Instead of treating weekends as isolated stops, players now have to track a layered ladder that runs through the North American Tour Series, the North American Rankings page and national team selection. USA Roundnet also posted 2026 men’s and women’s selection camp rosters and set that camp for May 2-3 in Atlanta, Georgia, tying elite roster decisions directly to the new pathway. USA Roundnet describes itself as a "Non-profit National Governing Body advancing roundnet in the USA," and its 2025 National Series announcement shows the U.S. side had already been building toward a formal series before the NATS branding arrived.

Canada is moving on the same track. Roundnet Canada’s Canadian Roundnet Series 2025 page shows a formal national schedule, and The Official Roundnet Series of Canada spelled out the scale of its season with this line: "14 SERIES EVENTS. 4 MAJORS. 1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS." That gives Canadian players a clear route from regular series play into majors and onto the national championship stage.

The cross-border setup is the part that matters most for the sport’s next tier. The North American Tour Series account said, "We are thrilled to announce Spikeball as the exclusive equipment partner for the North American Tour Series," a sign that the series is being built with the kind of sponsor and governance support usually reserved for more mature circuits. For teams that travel between the United States and Canada, that unity should mean fewer disconnected calendars and more chances to measure themselves against the same field.

The regions positioned to benefit most are the ones already operating near the border or with players willing to travel for ranked events. A unified ladder raises the value of every sectional, every major and every camp result because those results now sit inside one North American structure instead of two separate national lanes.