Unrivaled 1-on-1 tournament details announced

Unrivaled’s inaugural season is well underway and the league has just announced details on their 1-on-1 tournament, which will take place on Feb. 10, 11, and 14 on TNT. Currently, the league’s 36 athletes are playing 3-on-3 games with their respective teams on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays. Ahead, everything to know about how the Unrivaled 1-on-1 tournament will work, including the rules, participating players, ticketing and prize pool.

Tournament rules

The rules for the 1-on-1 tournament are as follows:

Single elimination games, except for the finals. First to 11 points wins, or whoever has the most points after 10 minutes of play, whichever comes first. The clock will be continuous for the duration of the game, with a 7-second shot clock for each possession. When a player makes a shot, they get the next possession. The tournament will follow traditional basketball scoring rules and shot point values.

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Participating players

The 30 players competing in the 1-on-1 tournament have been placed in four pods, which evenly distribute talent, positions and exciting match-ups. Fans will be able to vote for the seed each player will receive, forming match-ups in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format. Pods A and D have a first-round bye for their top two seeds.

Pod A:

Shakira Austin – Lunar Owls Rae Burrell – Vinyl Natasha Cloud – Phantom Chelsea Gray – Rose Jewell Loyd – Mist Azurá Stevens – Rose Alyssa Thomas – Laces 8th Seed – BYE

Pod B:

Napheesa Collier – Lunar Owls Tiffany Hayes – Laces  Rhyne Howard – Vinyl Lexie Hull – Rose Rickea Jackson – Mist Katie Lou Samuelson – Phantom Courtney Williams – Lunar Owls Jackie Young – Laces

Pod C:

Aliyah Boston – Vinyl Jordin Canada – Vinyl Kahleah Copper – Rose Aaliyah Edwards – Mist Allisha Gray – Lunar Owls Marina Mabrey – Phantom Breanna Stewart – Mist

Pod D:

DiJonai Carrington – Mist Skylar Diggins-Smith – Lunar Owls Dearica Hamby – Vinyl Kayla McBride – Laces Arike Ogunbowale – Vinyl Satou Sabally – Phantom Brittney Sykes – Rose 8th Seed – BYE

The prize pool

The athletes will compete for a $350K total prize pool. The winner will receive the lion’s share of the prize, $200k, while the remaining $150k will be split between their teammates (receiving $10k each), the runner-up (receiving $50k), and each of the semifinalists not advancing to the Final (receiving $25k each).

What to know about tickets

Ticket presale for 1-on-1 games goes live for newsletter subscribers on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. ET. The sale opens for the rest of the fans on Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. ET on Unrivaled’s website. Here is a breakdown of other key dates:

Jan 30: Voting period begins for player seeds Feb 2: Voting period for player seeds ends Early February (date TBD): Brackets reveal Feb. 10: 1st round play begins Feb. 11: The round and quarterfinal games will take place Feb. 14: The single elimination semi-finals begins as well as the finals, which will be best of 3 games

Identical to the current 3-on-3 games, the 1-on-1 tournament will be aired on TNT, truTV, Max, TSN+ in Canada, and YouTube Live internationally.