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Subscribe to our Newsletter2025 - 6 Classifications will continue in New York State
New York State Public High School
Athletic Association Soccer
2025 Classification Numbers
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NYSPHSAA 2025 Classification Numbers
Class-AAA ... High Schools with ... 1096 or more students
Class-AA .... High Schools with ... 691 and 1095 students
Class-A ..... High Schools with ... 407 and 690 students
Class-B ..... High Schools with ... 247 and 406 students
Class-C ..... High Schools with ... 144 and 246 students
Class-D ..... High Schools with ... 143 or less students
6 Classifications will continue in 2025
* It must be noted that the Classification Numbers are now Sport and Gender specific.
The girls soccer numbers are different than the boys soccer numbers.
The wrestling numbers will be different than the boys tennis or girls basketball numbers.
The numbers are determinded by the number of teams in New York State that play that particular sport.
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History ...
The NYS Soccer Chairmen voted on April 5, 2022 to format boys soccer into 6 Classifications starting in the fall of 2023
The vote was unanimous as all eleven Section Chairmen were all on-board to leave the 5 Classification format.
The 6 classifications will be ... Class-AAA, Class-AA, Class-A, Class-B, Class-C & Class-D
Another important change is how the NYS classification numbers will be determined.
In the past every High School in NYS was tossed in one pot.
Then the total number was divided into five, 20%, 20%, 20%, 20% and 20% to determine Class-AAA, Class-AA, Class-A, Class-B, Class-C & Class-D
In 2023 the classifications will be divided differently.
Each sport will have its own numbers.
In boys soccer they will eliminate all the schools in NYS that don't play boys soccer.
Then the largest 75 teams will be placed in Class-AAA
Then the number left in the middle will be divided equally by 4 to form Class-AA, Class-A, Class-B & Class-C
This will give each sport, including boys soccer, a true classification divide.
Section-XI, Suffolk County, will follow by using the same formula.
* New school BEDS numbers will be available next October for the 2023 soccer season.
Girl's soccer in New York State ...
The NYS Girls Soccer Chairmen have also decided to move to 6 Classifications in 2023
The girls will also change their overtime procedure to image the boys, using "Golden Goal" overtimes instead of two "Must Play" periods.
State Championship Consequences ...
Section-9 will host the State Championships for the next two seasons: 2022 & 2023
In 2023 Section-9 will need to adjust to the new 6 classification format which will add 4 additional teams.
Section-9 will need to provide enough fields, hotels and everything else that makes the Championship run smoothly.
The NYSPHSAA staff and the Section-9 Chairmen said they will make sure everything will be in place for next fall 2022 and the 2023 season.
The 2023 season will have 24 teams travel to Middletown and 6 New York State Champions will be crowned.
Along the same line, Section-XI will crown an additional Suffolk County Class Champion in 2023
NYSPHSAA
* New venue bids for the state championships will be open for the 2024-2025-2026 soccer seasons.
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