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title: "Youth Esports Franchise XP League Hosts 2022 North American Finals in Orlando"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6341a0c3-0d57-4a85-913e-41ded4dde173
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220623_youth_esports_franchise_xp_league_hosts_2022_north_american_finals_in_orlan.html
category: "Kids activities"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Kids activities"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2022-06-23T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:07:39.896Z
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# Youth Esports Franchise XP League Hosts 2022 North American Finals in Orlando

**TL;DR:** XP League hosts the 2022 North American Finals in Orlando, featuring the largest in-person youth esports tournament in North America. The event is a culmination of the league's nine-week seasonal program, which focuses on teaching resiliency, teamwork, and sportsmanship to elementary, middle, and high school students.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-06-23. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220623_youth_esports_franchise_xp_league_hosts_2022_north_american_finals_in_orlan.html).*

## Story

*First PCA Coach-Led Competitive Gaming League Holds Largest In-Person Youth Esports Tournament in North America*

The event kicks off Saturday, June 25 at 8 a.m. with a welcoming ceremony for players, teams, coaches, and parents. The ceremony will be opening the day’s tournament events where play begins promptly at 9 a.m. The second and final day of the tournament is on Sunday, June 26 with play beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding the weekend’s event with the closing and trophy ceremony.

In partnering with Full Sail University, the weekend’s events will include regularly scheduled tours where families can learn more about its award-winning education program in esports, entertainment, media, arts and technology. In celebration of the finals, XP League is offering participants, families, and guests discounted attraction tickets to Universal Studios and food trucks, vendor booths with mementos, player gear and merch will be available throughout the weekend.

CEO and co-founder, Jay Melamed created XP League after seeing his own children’s range of interest in traditional youth sports and unified love for video games. He soon realized the lack of structure and guidance in esports and decided to blend concepts of traditional youth sports with video games.

“We are so excited to host this tremendous event for all our players and their families. There’s nowhere else kids can experience this sort of in-person competition that makes them truly feel like a professional gamer with all of the hype that comes with a huge national event like this,” said Melamed.

Launched in 2020, XP League offers a nine-week seasonal program including one practice and one match a week. Each team is led by a coach who focuses on teaching resiliency, teamwork and sportsmanship in addition to gaming skills to elementary, middle and high school students. By integrating these values into the core format of its programming, kids see the positive reward as an exciting part of the overall experience.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- education program (topic)
- Universal (company)
- youth esports (topic)
- tournament (topic)
- gaming league (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220623_youth_esports_franchise_xp_league_hosts_2022_north_american_finals_in_orlan.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6341a0c3-0d57-4a85-913e-41ded4dde173).