More than 350 teams set for NFL FLAG Championships in Indiana

More than 350 girls' and boys' teams gathered in Westfield, Indiana, as the third annual NFL FLAG Championships presented by Toyota opened a four-day run at Droplight Grand Park Sports Campus. The NFL calls it the largest youth flag football tournament in the world, and the bracket was built to end with championship games on Sunday, July 26.

The setting matters as much as the field size. Grand Park Sports Campus sits on more than 400 acres in the Indianapolis metro area and offers more than 30 multi-purpose fields, the kind of layout that lets a national tournament move from pool play into elimination rounds without losing tempo. RCX Sports is operating the event, and the Indianapolis Colts pushed its own guide for the championships, describing the players coming to central Indiana as the world's best youth flag football athletes.

Westfield has leaned into the event from the start. The City of Westfield promoted the championships in May, while Indiana Sports Corp and Visit Indy both added the tournament to their calendars. That local push lines up with the NFL's decision to move the event from Canton, Ohio, where the 2025 championships drew approximately 300 NFL FLAG regional winning teams across 12 divisions, including eight international teams, at ForeverLawn Park by Unrivaled Sports at the Hall of Fame Village.

That jump from about 300 teams to more than 350 in 2026 is the clearest sign of where the sport is headed. This is only the third annual NFL FLAG Championships, meaning the event started in 2024, but it already has enough scale to draw a deep national field, corporate backing from Toyota and a broadcast platform that the NFL and NFL FLAG promoted through ESPN and NFL Network.

Toyota's presenting role fits that growth. The company has been named the presenting partner of NFL Flag tournaments across the U.S. as part of an inclusive Football to All push, and the championships themselves are being framed as a showcase for both girls' and boys' teams. With more than 350 teams in one place, the Westfield stop now looks less like a weekend tournament and more like a major summer property in the youth football calendar.