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Unrivaled Drops a Major Announcement for Mid-February Showdown

Jan 22, 2026, 10:00 AM CUT

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It's official. Unrivaled finally dropped the dates for its most hyped event: the 1v1 competition. And it's right around the corner, as Unrivaled revealed on their website.

"The three-day tournament featuring 32 Unrivaled athletes will take place Feb. 11, 13 and 14 at Sephora Arena."

32 competitors play solo across the 3 days, with every matchup being single-elimination until the final, which is a best-of-three format. The games will be played on a half-court with a 10-minute running clock and a 7-second shot clock.

The first player to reach 11 points wins the round, while the other player is eliminated. For the best-of-three final, the winning score for each game will be 7 points.

Last year's champion, Napheesa Collier is sitting out Unrivaled this time due to an injury. Aaliyah Edwards finished runner-up, while Arike Ogunbowale and Azurá Stevens made it up to the semifinal stage.

The champion of the 1-on-1 tournament will walk away with $200,000, while the runner-up earns $50,000. Semi-finalists will also pocket $25,000 each. And this prize is additional to the standard Unrivaled salary, which averages more than $220,000 per player.

The league also recently awarded another significant prize.

$50,000 Richer Paige Bueckers Could Be a Favorite for the Competition

Bueckers made a perfect 13 for 13 performance with a 100% free throw percentage in 5 games played. That netted her a $50,000 reward in the Unrivaled Free-Throw Challenge.

"I got some good plans, but no pocket watching over here. Imma take care of it," she said.

In just her first season of the league, Bueckers is already dominating. Could we see her win the 1-on-1 tournament as well? Let us know what you think in the comments!

Written by

Fatema Kapasi

Edited by

Siddharth Shirwadkar

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