Tournament Format

Competition will begin on Saturday. A wave play format will be used with the morning wave and the afternoon wave. Confirmed start times will be posted on this web site once available.

Game and Pool Play Protocol

  • ALL Matches will be best of 2 of 3 sets, starting at zero, and cap at 27/17. 
  • USAV rules will be used for all play.
  • Remember to check the schedule for the next round work assignments, some teams do have to come in early to work the next pool or first round of bracket play.

Warm Up Procedures

  • Warm ups will be 2 – 4 – 4 for all teams first games throughout the tournament.  Time will start at the end of the previous match. The first two matches of each wave will begin on time after that they are all ASAP. 
  • After all teams have played their first game, warm up consist of  – 1 minutes of pepper your side both teams, 3 – minutes of hitting/serving for serving team, 3 – minutes of hitting/serving for receiving team.

Work Teams

A paid certified official will be assigned to all matches and both up and down officials will be provided for all Gold finals in all age divisions. Teams scheduled for a work assignment must provide a competent down Ref, competent scorekeeper, 2 lines people and a flipper/libero tracker. A coach must be court side during the entire work assignment in case of any problems. Failure to have an entire work team including the coach will result in a point per minute for every minute you are late. This penalty will be assessed on your next scheduled match. Please check the schedule carefully for work assignments. Some teams will be required to work the 8am match and then play at 9am. We are not responsible for missed work assignments. You may also be required to stay after a finals match to work the next round of matches coming to your court. Please check with Championship Desk to verify.

Tie Breakers

It is the coaches responsibility to remain at the event until all chances of any tie breakers have been completed. If any information is given by the staff that does not match information here, ask for tournament director to re – check the results.

  1. Match % – Number of matches won divided by number of matches played.
  2. Head to Head match result between two teams. This criteria does not apply in a 3 way tie.
  3. Set% – Number of sets won divided by number of sets played.
  4. Point% – Total number of points you scored in the pool divided by total number of points scored against you.
  5. Coin Toss

The rules will be applied sequentially in this order without repeating any previous rule

Athletic Trainers and Medical Release

  • There will be paid athletic trainers on site. These trainers will be available starting at 7am to wrap and prep players for the day. Please be sure to provide your own tape.  Please, do not wait until the last minute to have your players report to the medical tent to be taped as play will not be delayed.
  • All coaches are required to have a Medical Release Form for each player with them at all times.