Description

Age Groups

18’s- Players Graduation year of 2023 & 2024

16’s- Players Graduation year of 2025 & 2026

14’s- Players Graduation year of 2027 & 2028

12’s -Players Graduation year of 2029 & 2030 and younger

Qualification 

Individual Pairs Event

Teams are selected by their club director. Each beach club will select their top team. If a player graduated High School in the fall and went to college in the spring, she can NOT participate in the BVCA National Championships as a junior player. If you are doing a gap year, please email the BVCA.

 See Guidelines 

Club vs Club Challenge Event

Teams qualified based on ranking points. See Guidelines

Open Division 5v5 Club v Club-16 Clubs

• The top 14 clubs qualify based on rankings and 2 wild cards. 

Open Division “Tier 2” 3v3 Club v Club- 8 Clubs

• Clubs with 2^nd teams that qualify based on rankings in the open division. 
• Teams outside the top 16

Club Division Club v Club 3v3- 16 Clubs

• The top 14 clubs qualify based on rankings and 2 wild cards. 

Schedule

Schedule

***This schedule can change based on the number of teams that register. This will be the new format for 2023.

Day 1- Friday July 14th // 16’s and 18’s age groups

Wave 1: 16’s 7:30 Check in for 16’s (FIVB) Pools of 4/Match Play

168 teams’ max entry in each age group-42 pools

• 8:30 -1 vs 4
• 9:30 – 2 v 3
• 10:30– Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2
• 11:30– Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

Wave 2: 12:00 18’s Check in (FIVB) Pools of 4/Match Play

168 teams’ max entry in each age group-42 pools

• 1:00 –1 vs 4
• 2:00– 2 v 3
• 3:00– Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2
• 4:00– Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

Day 2-Saturday July 15th

• The winner of each pool will go into a pool of 3 to decide seeding into the Gold Bracket.
• The last place team of each pool will go into a pool of 3 to decide seeding into the bronze bracket.
• The 2^nd, and 3^rd place teams will go into a pool of 3. The winner of the pool will advance into the 70 team Gold, the 2^nd and 3^rd place goes to 56 team Silver, 42-team bronze bracket.
• Games will be played to 21 in seeding round.

Wave 1: 7:15-7:30 16’s Check in pool of 3 for seeding into Brackets

8:00 Start Time

1v3

2v3

1v2

Wave 2: 9:00 18’s Check in pool of 3 for seeding into Brackets 

9:30 Start Time

 1v3 

 2v3

 1v2

11:30-6:30 Championship Bracket Gold/Silver/Bronze for 16’s & 18’s

• MATCH PLAY, you lose you’re out of the tournament
• The Goal is to finish the 2-3 rounds of Bracket.

Day 3-Sunday July 16th // 12’s & 14’s age groups

8:30-5:00 16’s and 18’s Finish Championship Bracket

 16’s & 18’s Medal ceremony to follow the competition 

12’s age group start

7:30 12’s Check in (FIVB) pools of 4 -match play 

60 teams’ max entry-15 pools

• 8:30-1 vs 4
• 9:30- 2 v 3
• 10:30- Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2
• 11:30- Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

14’s Age Group start

12:00 14’s Check in (FIVB) Pools of 4 -match play

144-teams max entry-36 pools

• 1:00- 1 vs 4
• 2:00- 2 v 3
• 3:00- Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2
• 4:00- Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2

Day 4-Monday July 17th // Club v Club

• The winner of each pool will go into a pool of 3 to decide seeding into the Gold Bracket.
• The last place team of each pool will go into a pool of 3 to decide seeding into the bronze bracket.
• In 12’s, the 2nd and 3rd place teams will go into a pool of 3. The winner of the pool will advance into the 30-team Gold, 2nd 3rd place teams into 15-team Silver, 15-team bronze bracket.
• In 14’s, the 2nd, and 3rd place teams will go into a pool of 3. The winner of the pool will advance into the 60-team Gold, 2nd and 3rd place teams into 48-team Silver, 36-team bronze bracket.
• Games will be played to 21 in seeding round.

7:45 12’s and 14’s Check-in

8:15-11:15 Pool of 3 for seeding into Brackets, there will be 2 pools on one court.

11:30-6:00 Championship Bracket Gold/Silver/Bronze for 12’s & 14’s

• MATCH PLAY, you lose you’re out of the tournament
• Goal is to finish the 2-3 rounds of Bracket

Club v Club National Championships July 17th & 18th

7:20 Check in Directors and Coaches meeting

Open Division 5v5 Club v Club- 16 Clubs

• The top 14 clubs qualify based on rankings and 2 wild cards.

Open Division ‘Tier 2’ 3v3 Club v Club- 8 Clubs

• Clubs with 2nd teams that qualify based on rankings in the open division.
• Teams outside the top 16

Club Division Club v Club 3v3- 16 Clubs

• The top 14 clubs qualify based on rankings and 2 wild cards.

Wave 1: 8:00-1:00

Wave 2: 2:00-7:00 

Day 5-Tuesday July 18th

8:30-5:00 12’s and 14’s Finish Championship Bracket 

12’s & 14’s Medal ceremony to follow

8:30-5:00 Club v Club National Championship Bracket