Rules
We want the participants to have fun and to play safe. Hence, for this reason, we have came up with some ground rules:
  1. No netting
    • for the safety of all players, it is important that you don’t jump or come in contact with the net
    • when a player touches the net during play time, a point will be awarded to the opposing team
  2. No lifting/carrying
    • the ball is not allowed to be carried on a player hand (s) for an extensive amount of time when serving, setting, and/or hitting
  3. No going under
    • player (s) may not cross under the net to the other court during play time
    • this is also an issue of safety
    • this will prevent players from landing on each other
    • there has been some argument that there are no unders in grass or sand volleyball - for our event, unders will be STRICTLY enforced.
  4. No back row attack
    • on a six players team, the back row players can not attack the ball over the ten-foot line
    • back row players can attack the ball behind the ten-foot line
  5. Can NOT cross the back line when serving the ball, that is a foot fault
  6. Can NOT attack serve
Tournament Format

Pool play / seeding round

  1. In each pool, every team will play two rally score games 0 to 15 points, win by 2. (capped at 20).
  2. Time limit for each match is 30 minutes. First referee will stop play at time limit, team with highest points wins.
  3. Pool play will determine the seeding of the afternoon portion of tournament.

Afternoon tournament

  1. Win two out of three rally scored games.
  2. Score for each team starts at 4, played to 25 points, win by 2. (capped at 30).
  3. If a third game is necessary to break tie, 0 - 15 point game, win by 2. (Cappted at 20.)
  4. The losing teams will go to the loser's bracket and play in the elimination round.

Loser's bracket / elimination round

  1. One rally score game scored 0 - 25 points, win by 2.(capped at 30).

Late/Injured Players

  1. If a player is late for a game (team is already playing), he/she may not play until the next game in the match.
  2. Once morning registration concludes, the teams are set. There are no replacements or substitutions for injured players during either pool play or the elimination rounds.