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Tournament Information
2023 Competition Dates: July 14,15,16,17,18
Location: Hermosa Beach Pier, North & Southside
1 Pier Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Entry Fee: $288 per team
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.
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 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.
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 2nd, and 3rd place teams will go into a pool of 3. The winner of the pool will advance into the 70 team Gold, the 2nd and 3rd 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
Awards will be given out to the overall Best Beach Club Championship, and the Club vs Club Championship Series
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