.:Philadelphia Volleyball Academy:.

Tournament Information, Formats & Rules

18's Format

Check-In on Saturday only must be done at the Tournament Director's table by a team representative immediately upon the team's arrival.
Teams will play in an 8-team pool over the 2 days ( 7 total matches).
The 18s Tournament Champion will be the team with the best pool play record.
Ties will be broken in accordance with the KRVA tie-breaking procedures.
Awards will be given to the first and second place teams.
Warmups will be 4 -- 4 for every match, No Exceptions. 2 min. ball handling will be done during the coin toss.
Work teams (unless noted otherwise) must provide 1 R2, 1 scorekeeper, 1 libero tracker/flipper, and 2 line judges.

17's Format

Check-In on Saturday only must be done at the Tournament Director's table by a team representative immediately upon the team's arrival.
Teams will play in 5-team pools on Saturday.
The first matches on Sunday will be "challenge matches" between the 1st, 2nd & 3rd placd finishers from Saturday's pool play.
Winners of the challege matches go into a 3 team gold pool
Losers of the challenge matches go into a 3 team silver pool
4th and 5th place teams from Saturday's pool play will play in a 4 team bronze pool
Awards will be given to the first and 2nd place teams from the gold pool
Warmups will be 4 -- 4 for every match, No Exceptions. 2 min. ball handling will be done during the coin toss.
Work teams (unless noted otherwise) must provide 1 R2, 1 scorekeeper, 1 libero tracker/flipper, and 2 line judges.

Facility Rules

No coolers on gym floors.
Only water bottles on gym floors.
Concessions will be available in Jake Nevin and St. Mary's all day.
SATURDAY TEAM CAMPS must ALL be on the upper level of Jake Nevin. NO team camps in the hallways outside Butler Annex.
SUNDAY TEAM CAMPS for JAKE NEVIN must all be on the upper level of Jake Nevin.
SUNDAY TEAM CAMPS for ST. MARY'S are limited to the outter edges of the gym floor - BEHIND the black bball court lines.
A trainer will be available both days in Jake Nevin only starting at 8am on Saturday and 7:30am on Sunday.
Players must bring their own supplies to the trainer.
A trainer will not be available at St. Mary's gym. Plan ahead accordingly.
Teams are expected to clean up their camp areas before departing the gym both days.
Parking for Saturday is across Lancaster from Jake Nevin in the main lot.
Parking for Sunday is the same for Jake Nevin; for St. Mary's gym, parking is either in the small lot on the west side of the building (enter from Spring Mills Rd. through the parking attendant gate), or in the larger lot across Sprill Mills Rd. from St. Mary's.