The NCVA promotes participation in a quality program that provides a positive and safe athletic environment through a variety of developmental and competitive opportunities for junior teams of all ages, skills levels, and diverse groups. It is important to us to maintain our professional demeanor and serve our customers with the highest level of service.
We offer numerous clinics and camps for coaches and referees to experience and learn all sorts of new volleyball training. The NCVA requires background screenings for all NCVA member adult affiliates with our Junior Teams, Referees and Tournament Staff. These backgrounds are very strict to ensure that your child is around safe and upstanding role models. The NCVA also provides tournaments hosted in convention centers, each club is supplied with Facilities Insurance Certificates, each team is presented with opportunities to play in the highest level tournaments (USA Junior National Championships) and a variety of league tournaments for all teams no matter how diverse in age, or skill level. We have staff that is in the office from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday to help you with all your questions and needs. We also have on-call staff members on the weekends to help any tournament director with their questions. These are the items that will keep the quality of your playing experience at the highest possible level.
More information about all Boys League and Tournament information can be found in the Boys Handbook. To view the handbook, go to the Boys menu above and select Boys Handbook.
Power League
Power League tournaments will be offered in the following age groups: 18, 17, 16, 15, 14
All Power League tournaments are provided referees
Points will be awarded to all teams participating in the Power League.
The League consists of a two-day Qualifier, four League tournaments, and a two-day Region Championship.
Both the Qualifier and Region Championship are held in convention centers
These tournaments are mandatory, which means that a team entering this League will play eight mandatory days.
Upon registering for the League, a team will automatically be entered into each League event.
Teams entering the League will be divided into divisions (Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc.) and age groups based on results from the Qualifier.
The format for these divisions will be determined by the number of teams entered.
Travel is required for this League.
A team may choose to enter the League event after the Qualifier, but they will be entered at the lowest level and only if space is available.
Points will be awarded to each team based on their results.
If a team either No Shows, Cancels or Forfeits a tournament, they will receive last place points for that tournament and take the last seed in that division and additional sanction will/can be applied.
Play will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Each match is the best two-out-of-three sets to 25 points in the first two sets and to 15 points in the third set, if necessary.
All sets will use rally scoring with no cap.
Based on format pools may be play all 3 sets to 25 Points.
After pool play, teams will advance to playoff brackets.
Non League
Non League tournaments will be offered in the following age groups: 18, 16, and 14 & under.
All Non League tournaments are provided referees
All teams are eligible to play in Non-League tournaments.
The deadline to enter these tournaments will be 9:00 a.m., 14 days prior to the event.
You must register and pay online to be entered into the tournament.
After the deadline, teams entering late may be added on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis.
Play will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Each match is the best two-out-of-three sets to 25 points in the first two sets and to 15 points in the third set, if necessary.
All sets will use rally scoring with no cap.
Some pools may be all 3 sets to 25 points based on format.
After pool play, teams will advance to playoff brackets.
Each team will have the option to play as close to home as possible or to travel; typical travel time is 90 minutes.
However, sites and travel times are subject to change.
Points will not be given for Non-League tournaments.
Tournament formats may change from tournament to tournament due to the number of entries received.
Additional Tournaments
The NCVA offers many additional tournaments to our boys teams. We offer the No Dinx / NCVA Boys Far Western Bid Tournament held at the San Mateo Event Center annually in January. All additional tournaments are provided referees. All information about these tournaments can be found on the individual tournament sites. To access these sites, go to the home page and click on Find an Event.
Other events/tournaments are offered in our neighboring regions as well. Please refer to their websites for any information on their tournaments.
National Qualifiers & Junior National Championships
As mentioned above, the NCVA offers the No Dinx / NCVA Boys Far Western Bid Tournament. This tournament is a highly competitive event that brings teams from all over our region and teams from other regions as well. By finishing well in this tournament, your team could win a bid to the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships held annually in the United States (tournament host cities vary by year).
For more information about the No Dinx / NCVA Boys Far Western Bid Tournament go to our homepage and click on the tournament logo on the right hand side.
For more information about Junior National Championships, please refer to the USA Volleyball website: usavolleyball.org
