ELECTRONIC PAYMENT THROUGH THE REGISTRATION PAGE (checks no longer accepted)
Entry Fee: $215($250 for Convention Center Champs)
2027 Due to limited gym space Championships will be on a first come first served basis unless the tournament is listed as Invitational. After entry deadline, teams may only be accepted to fill gym space.
Refund policy: Email or call with a team withdraw request from the team rep received & confirmed. Convention Center Champsionship tournaments follow the Convention Center tournament withdrawal policies which are listed on the registration page of each tournament.
Register team online link: Yankee Registration system
Contact information: mark@nevolleyball.org | 603-557-7949 cell
In general, except as specified below, the Yankee Championships follow the rules of USA Volleyball (USAV).
**For 2027 Championships, the uniform rules listed below will be in effect**
Yankee Championships: Uniforms do not have to be matching, but players must have shirts with numbers front and back. 4 front, 6 back minimum. Taped numbers are not allowed. Numbers written in marker should meet the size requirement and also be 3/4″ wide. Illegal uniforms: #0 or 00 only, 3 digit #, dark colored # on dark shirt, light colored # on light shirt & numbers in the shirt design where the number is not easily visable. Placement of numbers does not need to be centered on the front and back, but needs to be clearly identifiable while contrasting in brightness and color with the jersey by the use of either a contrasting border around the number or the number itself contrasting. If you have an illegal uniform you will NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY until you change to a legal uniform. Your team may be assessed delay sanctions resulting from illegal uniforms that need to be changed.
Libero uniform must be highly contrasting. For Yankee championships, it must be contrasting to the ENTIRE team. 2-3 different colors and a libero could be a problem. See head ref before you play. If a libero uniform issue is discovered while teams are being lined up, the libero’s status can be changed to a bench player and allowed to sub for the set. Illegal libero uniform cannot be protested.
To be provided by Yankee.
— Molten FLISTATIC (V5M5000-3N) for all men’s, women’s, and coed tournaments.
Warm-up: [Poolplay] A team’s first warm-up is 7 minutes shared, 4 minutes shared after that.
Work teams: It is up to the team captain to be aware when your team is scheduled to work. It is not the responsibility of the referee to find you. 2 penalty points per minute will be accessed for incomplete work teams. A complete work team is defined as: Two line judges in position, a R2 w/whistle, a scorekeeper (score sheet filled out), libero tracker & score flipper (can be the same person only at locations of limited space). Work teams should be available early for referee instructions. Penalty points occur 1 minute after the scheduled warm up is over. Referee will inform TD of penalty at the end of the match, this cannot be protested.
If there is a situation where all playing teams do not play the same amount of games, percentage of wins will decide playoff seeding over total wins.
When 6 teams make playoffs, 1st and 2nd will work the quarters.
The last losing team in playoffs will work the next round unless otherwise indicated.
When all teams in playoffs are playing, the next two finishing teams will work the first round of playoffs. For instance, if the top 4 teams make semi-finals, 5th and 6th will work.
Teams will be seeded and teams tied for the last playoff spot will play [1] 21 point game, starting at 4, switching sides at 15. In cases where there are multiple tiebreakers the game will be 0-15 switching at 8. In formats where all teams make playoffs (including Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc brackets), tiebreakers will NOT be held and seeding (and bracket) will be decided as follows:
Teams will be seeded according to:
1) Head to head games amongst tied teams
2) Head to head point ratio amongst tied teams
3) Overall point ratio
4) Coin flip
The TD will select the tournament MVP.
Generally the MVP will be on the winning team, sometimes on the runner up. Input should be taken throughout the day to get a feel for who is really helping their team. MVP selection should not necessarily pick the best overall player (a B+ should look good at a B- tournament) but the most valuable. Generally, it’s someone who elevated their play above what is expected and had an overall impact on team performance.
Champs and Regionals held at Convention Centers may (and likely will) operate on modified schedules as needed to meet facility demands. Tournaments are still required a minimum of 168 points for all teams.
| 5 teams | 8 games 21 points, top 2 make playoffs (3 teams if only 1 pool) |
| 6 teams | 5 games to 25 points, everybody makes playoffs |
| 7 teams | 8 games to 21 points, top 3 make playoffs |
| 8 teams | 7 games to 25 points, top 4 make playoffs |
| 9 teams | 8 games to 21 points, top 4 make playoffs |
| 10 teams | 8 games to 21 points, top 4 make playoffs |
| 11-15 teams | 8 games to 21 points, top 6 make playoffs |
| 16-20 teams | 8 games to 21 points, top 8 make playoffs |
| Coed Rev | 8 games to 21 points versus the same 4 random teams on both men’s & women’s height net. 8 games total. |
