Dates: January 13, 14 & 15, 2024
Victory Team Playing: 18 Black

Playing Site: Matches will be played at Bartle Hall (the Kansas City Convention Center), Municipal Arena and the Exhibition hall (under Municipal arena). All halls are in the same complex. Courts 1 through 64 are in Bartle, courts 65 through 68 in Municipal and courts 69 through 72 in the X-hall. Click here for the court layout in Bartle hall.

Admission: There is no admission charge for this event for spectators.

Live Streaming: All competition will be live streamed by BeTheBeast
Live Stream for Parents and Fans or College Coaches/Recruiters to purchase:

Host: Heart of America Volleyball — 548 S. Coy Street, Kansas City, KS 66105, (913) 233-0445, info@hoavb.org

National Qualifier: This event is a National Qualifier for the 18 Open, USA, Liberty and American divisions.
Click here to download the 18’s Junior National Championships Manual. For the 18 Open divisions up to 2 bids may be available, for the USA division, up to 3 bids may be available (depending on numbers of registered teams in each division). For 18 Liberty, 2 bids may be available. For 18 American there will be one bid available.

Divisions: Girls – 18 Open, 18 USA, 18 Liberty, 18 American, 17 Club, 16 Club, 15 Club, 14 Club, 13 Club, 12 Club.

Waves: AM Wave (8 am till 2:30 pm):
PM Wave (2:30 pm till about 10 pm):

Recruiting Combine: In conjunction with this tournament, Championship Combines will run a Recruiting Combine on Friday, January 12, 7 pm till 8:30 pm.

College Coaches: Click here to see colleges that are signed up to attend in 2024 (most colleges tend to sign up in the week before the event).
Click here to see colleges that attended in 2023

Format: All Girl Divisions (except 11’s): Pools of 4 teams on Saturday (if numbers allow). Re-pool on Sunday. All teams will advance to single elimination playoffs on Monday.

Officials: We cover all matches with a paid first official. Teams will need to cover the rest of the officiating duties.

Event Sponsors: ASICS, Molten USA

Tournament Ball: This event will use the Molten Supertouch ball for all 13 and over competition. The 12’s division will play with the Molten VBU12.

Awards: There will be individual awards to champions and second place and both third place teams in each Gold division, Silver brackets will receive 1st and 2nd place awards.

Music: No outside music sources are allowed at this event. Do NOT bring in boom boxes, speakers etc. If everybody plays their own music at the courts, it becomes an incredible amount of noise in the facility, which is a distraction for the teams playing.
Also not allowed in the facilities are hover boards and drones.

Rules & Regulations: USAV playing rules for the 2023-2025 season will be in effect. Most matches will be best two out of 3 sets. Some alternate match formats may be used to accommodate for smaller divisions or for 3 or 5 team pools, if necessary.

Officiating: All competing teams will be assigned to officiate in the tournament. R1’s will be provided. Teams MUSTprovide certified R2’s, scorers, Libero trackers, scoreboard operators and 2 lines-persons.

Tie-Breaking:
For the 18’s Qualifier divisions, the tie-breaking procedures as outlined in the 2023-24 Girls Championship Manual will be followed. Click here for the flow-chart of tie-breaking for those divisions.
In all other divisions: No tie-breaking sets will be played, unless all tie-breaking criteria are exhausted:
2 teams tied in match record: Head to head match breaks the tie
3 or more teams are tied in match record:
1. Overall Set percentage
2. Overall Point percentage
3. Head to head set percentage between the tied teams
4. Head to head point differential between the tied teams

Failure to fulfill officiating assignments will result in the loss of 1 point per minute in their next match

Sanction: The tournament is hosted and sanctioned by the Heart of America Region – USA Volleyball. All teams and players must be registered with USAV. Team and player registration numbers MUST appear on the Entry Form or the entry will be rejected. Teams using illegal players will forfeit all matches and be disqualified from the tournament and the case turned over to the appropriate Regional Commissioner for further action.