SVA Asics Cups - 18U Mens
18U Men
Guidelines
a) Registered teams must play in a minimum of 1 tournament to a maximum of 5 competitions.
b) The Asics SV5T-WL will be the official competition ball for this age category.
c) 18U will utilize the 6 limited substitution rule with libero.
d) Head Coaches must be certified Level 2 in Volleyball at the time of registration.
SVA ASICS Cup 1: February 28, 2010
Entry Deadline: February 15, 2010
Entry Fee: $300
Location: North Battleford
SVA ASICS Cup 2: March 27-28, 2010
Entry Deadline: March 15, 2010
Entry Fee: $300
Location: Prince Albert
Provincials: April 24-25, 2010
Entry Deadline: April 12, 2010
Entry Fee: $325
Location: Saskatoon
Tournament Structure
a) Asics Cup 1 will be an open format utilizing the results from the previous year’s 18U Provincial Championships to place teams into pools.
b) A serpentine seeding system will be utilized to place teams into pools in the preliminary round. (Please see Appendix for a serpentine seeding example)
c) Saskatchewan Volleyball reserves the right to adjust the seeding in order to avoid teams from the same club playing in the same pool in the preliminary draw.
d) Playoff draws will be arranged to best reflect the number of entries in each tournament.
e) Teams will be guaranteed a minimum of 5 matches per weekend to a maximum of 7 for the two days. In the event of a one day tournament, teams will be guaranteed 3 games to a maximum of 5.
Seeding
a) The results from Asics Cup 1 will be used to seed teams for Asics Cup 2 and Asics Cup 2 results will be used to seed teams for Asics Cup 3.
b) Teams will receive points based on their finish in any SVA Sanctioned Tournament. For example: 1st place = 1 point, 2nd place = 2 points, 3rd place = 3 points.
c) For the Provincial Championships teams will be seeded based on points ratio for all tournaments played in.
