- Pool
play should start at 9am; warm up needs to be limited in order
to get tournament started on time.
- The tournament format will be decided by the Tournament Director
ONLY. Any teams found to be adjusting play or scoring formats
will be immediately removed from the tournament and they may
also be suspended from future tournaments.
- Each net is expected to start at 9am. Teams that start late,
will be penalized points during their match, you will be penalized
1 point for each minute you are late getting started.
- Players must sign proper acceptance forms in order to collect
prizes.
- For more information on Pool Play Format, please click
here
Tournament
Series Information
In 2005, TVA introduced
a new Beach System to help promote the growth of the beach volleyball
game. We have looked at many other beach systems, such as AVP,
FIVB, JSVBA, CBVA, and many more, and taken our own history
into consideration, and the following is what we came up with.
One change is everyone
must be a TVA member to participate in TVA tournaments. You
may purchase a One Event Membership for $5 or a special Beach
Membership for $15. These two memberships are only good to TVA
beach events, and will not allow you to participate in any indoor
TVA functions, but you can upgrade to a full TVA membership
at any time. Please check our web page for more information
about the TVA Beach Membership. Want to purchase your Beach
Membership online? 
Divisions
Offered
We will run the following
divisions this summer for men, woman and coed doubles. AAA,
AA, A, BB, and B, with AAA being the highest and B being the
lowest. AAA is what used to be referred to as Open; this is
just a clarification of levels as Open play is considered professional
athletes who usually compete on the AVP or FIVB tours. We will
also offer Coed 4’s this summer in the B, BB and A levels.
All men’s and
woman’s competitions will be held on Saturdays, while
all Coed (Including 4’s) competitions will be held in
Sunday.
Under this new system,
everyone who has not played in an event is considered Unrated
(U). Players must earn their rankings at events; no rankings
are just given away.
Tournament
Format
Tournament
format will be round robin pool play followed by playoffs if
pool play format allows. For pool play information, please click
here.
All pool play will be match play, best two out of three. Sets
will be played to a variety of points, the tournament director
will have final say on points played to the day of the tournament.
Our goal is to play two out of three to 21 with the deciding
game to 15 if necessary.
Player
Rankings
Ranking are earned
in the following format:
| #
of teams |
Rankings
earned |
| <3 |
1st Place earns
one level lower than division level |
| 4-6 |
1st place earns
division level |
| 7-10
|
1st place earns
next level, 2nd place earns division level |
| 11-16 |
1st & 2nd
place earn next level, Teams tied for 3rd earn division
level |
| 17-20 |
1st and 2nd
earn next level, Teams tied for 3rd & 5th earn division
level |
| 21+ |
1st, 2nd, and
Teams Tied for 3rd earn next level, Teams tied for 5th &
9th earn division level |
Once you earn your ranking, you keep that ranking until April
1st of the following year. On April 1st, every ranking will
be dropped one division. So if you are ranked AAA, after April
1st you will be ranked AA. Why April 1st you ask, because it
is April Fools Day! Remember, rankings on the beach are earned,
not given away!
Play in 4’s
does not affect your doubles ranking, and vice versa.
Playing Divisions:
If you and your partner(s) are a U (Unrated) athlete, you may
play in any division you wish to play in. If you and your partner
are ranked the same, then you must play in the division you
are ranked or a higher one. If you and your partner are different
ranked, you may play at one division lower than the highest
ranked partner. So if you are ranked AA and AA, then you must
play at AA or higher. If you are ranked AA and B, then you must
play at A or higher.
Rules:
This year we are
attempting to make rules easy for tournaments, we will be following
USAV rules right from the USAV Rule book. If you have any questions
about the rules we will be using, please follow this link to
download the rule book:
http://www.usavolleyball.org/Rules
Officials/outdoor.asp
Point
System:
This year we are
incorporating a point system for rankings. This will help us
to make sure all pre-registered pools will be seeded fairly,
it will also determine the winners of the Bonus Pool. Points
are accumulated for the entire season. Points will be kept for
separate types of play. For example, if you play in a 4’s
tournament, those points will not be awarded towards your doubles
points. Or if you play single sex doubles tournaments, those
points are not awarded towards your coed doubles points. Points
are only awarded for the type of tournament you are playing.
Points are reset back to zero April 1 of each year.
| Place |
AAA |
AA |
A |
BB |
B |
| 1st |
100 |
85 |
70 |
55 |
40 |
| 2nd |
95 |
75 |
60 |
45 |
30 |
| 3rd |
90 |
65 |
50 |
35 |
20 |
| 4th |
85 |
55 |
40 |
25 |
15 |
| 5th |
80 |
45 |
30 |
15 |
10 |
| 6th |
70 |
35 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
| 7th |
60 |
25 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
| 8th |
50 |
15 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| 9th |
40 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| 10th |
30 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Participation
Points* |
20 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
*Participation
points are given to all teams that enter that division, on top
of any points they may earn by their finish.
Bonus
Pool
Bonus
Pool is designed to encourage playing more, and it will reward
those that do play more nicely. The way bonus pool works is
like this. For each doubles team that enters a tournament, TVA
will take $10 out of their entry fee and store it away in the
Bonus Pool. Bonus Pool money stays in the division it is paid
into. So if your team enters BB, your teams $10 stays in BB.
Now, here is the fun part of the Bonus Pool, whichever player(s)
are ranked highest in each division after the end of the last
tournament, will automatically receive 25% of the bonus pool
money! (For Coed Divisions, starting in 2006 the pool will be
split into the highest ranking male and female player in that
division) The rest of the bonus pool money will be awarded to
the teams that finish 1st (60% of remaining Pool $), 2nd (30%
of remaining Pool $), and 3rd (10% remaining Pool $) in the
TVA Beach Championships, on top of the normal prizes we give
out. (So as an example, lets say over the course of the summer
we had 129 men’s A teams compete in our events. That would
have made the Bonus Pool valued at $1290. Which means the player(s)
who was ranked highest at the end of the tournament would have
received a check for $322.50, just for being the highest ranked
person! First Place Money for that division on that day would
have been $580.50, 2nd place would have earned $290.25 and 3rd
place would have earned $96.75)
To
be eligible for the Bonus Pool Money, you must have either earned
your current ranking during the current summer series, or have
played in at least 2 events of that level or lower during the
current Summer Series. This goes for all Bonus Pool money including
the Big Money Weekend. There will be a trickle down effect for
the Bonus Pool Money in the situation that the person who wins
does not meet the eligibility requirements.
