Teams & Pool Draw
Enter all 20 team names, then shuffle them into 4 pools of 5.
Current pool assignments
Tournament Schedule
Two courts. Pool play 8:00 AM – 2:20 PM. Knockouts 2:45 PM – 5:00 PM. Each match has a designated referee (a team sitting out in the same pool).
Team Captains Directory
Captains, phone numbers, and pool assignments. Tap a phone to call or text on mobile.
Pool Play — Round Robin
Enter set scores. Top 2 in each pool → Champions Pool. Bottom 3 → Premium Pool.
Scoring & tiebreaker rules
Each pool match is best-of-3 sets. Enter the set scores for each team. Standings are ranked by: Wins → Set difference → Point difference → Head-to-head.
Champions Pool — 8 Teams
Pool winners (1st) and runners-up (2nd) battle for the championship.
Premier Bracket — QF Losers
The 4 quarterfinal losers from the Champions bracket play a consolation tournament: 2 semifinals, a final, and a 3rd-place match.
Tournament Rules & Format
Read this before the captains meeting. Everyone plays by the same book.
🏆 Tournament Format
- 20 teams split into 4 pools (A, B, C, D) of 5 teams each. Pools drawn randomly.
- Pool Play (8:00 AM – 2:20 PM): Round-robin on two courts. Every team plays the 4 others in its pool. 10 matches per pool, 40 matches total.
- Top 8 teams overall (by pool record) advance to Quarterfinals, seeded 1–8: QF1 = #1 vs #8, QF2 = #2 vs #7, QF3 = #3 vs #6, QF4 = #4 vs #5.
- QF winners → Champions semifinals, then final + 3rd-place match.
- QF losers → Premier semifinals, then final + 3rd-place match (consolation bracket).
- Each bracket produces a Winner, Runner-up, and 3rd-place.
🏐 Match Format
- All matches are best-of-3 sets.
- Sets 1 & 2: Rally scoring to 25, must win by 2. Hard cap at 27.
- Deciding Set 3: Rally scoring to 15, must win by 2. Hard cap at 17.
- Teams switch sides at the end of each set; in the deciding set, switch when the first team reaches 8.
- 2 timeouts per team per set (30 seconds each).
- 6 players on court per team. Roster of up to 12. Substitutions follow standard volleyball rotation rules.
📊 Pool Standings Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked within their pool by, in order:
- Match wins (most wins first)
- Set difference (sets won minus sets lost)
- Point difference (points scored minus points allowed across all sets)
- Head-to-head result (if exactly two teams still tied)
🥇 Overall Ranking & Bracket Seeding
Overall ranks 1–8 after pool play are computed as:
- Ranks 1–4: The four pool winners (1st in each pool), sorted by wins, then set difference, then point difference.
- Ranks 5–8: The four pool runners-up (2nd in each pool), sorted the same way.
Quarterfinals (2:45 PM):
- QF1: #1 vs #8 • QF2: #2 vs #7 • QF3: #3 vs #6 • QF4: #4 vs #5
Champions bracket (winners' side):
- SF1: QF1 winner vs QF4 winner (top-half bracket)
- SF2: QF2 winner vs QF3 winner (bottom-half bracket)
- Final: SF1 winner vs SF2 winner. SF losers play the 3rd-place match.
Premier bracket (losers' consolation):
- SF1: QF1 loser vs QF4 loser • SF2: QF2 loser vs QF3 loser
- Final + 3rd-place match (same structure as Champions).
✅ Captain Checklist (Tournament Day)
- Arrive 30 minutes before your first scheduled match.
- Check in at the registration desk with your full roster (player names + signatures on the waiver).
- Captains meeting 15 minutes before first match — pool draw confirmed, rules reviewed, courts assigned.
- Bring: team jerseys (matching colors), water bottles, knee pads. Volleyballs provided by the organizers.
- Forfeit rule: 10 minutes late to court = forfeit of first set. 20 minutes = match forfeit.
- Submit scores: winning captain reports score to the scorekeeper after every match.
⚖️ Code of Conduct
- Referees' decisions are final. Disputes must be raised by the captain only, calmly, between points.
- No abusive language toward referees, opponents, or spectators. First warning = yellow card, second = red card / player ejection.
- Sportsmanship over scoreboard. Shake hands before and after every match.
- One language on the court: communication is fine in any language, but trash talk in any language results in a card.
- Spectators stay behind the line. No coaching from the sidelines during play.
📞 Contact & Questions
Tournament organizers will be available at the registration desk all day. For pre-tournament questions, contact your captains' WhatsApp group or the TANA Atlanta organizing committee.
Final Results
The podium fills in as your finals and 3rd-place matches conclude.