Overview

This tournament is a part of World Pride's Capital Cup Sports Festival, a multi-day event spanning 20+ sports.

DCPVL is excited to partner with Team DC and The Capital Pride Alliance to help bring the volleyball portion of this event to life!

Registration

Registration occurs in two parts, you must complete both to play:

1. Register with World Pride/Capital Cup
2. Upon successful registration with World Pride, click the "Sand Volleyball" link to register for the tournament through TeamArrange.

In TeamArrange, registration will be completed on an individual basis. Captains will need to register the team in TeamArrange first and then players can add themselves to the team. Only teams with at 2 players will be considered complete (max of 2 players per team).

Players only need to register on the World Pride/Capital Cup site once to participate in both indoor and sand.

Divisions

North American Gay Volleyball Association (NAGVA) ratings will be in effect. Refer to the following skills assessment form used to rate players for NAGVA tournaments.

Tournament Structure

• All Pool Play matches take place on Saturday.
• Molten brand volleyballs are used for this tournament.
• All decisions by referees are final. Any protest must be registered with the Tournament Desk immediately. Match play should not continue until the protest has been ruled on by a member of the protest committee.

Rules

All current FIVB rules are in effect.

For a complete list, refer to FIVB's Rules and Regulations.

Forfeits

Forfeits will be strictly enforced according to NAGVA / USAV rules.

• A playing team forfeits the first set in a match if they are not complete (6 players) at the match start (i.e. the 5-min horn).
• Time-outs may be used at the set start to avoid team delay penalties.
• After forfeiting the first set, 10 minutes are allowed before the 2nd set is forfeit.
• The 2nd set begins immediately if the team is complete within the 10-minute period.
• If the assigned officiating team is not present when a match is scheduled to begin, they will forfeit the first set of their next match, including Double Elimination rounds.

Pool Play

Match Format

During pool play, teams will play:

• 4 matches
• Each match consists of two sets to 21 points, starting at 0, win by 2, capped at 23
• Players switch sides every 7 points.
• A set cannot end in a tie. One additional point is played to determine the winner if the match time expires and the score is tied

Timetable

Pool play matches on all courts begin and end at the same time; they are timed by a central clock and last 40 minutes, including a 5-minute warm-up.

• 0 min: Horn signals start of 5-minute warm-up.
• 5 min: Horn signals beginning of match.
• 38 min: Horn signals 2 minutes are left to play current match. No time-outs may be taken after this point, but substitutions are allowed.
• 40 min: Horn signals end of current match, and start of 5-minute warm up for next match.
• If play is in progress when the 40-min horn sounds, the point is played until the ball is dead.

Seeding

The following formula shall be used to establish the seedings following pool play:

1. Win/loss record (in the event of a tie, go to #2)
2. Points Earned divided by (Points Earned + Points Earned by Opponents) = Standings Percentage. The higher the percentage, the higher the ranking. (in the event of a tie, go to #3)
3. Coin toss

Single Elimination

Bracket Schedule

Following completion of Saturday’s matches, the pool play seeds and resulting single elimination brackets. Elimination bracket schedules will be distributed to captains and brackets will be available.

Winners’ Bracket Format

All winners’ bracket matches are:

• Best two-out-of-three sets
• No time limit
• Win by 2 points
• The first two sets are to 21 points, start at 0, and cap at 23
• Players switch sides every 7 points in first two sets and every 5 points in third set (if needed)
• If a third set is needed, it is 15 points, start at 0, and no cap