USA Volleyball: Ohio Valley Region

Juniors' Seeding System

Base Points

10 points for all in gold
6 points for all in silver
2 points for all in bronze
+1 point per match won in playoffs

Special* Multiregion Base Points

12 points for all in gold
10 points for all in silver
8 points for all in bronze
6-4-2 points for all in subsequent flights
+0.5 point per match won in playoffs (last day)

*Special = Multiregion tournaments larger than 20 teams where a significant number of participating teams attended the national championships and the tournament is recognized by the national office. Qualifiers fall in this category.

Multipliers

x 1.0 Up to 8 teams in division
x 1.2 9 to 16 teams in division
x 1.4 More than 16 teams in division (*when approved)
x 1.8 Multiregion tournaments
x 2.0 Special Multiregion tournaments and Qualifiers
(*) The region has guidelines that tournaments must be no more than 16 teams per division or must be divided into a lower and upper flights. Therefore, no in-region tournament will receive the 1.4 multiplier unless approved by the region.

Notes

  1. Teams registering as club and changing to open part way through the season:
    Only open tournaments played in count.
  2. Teams playing in large tournaments (mostly out of region) with playoff divisions lower than bronze:
    Award one point per match won in playoffs and allow multipliers to compensate regionally.
  3. Local tournaments with upper and lower pool play brackets (more than 16 teams divided into a gold flight and a silver flight):
    Lower bracket points earned (x1 multiplier).
    Upper bracket next highest multiplier (x1.2).
  4. Teams playing up in age and skill level:
    Add 0.05 to the multiplier for playing up in age level whether it's one jump or two.
    Add 0.08 to the multiplier for playing up in skill level whether it's one jump or two.
    Not to exceed multiplier of qualifier.
  5. Teams will be ranked/seeded based on average of points earned. Ties will be determined by total number of points with a coin flip if still tied.

  6. *UPDATED* A bye counts as a win.

  7. *UPDATED* Open teams get no points for playing in a Club tournament.

Source: Art Faura, with special thanks to Bill Zehler, Howard Garcia, Hank Trimble, and Dave Groggle (MU statistician).

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