Tournament/Site Director

Derek Benson
dbensonvb@gmail.com

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Entry Fee

$475

Location

Address

Duke Energy Convention Center
525 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Web page: http://www.duke-energycenter.com/

Tournament Information

PLAY SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON AES (Link Below)

https://results.advancedeventsystems.com/event/PTAwMDAwMTkyMTE90/home?_ga=2.188120811.2132862150.1581337821-1136722179.1565628485

 

Doors open at 7:00 am each day. All divisions begin at 8:00 am on Saturday and 8:00 am on Sunday.

 

WAVE TIMES:

HALF OF THE 12s TEAMS WILL BEGIN PLAY AT 8:00AM.

HALF OF THE 12s TEAMS WILL BEGIN PLAY AT 11:00AM.

Pool Schedules will be released Wednesday, 2/12 morning

 

Coaches need to check in at Championship Desk on Friday evening between 6 pm and 9 pm or Saturday morning starting at 7 am. You will verify your roster and pick up your tournament packet.  Please complete and bring with you to check-in a copy of this hotel rooming List. This will help us track the hotel usage.

Please remind your parents to bring their own folding chairs.

How teams finish in each pool is per USAV Tournament Rules, (head to head, matches winning %, sets winning %, point %). If tie is not resolved, tie breaking rules will be revisited again using only the results between the tied teams.

POOL PLAY FORMAT
Match 1: 1 vs 3 (2 ref)
Match 2: 2 vs 3 (1 ref)
Match 3: 1 vs 2 (3 ref)

Note: After pool play is completed, 1st and 2nd place teams from the second pools advance to challenge matches or pools on Sunday morning starting at 8:00 AM. The 3rd place teams advance to at least two more matches on Sunday.

Coaches need to check in at Championship Desk on Friday evening between 6 pm and 9 pm or Saturday morning starting at 7 am. You will verify your roster and pick up your tournament packet. The packet will include all of the pools and the playoff bracket information.

Warm-ups will be 7-4-4 for the first match for each team each day. Then they will be 2-4-4 for any subsequent matches in the same day. No ball handling except on the courts.

Wave Schedules:
COMING SOON

Make checks payable to: Dayton Juniors and mail to:

5490 Intrastate Drive
Fairborn, OH 45324

For additional information, please access the tournament website.

Teams will be in three team pools. Your team is either officiating or playing. There will not be a coaches meeting prior to the start of the tournament.

Teams will have to supply a down official, 2 line judges, an official scorer, a Libero tracker and score flipper for the matches they are required to officiate.

A minimum of 6 matches guaranteed. Awards will be given to 1st through 4th in the Gold Division.

Concessions will be available. The tournament will only be cancelled if there is a level 3 snow emergency in Cincinnati, OH. Should you have any questions, please contact Derek Benson @ DBensonvb@gmail.com.

Entry fee is $475 per team. Please see your AES confirmation form for payment information. Please supply your 11 character team codes as soon as you have defined them. There is a State of Ohio law that requires all coaches and administrators of juniors sports teams to have concussion certifications. Here is a link to the NFHS course in Concussion in Sports

Non-OVR teams need to submit a tournament entry form with their entry fee checks. https://www.ovr.org/forms/OVR_Tournament_Entry_Form.pdf

 

For non-Ohio Valley Region teams, here is an explanation of our team designations. The OVR teams are divided into three groups:
National - similar to USAV Qualifiers Open and USA Divisions
American - similar to USAV Qualifiers American Division
Regional - teams that typically do not attend qualifiers

Pools

Note: OVR rankings appearing in the following listings are intended only as a helpful tool for tournament directors. They are subject to frequent change, including after the pools are set, and other factors may also be considered when determining pools and order of play.

Officials [Hired officials: sign in for more information]

The officials' assigner for this event is Brian Hemelgarn (hemelgarn@ovr.org, 419‑410‑2291 /m).

The officials' assigner has not yet named officials contracted for this event.