Grade 8 Championships
The Grade 8 Championships are open to the Champions from each school division within the province. Teams will play a pool-play round then be seeded in to a playoff to determine the Grade 8 Provincial Champions.
The 2025 Grade 8 Championships will take place in late fall, pending host school availability. The registration deadline will be announced once event details are confirmed.
Event Rules/Format:
All standard Volleyball Canada Age Class Rules will be observed, with the exception/inclusion of the following:
- For each match, the competing teams will be required to provide 1 volunteer each to act as scorekeepers for the match
- Volleyball Canada National Championship Warm-up Protocol will be encouraged at the Grade 8 Championships
Round Robin matches will be played:
- Best two-out-of-three sets
- First two sets are to 25, win by 2, no cap
- Third set (if necessary) is played to 15, win by 2, no cap
- ONE time-out per team per set
Playoff matches will be played:
- Best two-out-of-three sets
- First two sets are to 25, win by 2, no cap
- Third set (if necessary) is played to 15, win by 2, no cap
- TWO time-out per team per set
Playoff seeding will be determined by:
- Total matches won
- Please refer to the Volleyball Canada Rule Book for Tie-breaking procedures
Additional notes:
- Teams can have 15 athletes on their roster, however only 12 will be eligible to participate in any given match
- 12-substitutions unlimited
- Liberos are not permitted
- Receiving Serve with an overhand motion using the fingers (volleying/setting the serve) is not permitted
- Girls Net Height will be 2.15m, Boys Net Height will be 2.20m
- The Mikasa VQ200w-can will be used
- Each team will be allotted a 5-minute on-court warm-up before each match (teams must provide their own warm-up balls)
- Referees/Tournament Supervisors will have final say over warm-up times if the tournament is running behind
Grade 9 Open
The Grade 9 Open is an open tournament available to all Grade 9 teams across the province. Teams will play a pool-play round then be seeded in to a playoff to determine the Grade 9 Open Champions.
The 2025 Grade 9 Open will take place in late fall, pending host school availability. The registration deadline will be announced once event details are confirmed.
Teams must be comprised entirely of Grade 9 athletes; Grade 7/8 athletes are not eligible. All athletes on a given team must be from the same school.
Please email Alyssa at volleyball.dev@sportmanitoba.ca if you have any questions!
Event Rules/Format:
All standard Volleyball Canada Age Class Rules will be observed, with the exception/inclusion of the following:
- For each match, the competing teams will be required to provide 1 volunteer each to act as scorekeepers for the match
- Volleyball Canada National Championship Warm-up Protocol will be encouraged at the Grade 8 Championships
Round Robin matches will be played:
- Best two-out-of-three sets
- First two sets are to 25, win by 2, no cap
- Third set (if necessary) is played to 15, win by 2, no cap
- ONE time-out per team per set
Playoff matches will be played:
- Best two-out-of-three sets
- First two sets are to 25, win by 2, no cap
- Third set (if necessary) is played to 15, win by 2, no cap
- TWO time-out per team per set
Playoff seeding will be determined by:
- Total matches won
- Please refer to the Volleyball Canada Rule Book for Tie-breaking procedures
Additional notes:
- Teams can have 15 athletes on their roster, however only 12 will be eligible to participate in any given match
- 12-substitutions unlimited
- Liberos are permitted
- Receiving Serve with an overhand motion using the fingers (volleying/setting the serve) is permitted
- Girls Net Height will be 2.15m, Boys Net Height will be 2.20m
- The Mikasa VQ200w-can will be used
- Each team will be allotted a 5-minute on-court warm-up before each match (teams must provide their own warm-up balls)
- Referees/Tournament Supervisors will have final say over warm-up times if the tournament is running behind