Arizona Region of USA Volleyball is Sponsored By

USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Age Definition

For use during the season

Determining the age group that a player falls into can be confusing since the birthday is determined by their age as of September 1.

Here are the guidelines that have been set forth by USA Volleyball. If you are still confused, use the handy calculator to the right to determine the age group.

 


 Select the Month, Day & Year, then click on the button to see the age group of that birth date.

 

For eligibility purposes, a player who has just completed a grade in the Spring of will be considered in that grade just completed. Players need not be currently enrolled in high school except as noted below.

Once a player participated in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college, or junior college, he/she is ineligible to play in any regional or national JOVC qualifying and championship events.

18 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,
or
Players who were born on or after September 1, and a high school student during some part of the current academic year.

17 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

16 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

15 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

14 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

13 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

12 & Under Division:
Players who were born on or after September 1,

Boys 14 & Under Division:
Regionally waived boys teams in the 14 & under age group will be allowed to participate at the USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships using the following age/grade definition:

Players who were born on or after September 1,
or
Players who were born on or after September 1, (15 years or younger) who shall neither have completed nor are in a grade higher than the eighth grade (8th) during the current academic year. (This exception is based on the net height difference of 7'4 1/8" to 7' 11 5/8" between the 14 & Under Division to the 15 & Under Division.)

NOTE: These age definitions are used by domestic club programs and are NOT the same as the age definitions for the International and Domestic High Performance programs for .

 



 

Home ~ Parents ~ Coaches Corner ~ Adults ~ Juniors ~ Beach ~ Officials ~ Camps ~ Forms
© 2005 ~ Arizona Region of USA Volleyball

Site Design by C-Level-Design