Check-in should be completed at the tournament desk prior to the Coach's meeting. A picture ID for each coach on the roster is required along with a medical release form for each player on the roster. Please provide your verified SportsEngine or event specific AES roster. Handwritten rosters or Team Registration form will not be accepted.
It is the goal of the Arizona Region to schedule a paid R1 on every court, every tournament. However, it is increasingly harder to do that. Every coach should come prepared to R1 during the team ref assignment - bring a whistle. If there is a paid R1 on your court, that is a bonus. If there is not, you are prepared.
Format - Teams are straight seeded into divisions of 8 or 7. 8-team divisions will be separated into 2 pools for pool play, followed by a cross-pool match. 7-team divisions will use the 7 Team Bracket (Open) format: 2 pools for pool play (3 teams in one pool using Auto-3 and 4 teams in the other pool), followed by a cross pool matches (or contender bracket of 3 teams for 5th, 6th, & 7th). Following this tournament 3 teams will move up, 2 teams will stay and 3 teams will move down a division for the next tournament play (unless the next tournament is the Region Championship). Match play is best 2 of 3 sets to 25, 3rd set to 15, if needed. Ties will be resolved by the new USAV procedure adopted for 2020 (paraphrased as follows):
2 way tie by match % - the head to head winner of those 2 teams earns the higher pool finish
3 way tie by match % - finish determined by set % (sets won / total sets played)
if 2 teams are tied by set % after one team's finish is determined by having the highest or lowest set %, then the head to head winner of those 2 teams earns the higher pool finish
3 way tie by match % and set % - finish determined by point % (points won / total points played)
if 2 teams are tied by point % after one team's finish is determined by having the highest or lowest point %, then the head to head winner of those 2 teams earns the higher pool finish
