AZ Region National Club Qualifier
2023 Arizona Region's National Club Qualifying Tournaments
March 4th & 5th, 2023: 18s AZ NCQ
18s wanting to compete for a bid through the Arizona Region must be registered for the AZ Region's National Club Qualifier by February 23, 2023
March 25th & 26th, 2023: 11s - 17s AZ NCQ
11-17s wanting to compete for a bid through the Arizona Region must be registered for the AZ Region's National Club Qualifier by March 9, 2023
Late Entries will not be accepted. Forms must be printed and sent with payment to the AZ Region Office by the deadline. Postmarked is not received.
BEFORE YOU ENTER A TEAM . . .
PLEASE check with the team to make sure all are committed to attend if the team qualifies. If a team earns a bid and does not take the bid or pulls out of the National Championship (no matter what the cause) the CLUB will not be able to participate in ANY National Qualifiers during the subsequent season. This is a USAV rule for participating in the National Qualifying Tournaments. This is a USAV national qualifier for Arizona Region bids. The same rules apply as if it was one of the other JNQ's.
Players that are listed on the roster of a team at qualification are frozen to that roster and may not play in any qualifying or championship events with any other team or club. These players are frozen to the roster whether they are attending the GJNC or not. They are not eligible to be released.
Players that leave a team after qualification and leave the team either unable to attend the GJNC or lessen the competitive level of the team are subject to sanction - including suspension - for the next season.
If a team is only interested in one or two of the bids available, they should not enter this event. The team must take whichever of the 3 bids are earned in the tournament - they may not pass on a bid for a level they don't want. Teams may not swap and offer a lower bid than they want to another team in their club or to another club. Sanctions, including suspension, will be imposed to the club, the coaches and the players associated with the team that attempts to do this.
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ABOUT THE AZ NCQ
The AZ NCQ, or Arizona National Club Qualifier, is a tournament for teams within the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball to compete for bids to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships.
The Arizona Region holds national qualifiers every spring for girls teams in the 11s - 18s age divisions. These are only open to Arizona Region registered teams that are participating in the AZ Region tournament schedule.
Please follow #AzNCQ to see updates in social media.
The larger divisions will be played over two days. This was done to eliminate playing 5 matches in the same day. Depending on the number of courts available the National Club Qualifier teams may play on Saturday, Sunday or both days. All ages may not play on both days of the tournament.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR COACHES
Coaches must bring an AZ NCQ event specific AES roster, medical release forms for each player on the roster, and a picture ID of all coaches that will be on the bench - do not assume we know who you are. If you do not have all of the required paperwork, your team will not be able to play.
Mandatory Coaches' Meeting is 1/2 hour prior to start time. Check in must be completed prior to Coaches Meeting. All teams should be on site and ready to play the first match in the event a team drops or is late. Teams from one division may be called upon to help officiate another division on another court at any time during the day - unless they are playing a match.
Per the USAV Girls' National Championship/NQ Manual, during a team's ref assignment, the team must provide a 2nd referee that is a rostered adult for ALL age division matches, a certified scorer, scoreboard operator, libero tracker and 2 line judges.
Players who will not be attending the National tournament with their team are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in this qualifier tournament. Players that have participated in another JNQ may only participate with the same team they participated with at any JNQ. One player MAY NOT participate with two different teams in an attempt to qualify for the National tournament - per USAV rules.
The actual brackets will be posted in AES. These are subject to change if warranted.
2023 INFORMATION
DIVISIONS OF PLAY FOR THE 2023 GIRLS JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEYS
The new season brings new opportunities to play!
2023 will offer 7 divisions of play at Girls Junior National Championships.
The Arizona Region will now offer 3 bids for each age group, except 11s (1 bid), 12s (2 bids) and 13s (2 bids), at the AZ NCQ. First place will earn the National Bid, 2nd place will earn the American bid and 3rd place will earn the Freedom bid, in divisions offered.
The Qualifiers will offer Open, USA, Liberty and American Divisions. Girls 11s & 12s will also be able to qualify for a National bid at a National Qualifier.
The order of strength for the Divisions will be:
- Open
- National
- USA
- Liberty
- American
- Freedom
- Patriot
2023 BIDS FOR USAV GIRLS JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Arizona Region will fill 3 bids in each age division, except for 11s (1 bid), 12s (2 bids) and 13s (2 bids), along with a minimum of 3 alternate teams in the event one or more of the teams in their age group qualifies at a National Qualifier.
The Region bids are for the National, American and Freedom Divisions.
All qualified or alternate teams are required to enter the respective GJNC tournament in AES and comply with all entry requirements until all the bids are filled following reallocation in late March (18s) or early May (12s - 17s). This is so more Arizona teams may participate at the National tournament.
NOTE: If an Arizona Region team qualifies at a National Qualifier in the USA, Liberty or American Division and competes in the AZ Region National Qualifier and earn a higher bid, the bid they hold will trickle down to the next highest finishing team. If a team qualifies in the same or lower bid position than they currently hold, the team will be skipped in the bid awards and they would retain the bid they currently have.
2023 Girls 18's JNC Tournament Info
Complete listing of very important documents and information for 18's teams
2023 Girls 15s-17s JNC Tournament Information
Information needed for the USAV 15s-17s Girls Jr National Championships
2023 Girls 11s-14s JNC Tournament Info
Complete listing of important documents and information for 11s-14s teams
Girls JNC - AZ Region Qualified Teams
This will take you to the Jr Nationals page containing a list of teams that have qualified
National Club Qualifier Formats
Formats will vary depending on the number of team entries. It is the goal of the AZ Region to provide a National Club Qualifying tournament adhering to USA Volleyball's guidelines as put forth in the Girls Championship Manual.
Teams are only guaranteed a minimum of 2 matches before possible elimination from the tournament, (exception: only 1 or 2 teams entered in the age division).
Elimination day is DAY 1. Those moving on to Sunday are playing for a bid or place in the alternate list.
Six to twelve teams per division will advance to Sunday pool/bracket play to ensure sufficient determination of alternates for awarding of trickle-down bids. The number of teams moving to Sunday is dependent on the number of teams vying for a bid and the number of bids the AZ Region has to offer in that age group.
Teams Entered in AZ Region NCQ
Teams are listed alphabetically. The teams will be listed in seed order when the formats are posted. Formats will be posted by Wed prior to the appropriate weekend.
Seeding will be determined by the finish at the last tournament played. Open teams are seeded above Championship and Club teams.
2023 ARIZONA REGION NATIONAL CLUB QUALIFIER ENTRIES AND RESULTS
Teams entered as of 3/9/2023 - Entry is Closed
