TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS

  1. A COMPETITOR CAN ONLY COMPETE ON ONE TEAM IN ONE DIVISION.

  2. TEAMS MUST HAVE 6 PLAYERS ON THE COURT TO START. THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 1 WOMEN.  A TEAM MAY PLAY WITH 5 PLAYERS DUE TO INJURY OR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE,MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 1 WOMEN.  THE GHOST RULE IS IN EFFECT.

GHOST RULE WILL BE APPLIED AS FOLLOWS:  THE TEAM W/ THE GHOST MUST IDENTIFY THE GHOST POSITION.  THE TEAM MUST PLAY WITH 3 UP AND 2 BACK.  WHEN THE GHOST SERVES A SIDEOUT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE OPPOSING TEAM.

  1. FOR A PLAYER TO QUALIFY FOR THE PLAYOFFS HE/SHE MUST BE INVOLVED IN A MINIMUM OF ONE ROUND ROBIN GAME.

  2. GAMES WILL START PROMPTLY AT THE NOTED TIMES.  TEAMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE COURT AT THE START TIME WILL DEFAULT* THE FIRST GAME IN 5 MINUTES AND THE SECOND GAME AFTER 15 MINUTES.

*DEFAULTED GAMES RESULT IN THE WINNER RECEIVING A 25-10 SCORE. 

DUE TO WEATHER OR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE DEFAULT RULE MAY BE CHANGED.

  1. MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM KNOWS WHEN YOU’RE REFEREEING, WE WANT TO KEEP THE DAY GOING AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

  2. THE REFEREE’S DECISION IS FINAL, REMEMBER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB.

  3.  IF A BALL IN PLAY GOES BEYOND THE CENTRE LINE IN BETWEEN THE COURTS IT IS RULED A DEAD BALL BUT CAN STILL BE PLAYED AT YOUR DISCRETION.  IF THERE IS INTERFERENCE BEYOND THE CENTRE LINE THE BALL IS DEEMED DEAD (NO RE-SERVE OR LET PLAY).

ALL NEW AND REGULAR ONTARIO VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION RULES APPLY

TOURNAMENT RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

  1. NET LET SERVE WILL BE IN EFFECT ?IF THE SERVE HITS THE NET AND GOES OVER ONTO THE OPPONENTS SIDE THE BALL IS IN PLAY.

  2. ON A SERVE CURRENT OVA RULES APPLY - YOU’RE ALLOWED ONE SERVICE TOSS/ATTEMPT IN 8 SECONDS.  IF SERVICE FAULT OCCURS THAN RECEIVING TEAM WILL BE  AWARDED W/ SIDEOUT.

  3. THERE WILL BE UNLIMITED SUBSTITUTIONS (ONE FOR ONE ONLY)

  4. TEAMS ARE PERMITTED ONE 30-SECOND TIMEOUT PER GAME (INCLUDING ALL PLAYOFF GAMES)

 

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FOOD OR BEVERAGES ALLOWED IN THE GYM.ONLY SOFT SOLE SHOES ON COURT!!!

 

THE ORGANIZERS HAS THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO MAKE CHANGES TO THESE RULES AND SCHEDULE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE TOURNAMENT.