What are the pool playing schedules at the tournaments?

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NOTE: For all one-day JUNIORS tournaments on our schedule, we will assign teams out to the sites in 4-team pool increments. Most tournaments will have all 4-team pools and will play the normal 4-team pool format below. Depending on the total number of entries in an age group, some sites may have a mixture of 3-team pools and 4-team pools. There is also a special format for 6 teams only in a tournament (below). In limited cases and with prior approval, we "may" have a 5-team pool if we have 5 teams left over after all sites have been assigned and can put them together into a 2 court site. In that case, they would play a full round-robin schedule with the amendments listed below. If a LUNCH break is mentioned, then it is REQUIRED!

THREE-TEAM POOLS: (Juniors mainly - and only when used with at least one other 4-team pool in the tournament):
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Juniors - 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
Seed all teams 1 through 3.

PLAY	REF
1-3	2
2-3	1
1-2	3
30 minute	Lunch
1-3	2
2-3	1
1-2	3

FOUR-TEAM POOLS:
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults - 3 sets to 25 points rally score. There should be a coin toss and teams switch sides half-way through (at 13) to be consistent with a 3-set match (even though it is still pool play).
Format for Juniors - 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
Seed all teams 1 through 4.

PLAY	REF
1-3	2
2-4	1
1-4	3
30 minute	Lunch
2-3	1
3-4	2
1-2	4

FIVE-TEAM POOLS:
Top 2 teams advance to Finals.
Two sets to 25 points rally score. Start at 0-0.
Seeded teams are in spots 2 and 4 only.

PLAY	REF
1-2	3
3-4	5
1-5	4
2-3	1
4-5	2
1-3	4
2-5	3
1-4	2
3-5	1
2-4	5

SIX-TEAM TOURNAMENT (two 3-team pools) - JUNIORS ONLY:
Format for Juniors - 2 out of 3 sets to 25 points rally score (third set to 15 switch at 8).
All teams advance to playoffs.
Seed all teams 1 through 3.

PLAY	REF
1-2	2
2-3	1
1-2	3

30 minute lunch

PLAYOFFS BEGIN:

ROUND	PLAY	REF
QF1	P2-2nd vs P1-3rd	Pool 2-1st
QF2	P1-2nd vs P2-3rd	Pool 1-1st
SF1	P1-1st vs WQF1	LQF1
SF2	P2-1st vs WQF2	LQF2
Finals	WSF1 vs WSF2	LSF

SIX-TEAM POOLS (on 2 courts) - ADULT Tournaments only:
Top 2 teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults - 2 sets to 25 points rally score.
Seeded teams in spots 3 and 6 only.

COURT	1	COURT	2
PLAY	REF	PLAY	REF
1-2	3	4-5	6
5-6	4	2-3	1
1-3	2	4-6	5
1-4	3	2-5	6
30	minute	Lunch	Break
3-5	4	2-6	1
3-4	5	1-6	2
2-4	6	1-5	3
3-6	1

SEVEN-TEAM POOLS (on 2 courts) - ADULT Tournaments only:
Top SIX teams advance to playoffs.
Format for Adults - 2 sets to 25 points rally score
Seed teams 1 through 7.

COURT	1	COURT	2
PLAY	REF	PLAY	REF
1-6	4	3-7	5
4-7	1	2-5	3
1-3	7	5-6	2
2-4	3	1-7	6
3-5	4	2-6	7
1-4	5	6-7	2
4-5	1	2-3	6

Carolina Region Volleyball

Categories for 1998 Information

Adult Tournament Results

Jr All-Region Honorees

Junior Tournament Results

Adult All-Region Teams

Adult Tournament Results

1998 Adult Regional Championships

What are the pool playing schedules at the tournaments?