About Junior Olympic Volleyball Tournaments

The indoor volleyball season doesn't have to end for good players once the high school and middle school seasons end. Junior Olympic volleyball tournaments let players compete through the spring and into the summer.

  1. Function

    • Junior Olympic volleyball tournaments are for boys and girls 18 and under who compete for a club team outside of their school.

    Significance

    • The best players in the country get to test their skills against one another. The hope is to develop Olympic-level players.

    Types

    • USA Volleyball, the sport's governing body, sponsors Junior National Championships each summer. Teams qualify through regional tournaments, which are broken into age groups. There is an 18-and-under division, then a 17-and-under division, continuing for each age until reaching the first division of competitors 12 and under.

    Benefits

    • College coaches often scout Junior Olympic volleyball tournaments to determine which players to recruit and offer scholarships.

    Warning

    • A player is ineligible to compete in any regional or national Junior Olympic volleyball qualifying and championship event after participating in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college or junior college team.