2025 Beach Tournaments

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LOCATION: Sac Valley Area

REGISTER: Use the link below to register for all local tournaments in the Sacramento under the Sacramento Valley Beach Association. This is an multi-club organization coming together to run tournaments under one name. This includes clubs such as:

• FPVC Beach
• Aspire
• Precision
• SPVC
• SPF
• Sand Devils
• and more!

AAU membership is required to participate in ALL SVBA tournaments.  AAU Membership-click here  

LOCATION: Pismo and Santa Cruz

REGISTER: Link below includes registration and information about any of our 3 optional travel tournaments for the season!

LOCATION: Santa Cruz

REGISTER: Link below includes registration for NCVA beach tournaments

LOCATION: ANYWHERE :)

REGISTER: There are links below to the CBVA and Volleyballlife.com. These tournaments take place every week up and down the coast. If you would like to play at a certain beach on the coast, use these links to find a tournament! No coaches will be sent here

• Sunday, June 15th - SVBA Cameron Park
• Saturday, June 21st - SVBA Cameron Park
• Saturday, June 21st - NCVA Santa Cruz
• Saturday, July 5th - NCVA Santa Cruz
• Sunday, July 13th - SVBA Cameron Park
• Saturday, July 19th - SVBA Cameron Park
• Saturday, August 30th - NCVA Santa Cruz

Teams enter tournaments on their own, based on their schedule and availability. Link to register for the NCVA Santa Cruz tournaments is below. 

AAU membership is required to participate in ALL SVBA tournaments.  AAU Membership-click here  

Athletes

• Arrive 20-30 min early to warmup and listen to the tournament format debrief. The director will let athletes know the tournament format, scoring, reffing assignments, rules, and more
• Tournament style is pretty similar across all locations. There is pool play followed by double elimination bracket play
• For most tournaments, teams play 1 set to  21 and teams switch sides every 7 points. **some tournaments may play 2 out of 3 sets to 21 ** 
• Each team gets 1 time out to use at any time during their game. There is also a technical timeout when the total score sums to 21.
• At most tournaments, serve is decided by one partner from each team rolling a ball to the opposite sideline. The team that gets the closest to the sideline without going over the line wins.
• Be prepared to play for 4-6 hours especially if your goal is to play in the finals.
• Stay hydrated!
• Be prepared to ref games.  As the ref, you need to keep score and make judgement calls (so be familiar with beach rules!!) See link below for the beach volleyball rulebook
• Have fun!!

Parents

• NO COACHING OR TALKING TO THE REFFING TEAM ALLOWED DURING PLAY. LET THE KIDS ARGUE/DEBATE ON THEIR OWN!!!!!!!!!!
• Bring chairs, towels, and most importantly shade!! Most parents bring pop up canopies but umbrellas will also do the job
• Bring plenty of water and food for your athlete. 
• Bring towels that can be dipped in water to keep your athlete cool. Some FPVC teams bring fans with misters in them or ice packs.

Rules of the beach!