Volleyball Nationals Championship Format
NCHVC Championship Format Info
World’s Largest– With over 170 HomeSchool Teams in attendance for NCHVC 2024 alone, the National Christian HomeSchool Volleyball Championships continues to hold and break World Records for being the largest National HomeSchool Volleyball Tournament in the storied history of this sport! 2024 marked the 16th consecutive year of growth for the NCHVC, with 2020 having 96 teams 2021 featuring 128+ teams, 2022 featuring 135+ teams, 2023 140+ teams, and now 2024 with 170+ teams!
18u Gold Ball Showdown Series– This is a big part of the NCHVC. For 2024, teams in the Girls 14u Division I, Girls 16u Division I, B18u Division I, and G18u Division I & II age groups are part of the Gold Ball Showdown Series (GBSS), which has featured four separate Gold Ball Classes, each of the 4 Gold Ball Champions advance to the GBSS Semi-Finals. The two winners of the GBSS Semi advance to the Undisputed National Championships Match! The National Championships are projected to once again feature 4 Gold Ball winners for Division I and G18u Division II, and for 2024, all other divisions will have two Gold Ball winners. No NCHC Division has more than 1 Silver Ball winner, 1 Bronze Ball winner, & 1 Undisputed HomeSchool Volleyball National Champion!
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Balls for Champion and Runner-up — We spare no expense when it comes to awarding the teams that find a way to navigate the always brutal NCHC Tournament Fields; in fact, we also provide Undisputed National Championship Banners for the Overall Champion for HomeSchool Volleyball’s Undisputed Champ!
FORMAT Adjustment- Pools Advancements—New for 2024: In D1/D2 of G18u, G16u, & G14u, Last place goes directly to the lower division, 1st place goes directly to the top division, and 2nd and 3rd in pools play a division qualifier game to determine their division. In D3/D4 of G18u, there will not be a division qualifier game; the top 2 in the pool advance to D3, and the bottom 2 go to D4.
FORMAT Adjustment- Brackets- Gold Ball Game Award Change— New for 2024: Silver Ball Teams that lose in a Gold Ball Game will move a Silver Ball Bracket or Game. Teams must win out to win a Silver Ball. Silver Balls will be awarded on the court on Saturday after the teams win their Silver Ball.
Follow up questions email: zackstargell.nchc@gmail.com or Tournament Director Veronica Warner homeschoolvolleyball@gmail.com