Qualifier Ethics and Eligibility Information:
This event is part of the USA Volleyball National Championships. Participants, individual or team, may access normal "due process" channels should their eligibility to participate be in question. Procedures including appeal options are outlined in the Bylaws of USA Volleyball in Article XI. Bylaws can be found in the current issue of the USAV Official Guidebook. The Guidebook is available through Regional Commissioners or from the USA Volleyball national office, at the event Championship Desk and on the USAV web site.

Coach Certification:
For all qualifier divisions, all coaches listed on the roster must be IMPACT certified. But at least one coach, with Impact or higher certification, must be on the bench with the team at all times. (See the Qualifier Manual for particulars.)

Additional Qualifier Manual Information:
Please see the USAV Qualifier Manual for details on the following topics:

• Bid Processes and Rules
• Entry Acceptance Processes and Criteria
• Formats and Play Sequence
• Warm-up Protocol
• Team Responsibilities
• Penalty for Forfeitures
• Awards for each division
• Coaching Certification Requirements
• Tie Breaking Procedures
• Roster Rules – Frozen and Otherwise

Coaches and directors are responsible to have read and understood the Qualifier Manual and the information provided on these topics.

Penalties for Not Using a Qualifier Bid:
There are serious penalties for teams, clubs, coaches and players on teams that win a bid at a Qualifier and then don't use the bid to play at the Junior Olympic Championships. (See the Qualifier Manual for particulars.)

Qualifier Playing Divisions and Bids:
We are hosting teams in the 18 Open, 18 National, 18 American, 17 Open, 17 National, 17 American, 16 Open, 16 National, 16 Club, 15 Open, 15 National, 15 Club, 14 Open, 14 National, 14 American, 13 National, 13 American, and 12 Club in the Junior National Qualifier divisions. Teams may choose which division - Open, National or American - in their age that they want to enter.  Open divisions tend to be stronger teams and the field size tends to be smaller.

Below are the number of teams we can accommodate in each qualifier division and the number of bids available for that number of teams.  Big South reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to adjust the size of a division depending on the number of applications received after the deadline date. We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to merge National And American divisions depending on the number of applications received after the deadline date after the deadline date. Adjustments COULD affect the number of bids available in a division.