Tournament Structure
The championship will consist of a sixteen (16) team tournament.
- The tournament will be separated into four (4) power pools of four (4) teams each. At the conclusion of the power pool play, all 16 teams will enter a traditional single-elimination bracket.
- The winners of each power pool will be moved up one spot (i.e.,The winner of power pool B (teams 5-8) will be seeded 4th in the elimination bracket) while the last place team in each power pool will drop one seed (i.e., the last place team in power pool B (teams 5-8) will be seeded 9th in the elimination bracket).
- All matches on the championship side of the draw will be Best 3-of-5. All Placement and Consolation matches will be best 2-of-3. The bronze medal match will be best 2-of-3.
Uniforms
All teams/athletes must wear matching official school uniforms during the games and at awards.
- Players must have the same jersey, including shorts. All uniforms are required to have a number on each jersey.
- The libero must have a similar uniform in the opposite colour, and the libero number must not be the same number as any other player.
- Corporate logos are restricted to a maximum of two logos, and each logo should not exceed the dimensions of a credit card.
Tournament Rules - under review
Tiebreaker Policy - under review
Protests
Protests will be received by the tournament director and be evaluated by Championships Discipline Committee.
Equipment
The official game ball of BCSS Provincial Championships will be a Molten V5M5000 Flistatec Series Ball, FIVB approved.