Tournament Booklet
Schedule of Events

Playing Facility

This year's Steel City Classic will be held at the Monroeville Sports Center.

Monroeville Sports Center
855 MacBeth Drive
Monroeville, PA, 15146

The gym opens at 7:00AM on both Saturday and Sunday. The last game will end before 6:30PM. Match times and schedules will be followed to the minute, so please be prompt.

Pool Play Schedule

The schedule can be found at the back of the tournament booklet, or click here.





Pool Play

  1. NAGVA Rules and Regulations will be enforced.
  2. USAV Rules will be adhered to.

Pool Play Matches


  1. Matches will be begin at 8:00AM
  2. Matches will be timed. Forty (40) minutes per match, with a five (5) minute warm-up period. A horn will signal the end of the five (5) minute warm-up period, again for the two (2) minute warning, and lastly for the end of the match.
  3. It is the responsibility of the officiating team to monitor these times.
  4. All matches will end after forty-five (45) minutes. If time expires during a point, continue to the end of the rally.
  5. No ties. If the score is tied at the end of the time limit, play one (1) point to decide the winner. The next five (5) minute warm-up will begin at the end of the previous match.
  6. Pool Play will be two (2) games to twenty-five (25), win by two (2). Scoring starts at four (4), and cap is at twenty-seven (27).


Please note: forfeits will be enforced. If a playing team is not on the court at the end of the five (5) minute warm-up, they will forfeit the first game of the match. Time-outs can only be called if a team has a full roster present. Game two (2) of the match will begin five (5) minutes after the forfeit. Any officiating team that is not ready to begin the match at the end of the five (5) minute warm-up will be penalized by having one (1) win removed and one (1) loss added to their overall record.

Tournament Play

Tournament Play

  1. Double elimination in all divisions starting promptly at 8:00AM.
  2. Seedings will be posted, and it is the responsibility of each team to be at the playing facility at the proper times.
  3. Each match will follow the completion of the previous match.
  4. The Tournament Committee will post results as soon as possible – please monitor all brackets.
  5. At the Tournament Committee’s discretion, matches may be moved to other courts to speed along play.
  6. Winning teams may be asked to help officiate in order to keep matches moving.

Winner’s Bracket

  1. Best two (2) of three (3) games.
  2. First (1st) two games start at zero (0), no cap to twenty-five (25), win by two (2).
  3. If a third (3rd) game is needed, start at zero (0), to fifteen (15), no cap, win by two (2).
  4. Time will stop only if there is a serious injury on the court (medical time-out).

Consolation Bracket

  1. One (1) game to twenty-five (25), start at zero (0), no cap, win by two (2).

NAGVA Rules and Regulations

*NAGVA Rules and Regulations will be enforced at the Steel City Classic.
*No teams will be allowed to play their fist games until registration for all is complete. This includes signed waivers, tournament and NAGVA fees.
*Each team must have registration completed prior to Pool Play on Saturday morning. Late registration will end at 9:00AM. Any exceptions must be approved by the Tournament Director or Registrar.
*All players must compete during Saturday’s Pool Play to be eligible for elimination play on Sunday.
*The playing facility is Monroeville Sports Center, located 2 minutes from the host hotel. This is a four (4) court facility with a concession stand – numerous restaurants are minutes away.

Referees and Scorekeepers

*Each team is responsible for the full officiating crew for Pool Play matches on Saturday. For each Sunday match, there will be USAV Officials for Tournament Play. If you do not have a certified Referee or Scorekeeper for Saturday, you will have to pay $40 per match to have a referee and $40 per match to have a scorekeeper. The tournament Committee will make every attempt to help your team find a certified Referee or Scorekeeper, but it is ultimately your team’s responsibility to have a certified Referee, or to find one.

*If one of your players needs to complete his/her practical upref evaluation on Saturday, it is your team captain's responsibility to inform a tournament official (director, gym manager, or head referee) during which match the evaluation will need to take place. Please send an email scvlben@gmail.com with the subject "SCC Upref Evaluation" before Saturday November 5th or inform a tournament official before pool play starts on Saturday morning.

*There will be no Referee or Scorekeeper clinics at this year's Steel City Classic.

NAGVA Code of Conduct

Sportsmanship

I will practice good sportsmanship.
I will act in ways that bring respect to me, my coaches, my team and NAGVA.
I will not use bad language.
I will not swear or insult other persons.
I will not fight with other athletes, coaches, volunteers or staff.

Training and Competition

I will learn and follow the rules of my sport.
I will always try my best during training, pool play and competitions.
I will not "hold back" in preliminary competition just to get into an easier finals competition division.

Responsibility for My Actions

I will not make inappropriate or unwanted physical, verbal or sexual advances on others.
I will not smoke in non-smoking areas.
I will not use illegal drugs at NAGVA sanctioned events.
I will obey all laws and NAGVA governing rules for my sport.

I understand that if I do not obey this Code of Conduct, I will be subject to a range of consequences by the local tournament committee or director and/or the NAGVA board up to and including not being allowed to participate.

Ref Clinics


The Steel City Classic is not offering Referee or Scorekeeper clinics. Also, in compliance with NAGVA's new Rules and Policies, effective 06/08/2010, all currently certified Referees (R1) must also be certified Scorekeepers. Please contact Jonathan Daclison for further information and exams.