Rostered Players and Coaches Bag Tags

PICK UP AVAILABLE BY TEAM COACH

Location: Room 208B (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Saturday: Noon - 3:30 pm
Sunday: Noon - 3:30 pm

Ace of Clubs Non-Qualifying Rosters

• Staff - maximum of three staff (one head coach; up to two assistants)
• Players - maximum of 15 players
• NO  PERSONNEL ADDITIONS to the roster can be made once tournament play has started on Saturday, February 22nd. 
• Paper rosters will not be accepted
• How to Roster in SportsEngine Season Management and AES

• Online Team Check-In deadline is 9:00 pm, Thursday, February 20
• AES Online Check In Directions
• COACHES OR CLUB DIRECTORS MUST complete Online Team Check-In for their teams prior to tournament play. 
• Paper rosters will not be accepted.

• Online Team Check-In is open.
• COACHES OR CLUB DIRECTORS MUST complete Online Team Check-In for their teams tournament play.
• Paper rosters will not be accepted.
• NO  PERSONNEL ADDITIONS to the roster can be made after the team has been checked in online.
• Review "Rostered Staff Requirements" in USA Volleyball Championship Manual.

USA Volleyball Age and Identity Falsification Policy
Any member in question must provide proof of identity and age eligibility if requested by and Event staff member.  The identification must be provided in person and within 10 minutes of the request. BRING IDENTIFICATION TO TOURNAMENT
The following constitutes as a proof of identity and age:

• Current Driver's License or Identification Card
• Birth Certificate 
• Current Passport
• Military Identification Card

Protocol for age or identity falsification will follow USA Volleyball Championship Manual protocols.

Not on Roster but on Team Bench
If a person that is not listed on the official roster for a team and is found present on a team's bench during a match, a roster violation has occurred, and the individual is deemed an illegal participant for that team. The following penalties will be enforced:

• If caught and verified during a match, the illegal participant will be asked to leave the bench and the team will receive a penalty fine of $500.00 to be paid prior to the start of the next match.
• If the same individual is caught a second time or another individual is caught during the same event and verified during the match, then the person will be removed from the event and the team will forfeit the current set.
• On the third verification of an illegal participant on a team bench during the same event, the team forfeits all matches previously played and is expelled from the tournament.

PLAYER ONLY ENTRY
To streamline entry into the competition halls and to increase safety for the event the following protocol will occur:

• Hall C - look for signs and stanchioned off areas
• Players - to gain entry into the tournament through the participant entry, the Ace of Club participant must be wearing team jersey. If there is no team jersey, free entry is not available. Not meeting these requirements may result in removal from event.

Players Lounge UNAVAILABLE for this event

Rostered Staff: Will receive free entry into the event. Information emailed to 

• club directors with rosters submitted to AES on 2/15/2025

The following awards will be given to the Gold Bracket of the NIKE Ace of Clubs Volleyball event.

• Gold Bracket First Place - gold medal
• Gold Bracket Second Place - silver medal

Should a team win a bracket that is not gold, the highest that the team could finish (depending on the number of teams in the field) is fifth place and likely it is ninth. NCR does not provide medals to teams outside of the Gold Bracket.

Certified USA Volleyball officials will serve as R1's for this event.  The work team for a match will need to provide the following personnel:

• A coach on the work team roster needs to be present at the court his/her team is working
• R2  - must be a rostered coach (must have a whistle)
• Score Sheet 
• Libero Tracker
• Score Flipper
• 2 line judges

Non-rostered personnel may be allowed to work on the officiating Team, with the exception of the R2 position, provided they can provide documentation that they are registered with a Region of USAV to include a current membership, cleared background screening, and is SafeSport trained, as well as have the appropriate certifications. 

It is the team's responsibility to know its work assignment(s). Prior to leaving the facility for the day, refer to AES to determine the team's next work assignment and competition assignment.  It is not the responsibility of the USA Volleyball certified officials nor the site directors to know a team's work schedule. Should an event staff worker errantly confirm that a team can leave a facility and therefore the team misses the work assignment, the team is ultimately responsible for confirming its schedule.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A TEAM MAY HAVE TO OFFICIATE A MATCH FROM ANOTHER DIVISION. THIS IS NOT NEW TO A LARGE TOURNAMENT FORMAT.

USA Volleyball Age and Identity Falsification Policy
Any player in question must provide proof of identity and age eligibility if requested by and Event staff member.  The identification must be provided in person and within 10 minutes of the request. BRING IDENTIFICATION TO TOURNAMENT
The following constitutes as a proof of identity and age:

• Current Driver's License or Identification Card
• Birth Certificate 
• Current Passport

Protocol for age or identity falsification will follow USA Volleyball Championship Manual protocols.

Athletes Turning 18 During Season
Must have SafeSport training completed prior to being accepted on a USA Volleyball roster. 

Uniform and Jersey Number
Each player is required to wear the same jersey number as listed on the official roster through the entire tournament, with limited exceptions as required by emergency or blood rule applications.

Official Roster
Each player is required to be listed on the official roster throughout the entire event. If a player is found participating and is not on the official roster, penalty protocol will follow USA Volleyball Championship Manual (reference page 25).

The schedule is expected to be posted week of  February 16, 2025.  Our tournament scheduler will take into consideration the following factors

• seeding of teams in their competition divisions
• not playing another team in the same club on the first day
• not playing another team from the same general area (this can prove difficult with good seeding)
• increase intra-Region and inter-Region competition
• division play and court locations (with a Boys Region Qualifier, where an age group plays matters). Our goal is to limit interruptions by volleyballs from other courts causing replays on adjacent courts
• Please check the schedule Friday night prior to Saturday play.  Adjustments may need to be made due to extenuating circumstances.

NIKE Region Qualifier will be using University Athlete to assist your participants and college coaches.

From University Athlete
We get the foundation of our roster data from event rosters that you fill out. Please make sure name,  graduation year, jersey number, position, height, and email address are correct for your teams. Please encourage your players to get their free profile so they can correct mistakes and add even more information to their profiles. If you want to help even more, you can request a club login here. You are probably over worked and underpaid for what you do. Thanks for caring.

GAME VOLLEYBALLS  provided by North Country Region.

• 12u: Molten Light Touch
• Girls 13 - 18s: Molten Super Touch
• Boys 12 - 18s: Molten Flistatek

WARM UP VOLLEYBALLS - responsibility of the participating teams to provide volleyballs for warm up

Certified athletic trainers will be available to tape and assist with minor injuries at the Convention Center. Athletes must provide tape and pre-wrap for any pre-existing needs. Tape and pre-wrap are only provided by the tournament for emergencies.

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) will be on site.

Minneapolis Convention Center prohibits coolers. Please keep coolers in your vehicle or in your hotel room.

The follow concessions and more will be available at the Ace of Clubs Volleyball Festival.

• Dunn Brothers Coffee Stand
• Breakfast Stand
• Rice Bowl Stand
• Concession Stands
• Maui Wowi
• Acai Bowls – Healthy Stand

The City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Convention Center, the  Event Staff, and fellow participants request that if anyone planning to attend who has any of  the following less than 24 hours before or during the event:

• fever
• vomiting
• chills
• been exposed to someone with  a communicable disease, virus, etc,,. within 72 hours of the event

to please NOT attend the NCRQ out of care and courtesy to other attendees. 
Thank you.

North Country Region will dedicate an area for Lost and Found. Unclaimed items will be placed in Lost and Found. If not retrieved prior to the end of the tournament, NCR will donate to a local charity.

Lost cell phones, computers, etc... will be stored securely with NCR event staff. Please ask at the Championship Desk about these items.

NIKE will be the only shoe and apparel vendor at the event.

• Official Tournament Apparel
• University Apparel - Nike Schools
• Volleyball Shoes
• and more

• Convention Center Event Parking Options

North Country Region, Minneapolis Convention Center, and/or the City of Minneapolis prohibit the following items and behaviors:

• coolers in Hall C and D or left unattended anywhere in MCC
• personal chairs/lawn chairs/etc..
• laser pointers
• firearms, weapons of any kind
• noise makers
• bullying
• unsportsmanlike behaviors and actions

Violation can result in expulsion, without refund, from the tournament.

Our first priority is ALWAYS the safety of our attendees and participants! With the recent uptick in incidents at large-scale events nationwide, we are implementing increased security measures.
This is a private event and organized under the rules and policies of USA Volleyball. Adults working with minor age athletes will meet safety requirements of USA Volleyball.

Only eligible participants, on an official SportsEngine USA Volleyball roster, will be allowed to be on the team bench and meet work team duties.

Spectators are required to show proof of ticket purchase and appropriate identification prior to any entry into the Convention Center Halls.

Event Staff may remove any participant or spectator from the venue for inappropriate or dangerous behavior. Refunds will not be provided if removal occurs.