The West Coast AAU AAU Sports Festival is a qualified only event.  Only National Office approved qualifying events will award bids.  To request a qualifier, CLICK HERE.

TYPES OF QUALIFYING EVENTS

• Invitational/League Events
  1. These events will not qualify teams to the West Coast AAU Sports Festival, Tour Championships, Best of the Beach, or 18U National Level Events.

• Preliminary Events**
  1. These events may earn bids to the West Coast AAU Sports Festival and Tour Championships if approved by the AAU Volleyball Committee. Please email volleyball@aausports.org with questions.
  2. Preliminary events that are approved as qualifying events will award bids to the top 2 teams in each division with at least 5 teams as follows:
     1. Top 2 girls' teams in 12U/14U/15U divisions earn bids to the Tour Championships.
     2. Top 2 girls' teams in 16U division ONLY earn bids to the West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games.
     3. Top 1 girls' team in 18U division ONLY earns a bid to the West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games.
  3. There must be a minimum of 5 teams in the age division in order for any teams to qualify.
  4. If the 1st and/or 2nd place TEAM has previously earned a bid in the same age division, the 3rd or 4th place team will earn a bid. No teams placing lower than 4th will earn a bid.

• District Championships** (must take place after November 1st)
  1. District Championsship events qualify four (4) teams with a minimum of ten (10) teams entered
  2. Only 1 District Championship event per District. Must be approved by the District Sports Director. Serves as the championship event within the District.
  3. At least 1 member of each team must reside within the District hosting the event.
  4. Girls 16U and 18U qualify for the West Coast AAU Sports Festival
  5. There must be a minimum of 5 teams in the age division in order for any teams to qualify.
  6. If the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place TEAM has previously earned a bid in the same age division, the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th place teams WILL NOT qualify. No teams placing lower than 4th will earn a bid.
  7. AAU District Championship medals must be awarded.

• Grand Prix Events** (must take place after November 1st)
  1. Open to all teams nationwide
  2. Grand Prix events qualify four (4) teams with a minimum of ten (10) teams entered
  3. Events must be approved by the AAU Volleyball Committee.
  4. Girls 16U and 18U qualify for the West Coast AAU Sports Festival
  5. There must be a minimum of 5 teams in the age division in order for any teams to qualify.
  6. If the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place TEAM has previously earned a bid in the same age division, the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th place team WILL NOT qualify. No teams placing lower than 4th will earn a bid.
  7. Any Grand Prix event that does not meet the minimum requirements may be subject to removal from licensing the following year or reclassified as a preliminary.

• Regional Championships** (must take place after November 1st)
  1. Only one Regional Championship is allowed per region
  2. Must be a club event.
     1. Dual match format with 5 pairs in the 18U division and 3 pairs in the 14U division. 
  3. 18U Club Division: OPEN and PREMIERE (Five Pairs), CLUB (Three Pairs)
  4. Events must be approved by the AAU Volleyball Committee. 
  5. 14U/18U Gold medalists qualify to the Club Championships at the West Coast AAU Sports Festival from each event.
  6. If the 1st place CLUB has previously earned a bid in the same age division, the bid will trickle to the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place CLUB without a bid. No clubs placing lower than 4th will earn a bid.
• Super Regional Events** (must take place after November 1st)
  1. Super Regional Events are open to all clubs nationwide
  2. Events must be approved by the AAU Volleyball Committee.
  3. 14U/18U Gold medalists qualify to the Club Championships at the West Coast AAU Sports Festival from each event.
  4. Any Super Regional event that does not meet the minimum requirements may be subject to removal from licensing the following year or reclassified as a preliminary event.
• National Championships
  1. The top 8 teams in each division (girls' 12U, 14U, and 15U only) qualify to the Tour Championships. There must be a minimum of 10 teams in the division in order for any teams to qualify.
• Trickle Down Bids
  1. Are to be determined by the National Office ONLY. An event host is NOT to issue a trickle down bid.
  2. A trickle down bid will only be issued by the National Office if the team (must be the same 2 partners) has previously earned a bid TOGETHER in the same age division. If the National Office determines that this is the case, the event host will be contacted to confirm the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place team and issue the bid directly to the team.
  3. Trickle down bids are NOT issued if a team will not be participating in the West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games.
  4. If an event host informs you that you have received a trickle down bid, please contact volleyball@aausports.org.

*NOTE: Teams who qualify for the AAU Junior Olympic Games, West Coast AAU Sports Festival, Best of the Beach, Tour Championships, or 18U National Level events but the one partner is unable to compete, the remaining partner may select an alternate AAU member to compete with at the event. Athletes who qualify with more than one partner will select which partner he/she will compete with at the event and the remaining partner may select an alternate AAU member to compete with at the event.

**All AAU Beach Volleyball qualifiers must use VolleyballLife.com for registration AND results.