Tournament Information | Pacific Northwest Qualifier

REGISTRATION

All registration is done online, through SportWrench. If you do not already have a club account on SportWrench, please do so ASAP and create your teams so you're ready to go for Saturday.

Registration opens October 1st @ 8 am PST.

Prior to the tournament, your complete roster MUST be verified by USAV through their registration/database system.

All adults on the roster must have CURRENT background checks, and be SafeSport certified. Deadlines for rosters will be posted as the tournament approaches, and emails will be sent to the address entered in the SportWrench account for the team with important information and reminders.

TEAM ENTRY INFORMATION

Registration will open October 1, 2025 @ 8 am PST.

*18's ONLY PNQ - March 6-8 ~ Direct Link to SportWrench

*Week 1 (15's-17's) - March 28-30 ~ Direct Link to SportWrench
*Week 2 (11's-14's) - April 3-5 ~ Direct Link to SportWrench

Team entry fees are $1000 for all teams, except 11 National --this division is $700 per team.

Teams are granted spots into the event by the timestamp of RECEIPT of PAYMENT (per Qualifier Manual).

Please note that credit card payments are fairly instantaneous, while ACH payments tend to take longer (which is why the fees are lower-and this has nothing to do with the event or SportWrench)--so if you want the quickest payment option and access to hotels faster, paying via credit card is your best bet. We do accept checks as well, but keep in mind that it's the date we receive them that will get entered into THS.

No refunds will be given after January 1, 2026. Once a team has paid and submitted hotel information, acceptance will be noted in SportWrench, if space is available. If space is not available, teams will be notified via email of an alternate opening, or will be placed on a waitlist.

IMPACT CERTIFICATION

All coaches must be IMPACT certified in order to participate in a National Qualifier. There will be no IMPACT clinic available, so please take care of this prior to arrival.

REFEREE/SCOREKEEPER CERTIFICATION

All teams must provide a certified scorekeeper, R2 (rostered adult), and two linespersons for each match that they officiate.

During a team's officiating duties, an adult listed on their roster must be AT THE SCORE TABLE during the entire match.

FORMAT

This tournament is one of USA Volleyball's national qualifying tournaments and is governed by the rules set forth by them. It is a mandated 3-day tournament, other than the 11 National Division, which will be played over 2 days.

In the USA. Liberty, National & American divisions, the first two days are pool play, with the third being single-elimination bracket play. (Depending on the size of the field, some adaptations may be made to accommodate odd numbers.) In the Open divisions, challenge matches may follow pool play on the first two days, and some brackets may participate in pool play on the final day. *Typically AM Wave begins at 8:00am, PM at 3:00 pm.

Bids to the GJNC are awarded in every division at the PNQ, so foreign teams are not allowed to participate.

All Open bids are determined by the number of teams in the division. The Qualifier Manual has this information.

Please click here for the 2026 Girls National Championship Manual (link will be live once available) for more information on number of bids, priority of bid use, trickle down process, etc. **TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES

Since it cannot be determined where a team will finish, teams should not plan to travel until the evening on the third day of play. No match is scheduled later than 3 pm on the final day. **It is recommended that airline tickets be scheduled no earlier than 5:30 pm.

*No roster changes may be made once a team has commenced play.*

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

All teams requiring lodging must stay in a PNQ Partner Hotel and book through our housing partner, THS. Hotel reservations will open in October, 2025. In order to be able to secure hotels, your payment must have been RECEIVED and not WAITLISTED.

CHECK-IN

All teams are required to check in. All teams must complete the ONLINE CHECK-IN. Failure to do so may disqualify your team from the tournament.

We also ask that ALL TEAMS still send a team rep to the check-in at the Doubletree Hotel (next to the Convention Center) from 6-9 pm the night before your event begins to pick up player bag tags and head coach's gift.

There will be no coaches' meeting. All information will be provided to you during the check-in process. Medical release forms for ALL players should be accessible to coaches AT ALL TIMES during your stay at PNQ. By signing your roster, the team attests that these forms will be available in either print or digital form and carried by a representative of the team.

NO STAFF MEMBER OR PLAYER WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY WITHOUT A CURRENT USAV #. A roster will be provided during the check-in process, but the person checking the team in should have a copy of the team's roster in case there is a discrepancy. Additionally, the person checking the team in will become the "team representative" and "signing agent" and will attest that the information is correct.

QUALIFIER MANUAL

Make sure to check back to download the current Girls National Championship Manual, so that you are familiar with the following Qualifier topics and other tournament protocol:

· bid process 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)

SPECTATOR CODE OF CONDUCT

USA Volleyball is committed to the safety and well-being of every participant and spectator at our events and will not tolerate harassment, discrimination, abuse, or misconduct. By entering this event, you agree to abide by the following standards of behavior listed in the Event Code of Conduct.

PLAYING SITES - subject to change at any time

18's Only Qualifier (March 6-8) - all teams play at the Podium

Week 1 (March 28-30) - PLAYING SITES

*15 American - PM Wave – Podium/EWU (teams may switch sites daily depending on pool place)

15 Liberty - AM Wave - - EWU

15 USA - PM Wave - - Podium

15 Open - AM Wave - CC

16 American - PM Wave – CC

16 Liberty - AM Wave - - Podium

16 USA - AM Wave - - Podium

16 Open - AM Wave - CC

17 American - PM Wave - HUB Sports Center

17 Liberty - AM Wave - HUB Sports Center

17 USA - PM Wave - Podium

17 Open - AM Wave - CC

Week 2 (April 3-5) - PLAYING SITES - updated 11/12

**11 National - PM Wave - Spokane Convention Center - this division plays 2 days only (April 3-4)

12 American - AM Wave - Spokane Convention Center

12 USA - PM Wave - Spokane Convention Center
12 National- PM Wave - Spokane Convention Center

13 American - PM Wave - The Podium

13 Liberty - PM Wave - The Podium

13 USA - PM Wave - Spokane Convention Center

13 Open - AM Wave - Spokane Convention Center

*14 American - AM Wave - The Podium and HUB Sports Center (teams may switch sites daily depending on pool place)
*14 Liberty - PM Wave - HUB Sports Center & Spokane Convention Center (teams may switch sites daily depending on pool place)

14 USA - AM Wave - The Podium

14 Open - AM Wave - Spokane Convention Center