Tournament Schedule

Knock Out Schedule   (Click to download as PDF)


High-Level Schedule 

Schedule   (Click to download as PDF)

Groups   (Click to download as PDF)

2024 Bay Malayali Volleyball Tournament Results

It will be shown here after tournament starts.

Round 1:  Open Group (League)

All registered teams are divided into groups of four.  The top two teams from each group will progress to the Gold League, while the next two (3rd & 4th) will advance to the Silver League. The rest of the teams will be eliminated
after this round.

Round 2:  Quarter Finals

Round 3:  Semi-Finals

GRASS VOLLEYBALL RULES

TEAM

6’s (Men and Women can participate in a Team)

A team shall have 6 ( Men and/or Women) at a minimum and can register up to 8 players maximum for substitution purposes..

SERVICE POSSESSION

A team earns service possession for the start of the first game by winning a coin toss. The teams will then alternate services every other game.

ROTATION

Team members must rotate on the court and must remain in that position until the serve has been contacted. The player in the back right-hand corner of the rotation will be designated to serve and continue to rotate clockwise. * Serves that
hit the net will no longer be faulted! Serves that hit the net and continue over the net to the opponent’s side of the net will be live.

PLAYING THE BALL

THREE CONTACTS

Each team is allowed a maximum of 3 successive contacts of the ball in order to return the ball to the opponent’s area. (Exception: In the action of blocking an attacking ball, the touch, or contact resulting from the block attempt does not
constitute one of the three successive contacts.)

ATTACKING THE NET

Only the three players that are in the front row of the rotation are allowed to attack the net. Violation of this rule would include any hitting or blocking that occurs above the plane of the net.

SIMULTANEOUS CONTACTS

When two non-blocking teammates touch the ball simultaneously, it is considered one contact, and any player may make the next contact. When two blocking teammates touch the ball simultaneously, it is not counted as a contact, and any player
may make the next contact. When two opponents simultaneously and instantaneously contact the ball over the net, the ball remains in play and the team receiving the ball is entitled to another three hits. If such a ball lands out, it is the
fault of the team on the opposite side of the net from where the ball lands.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONTACT

The ball can contact any number of body parts down to, and including the foot, providing such contacts are simultaneous and the ball rebounds immediately and cleanly after such contact.

HELD BALL

The ball must be contacted cleanly and not held, lifted, pushed, caught, carried, or thrown. The ball cannot roll or come to rest on any part of a player’s body. It can rebound in any direction.

HAND SETS

A contact of the ball using the fingers of one or two hands to direct the ball toward a teammate is a set. The ball must come into contact with both hands simultaneously and leave both hands simultaneously to avoid a double-hit call. A
player may set the ball over the net in front or behind them only in the direction in which their shoulders are squarely facing. Rotation of the ball after the set may indicate a held ball or multiple contacts during the set but in itself
IS NOT A FAULT.

ATTACKING THE BALL OVER THE OPPONENT’S COURT

A player is not allowed to attack the ball on the opposite side of the net. If the ball is hit above the spiker’s side of the net and then the follow-through causes the spiker’s hand and arm to cross the net without contacting an opponent
or the net, the action does not constitute a fault.

BLOCKING

Blocking is the action close to the net that intercepts the ball coming from the opponent’s side by making contact with the ball before, during, or after it crosses the net.

MULTIPLE CONTACTS

Multiple contacts of the ball by a player(s) participating in a block shall be legal provided it is during one attempt to intercept the ball. Multiple contacts of the ball during a block shall be counted as a single contact, even though the
ball may make multiple contacts with one or more players of the block.

PARTICIPATION AFTER A BLOCK

Any player participating in a block shall have the right to make the next contact, such contact counting as the first of three hits allowed to the team.

BLOCKING A SERVE

Blocking or attacking a serve is prohibited.

BLOCKING A BALL ACROSS THE NET

Blocking of the ball across the net above the opponent’s court shall be legal provided that such a block is:

• • 1. After a player of the attacking team has spiked the ball,  intentionally directed the ball into the opponent’s court, or has exhausted their third allowable hit.
    2. After the opponents have hit the ball in such a manner that the ball would clearly cross the net if not touched by a player, provided no member of the attacking team is in a position to make a legal play on the ball
    3. If the ball is falling near the net and no member of the attacking team could reasonably make a play on the ball.

PLAY AT THE NET

PLAYER CONTACT WITH THE NET

No part of the body may touch the net at any time unless a ball or person driven into the net causes the contact. Player contact with the net in a manner not directly relating to or affecting the course of play is not a violation. Contact
with hair or part of the uniform will not be considered a fault.

SIMULTANEOUS CONTACT BY OPPONENTS

If opponents contact the net simultaneously, it shall constitute a double fault and the point shall be played over.

REFS

ALL GAMES WILL BE refereed by another team in the league. The referee’s decision is final. All teams are expected to provide volunteers as referees when your team is not playing.
Assignments will be provided when the final schedule is published.

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