URO Beach 4's Tournament - July - Summer Rules

Beach 4’s – Tournament Rules

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND ROSTERS

Team rosters must be complete by 2:00pm the day prior to the tournament or the team will not be permitted to play, as per our insurance directive.

Players must play in a minimum of 1 round-robin game to be eligible for playoffs.

Players may only play with ONE team through playoffs.

A complete starting lineup consists of 4 players, including a minimum of 2 women and 1 man.

If a team has less than 4 players, the following rules apply:

  • If a team has less than 2 players, it forfeits the match.

  • If a team has 2 or 3 players but does not have at least 1 woman and 1 man, the match will be forfeited.

For insurance purposes, all players, including subs, must be added to the team roster and must acknowledge the online waiver before playing.

SCHEDULE INFO

All teams will play 3 seeding games and are guaranteed 1 playoff match.

Round-Robin

  • Round-robin matches will be 2 sets to 21.

  • Rally-point scoring.

  • No win by 2.

  • 30-minute time cap.

  • Seeding will be based on wins and then point differential.

Playoffs

  • Playoff matches will be best of three: 21–21–15.

  • Quarterfinals, semifinals, and seeding matches will be played in 45-minute timeslots.

  • Sets are capped at 23–23–17.

  • If time expires, the current rally is completed and the score stands.

Finals

  • Finals will be best of three: 21–21–15.

  • Finals are uncapped and must be won by 2.

BEACH 4’S RULES AND GUIDELINES

Teams will call fouls committed by their own players. Players will not call fouls against their opponents. If there is a dispute on a call, re-serve the play. Contact an Event Coordinator for clarification of rules after the match is completed.

There are NO court position restrictions or requirements in 4’s beach volleyball, but service rotation must remain the same throughout a single game. Players can stay in the same court position an entire game, but each player must serve in the same service rotation for the entire game.

All players will conduct themselves in a polite and sportsmanlike manner. Individuals who do not abide by these criteria may face disciplinary action and risk being removed from the tournament.

All balls must be hit cleanly. No scooping or carrying the ball. Only off of a driven ball may a ball be double hit (for example, off arm and head in one continuous motion).

Contact with the net in any way constitutes loss of point. Crossing under the net in any way that interferes with play also constitutes loss of point.

A served ball may not be blocked, spiked, or volleyed directly back over the net.

A served ball may be received by volleying the ball, provided it is not volleyed directly back over the net (the ball must be passed to a teammate first).

A block or partial block does not count as one of a team’s 3 hits.

The ball can hit any part of the body.

No open-handed tipping: players who contact the ball with one hand and are putting the ball over the net must cleanly hit with the heel or palm of the hand (a roll shot), with straight, locked fingers and a locked wrist (a cobra), knurled fingers (a camel toe), or with the back of the hand (locked wrist and locked fingers/knuckles). One-handed placement or redirection of the ball with the fingers (dink or open-handed tip) is a fault.

If a player is going to set into the opponent’s court, the player must contact the ball with 2 hands above the shoulders and it must be set directly forward or backward in relation to the player’s body. No dumping. This applies even if it is the team’s 3rd hit.

Both teams are responsible for recording matches won/lost and submitting the scores to the on-site Event Coordinator.

VENUE, PRIZING, CONDUCT

Venue

The tournament will take place on the beach courts at Immaculata High School in Kelowna. Courts will open for warm-up at 8:30am.

Prizing

Top teams will receive Urban Rec Okanagan Championship shirts.

Conduct and Safety

All players must follow Urban Rec Okanagan policies regarding sportsmanship, rough play, and interactions with Event Coordinators. Repeated unsafe or unsportsmanlike behaviour may result in warnings, benching, or removal from the tournament.

 Roster Completion

100% of the people on the roster must indicate that they have read the online waiver (don't worry about the confirmed column- our insurance company is only concerned with the waiver column)

Any subs that may play for you in the tournament must also be added to your team roster and they must indicate that they have read the online waiver.  
 

1. Click this link – https://okanagan.urbanrec.ca
2. Login & update profile if needed – please ensure both your email and contact phone number are up to date
3. Click on Team Roster
4. Click on “Add to Roster” at the bottom of the box
6. Type in the email address of a team member you wish to add to your roster, then hit submit
7. Repeat step 6 for each member of your team. You can only enter 1 e-mail at a time.
8. Once you have entered each member of your team roster they will appear on your roster – the system will automatically send an email to each email address that you enter. Each email address contains a specific and unique link that the team member needs to click on to confirm their participation and if necessary, create an Urban Rec Okanagan account and acknowledge the on-line waiver.
 

As team captain, you can check your team roster to see who on your team has not indicated that they have read the online waiver and follow up with those individuals accordingly. If this member already has an account with Urban Rec Okanagan (you can see their first and last name on your roster), these members simply need to log into their accounts to update their waivers.

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