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| Season | 2023–24 |
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| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Athletics & Recreation Centre Kingston, Ontario |
| Champions | Alberta Golden Bears (10th title) |
| Runner-up | Sherbrooke Vert et Or |
| Winning coach | Brock Davidiuk (2nd title) |
| Championship MVP | Isaac Heslinga (Alberta) |
| Television | CBC |
The 2024 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 14 to March 17, 2024, in Kingston, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports men's volleyball season. The Canada West Champion Alberta Golden Bears defeated the RSEQ Champion Sherbrooke Vert et Or 3–2 to win their second championship in three years. With the victory, the Golden Bears tied the Manitoba Bisons and Winnipeg Wesmen for the most national championships in U Sports men's volleyball with ten each.
Host
The tournament was hosted by Queen's University at the Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC) on the school's campus. This was the second time that Queen's had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2012.
Scheduled teams
| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Champion | 16–0 | 1975 | 1 |
| 2 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion | 18–6 | 2022 | 9 |
| 3 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Champion | 16–4 | None | 0 |
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | OUA Finalist (Host) | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist | 16–8 | 2023 | 6 |
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Bronze | 16–8 | 2018 | 4 |
| 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Finalist | 10–6 | 2013 | 4 |
| 8 | Guelph Gryphons | OUA Bronze | 15–5 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
| First Round: March 14 | Semi-Finals: March 15 | Gold Medal Game: March 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Guelph Gryphons | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Trinity Western Spartans | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 17 | |||||||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | McMaster Marauders | 1 | 4 | Queen's Gaels | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | 6 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
| 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) 3:00 p.m. EDT |
(4) Queen's Gaels | 1–3 | (5) UBC Thunderbirds | Athletics & Recreation Centre Kingston, Ontario |
| (27–29, 24–26, 27–25, 17–25) Boxscore | ||||
Gold medal match
| 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) 7:00 p.m. EDT |
(1) Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 2–3 | (2) Alberta Golden Bears | Athletics & Recreation Centre Kingston, Ontario |
| (16–25, 26–24, 22–25, 25–19, 13–15) Boxscore | ||||
Consolation bracket
| Semi-Finals: March 16 | Fifth Place Game: March 17 | ||||||||
| 5 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | Guelph Gryphons | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | McMaster Marauders | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | |||||||
Awards
Championship awards
- Championship MVP – Isaac Heslinga, Alberta
Mikasa Players of the Game
- Trinity Western: Liam Espedido
- Sherbrooke: Johnathan Portelance
All-Star Team
- Liam Espedido, Alberta
- Isaac Heslinga, Alberta
- Zachary Moisan, Sherbrooke
- Jonathan Portelance, Sherbrooke
- Jacob Sargent, Alberta
- Erik Siksna, Queen's
- James Vincett, UBC
References
- "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- "U Sports prepares for 2021-22 National Championship Season; awards four new Volleyball Championship hosts". Queen's Gaels. June 28, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "Alberta claims U Sports gold in five set thriller". usports.ca. U Sports. March 17, 2024.
- ^ "U Sports Volleyball Championship History". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- "U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship, Bulletin #1" (PDF). U Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- "U Sports Playing Regulations: Men's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. January 2024.
- "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.
- ^ "Schedule/Results". U Sports. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
External links
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