Learn More About the NCVF and Collegiate Club Volleyball!!

NCVF Indoor Championships

Each April, the NCVF Indoor Championships hosts over 640 teams across 14 divisions for three days of high level competition. Featuring theme days, multiple teams from the same clubs/schools cheering each other on, finals matches in professional arenas, and more than 7,000 college students, this tournament makes memories for a lifetime.

NCVF BeACH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Started in 2024, the NCVF Beach Championships provides collegiate beach volleyball clubs a championship to showcase their skills. The NCVF is partnered with p1440 and others to continue growing this event and beach opportunities well into the future!

NCVF Social media

Visit the NCVF on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook for videos and photos, team features, and much more!

Check out the NCVF Linktree for monthly newsletters, registration information, photos from the National Championships, social media submission forms and links to open positions within the organization.

  • The NCVF serves as the non-profit governing body for the sport of collegiate club volleyball in the United States. Its origins can be traced back over 60 years to collegiate volleyball clubs at universities, and 40 years to Gary Colberg (one of the NCVF founders and original board members) running the first collegiate club championships in 1985 to create more opportunities for non-varsity collegiate volleyball players.

    Today the NCVF serves nearly 1,100 teams across all of the continental 48 states, over 20 recognized conferences, and proudly runs the largest adult and collegiate indoor volleyball tournament in the country (likely in the world) each year.

  • The NCVF preseason runs from September through December, with the regular season running January through April. This season consists of NCVF Recognized League competitions as well as tournaments hosted by individual clubs. Each club chooses whether it will participate in a full conference season or select a tournament schedule individually (a majority of clubs choose to join a conference).

    2025 Regular Season at a Glance

    1,077 teams (574 men’s, 503 women’s)

    22 conferences (12 men’s, 10 women’s)

    310 tournaments

    7,919 matches played

    18,259 sets played

    1,511,124 points played

  • Each club elects its own leadership, makes a decision on if it will hire a coach or run itself, sets its own expectations and requirements, and holds itself and its members accountable to the level decided by the club. This is a collegiate volleyball opportunity and structure decided by YOU and YOUR CLUB.

    Financial commitments vary by club and team, with each club creating a budget based on their goals and expectations (amount of travel, coaching, number of tournaments, etc.). Some clubs receive significant support from their schools, some clubs fundraise to support expansion of their club, playing schedule, or travel, it all depends on the specific school and the level at which the club wants to travel and compete.

    Similar to a juniors club schedule with more flexible requirements, most clubs practice 1-3 times a week, play 1-4 tournaments in the fall preseason (some clubs do not play at all in preseason) and 1-5 tournaments in the spring regular season, and around 60% of clubs choose to attend the NCVF Championships at the end of the season. Competitions take place against the club teams from other colleges.

  • Contact Us - Send us a message with any questions and we will get back to you and/or forward your interest to the current leadership for any club in which you are interested.