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[quote=FPYCparent][quote=Anonymous]Can someone help me understand the difference between “Regional” and “American” and between “National” and “Open” club teams, please?[/quote]

Here's the text verbatim from the 2025 USA Volleyball manual: https://usavolleyball.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2025-Girls-Championship-Manual-Finalized-Updated-with-Changes-as-of-Feb-19.pdf

[i]GJNC = Girls Junior National Championships[/i]
[i]NQ = National Qualifier ... roughly 12 NQ events per year for ages 17 and under; 16 NQ events for 18s[/i]

[i]There are ~40 regions in USA Volleyball (https://www.usavregions.org/regions.html).  Each region is allotted a set number of bids ... per age group ... for its teams to compete at the national championships.  The number of bids is based on the number of participating players in that region ... again, per age group.[/i]

The list of the divisions below is typically in order from highest level of competition to the lowest.

From Page 10

[quote]There are seven (7) major divisions of play at GJNCs – [b]Open[/b] Divisions, [b]National[/b] Divisions, [b]USA[/b] Divisions, [b]Liberty[/b] Divisions, [b]American[/b] Divisions, [b]Freedom[/b] Divisions, and the [b]Patriot[/b] Divisions.

The goal of the GJNCs Open Divisions is to identify, through competition, the best team in each GJNCs age group from among teams that have earned Bids. The NQ Open Divisions are designed to select those teams.

To participate in an Open Division at the GJNCs, a team must earn a Bid from participating in an NQ Open Division – either winning the Bid outright at an NQ or being selected for an At-Large Bid after competing in an NQ Open Division (see Open At-Large Bids).

The goal of the GJNCs National, USA, Liberty, American and Freedom is to showcase Region Teams and provide the opportunity for more teams to participate at the GJNCs.

Teams have the following avenues to receive a Bid for a GJNCs Open, National, USA, Liberty, American or Freedom Division:

• Earn a Bid at a NQ (Open, National (11s – 12s only) USA, Liberty and American);
• Awarded an at–large Bid (Open, USA, and Liberty); 
• Earn a Bid through their Region’s Bid process (National, American and Freedom); or  
• Earn a Bid from their Region through the Re-allocation process (National, USA, Liberty, American and Freedom).

The goal of the GJNCs Patriot Divisions is to allow opportunity for teams to participate at the GJNCs without  following the qualification process. Teams must follow the established process to participate in this division.[/quote]

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The page also has a chart to show approximately how many teams compete in each division at the national championships.

Patriot division is effectively pay-to-play.  All other bids must be earned on the court.

Technically, "Regional" isn't a level of play.  It's more of an admission that a "regional" team won't travel too far from its home location for competition.  Think getting there by car vs. opting to fly.  However, some might infer that a "Regional" team isn't really that good if they aren't willing to travel far enough to prove it.[/quote]

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