Custom Title: | 2016 CIS Men's Volleyball Championship |
Year: | 2015–16 |
Sport: | Men's volleyball |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Teams: | Eight |
Finals Site: | Burridge Gymnasium Hamilton, Ontario |
Champions: | Trinity Western Spartans |
Title Count: | 4th |
Runner Up: | McMaster Marauders |
Coach: | Ben Josephson |
Coach Count: | 3rd |
Mvp Label: | Championship MVP |
Mvp: | Blake Scheerhoorn |
Prev: | 2015 |
Tournament Link: | Volleyball Championship |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 CIS Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 10 to March 12, 2016, in Hamilton, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 U Sports men's volleyball season.[1] The 50th edition of the tournament was played at Burridge Gymnasium on the campus of McMaster University.[2] It was the fourth time that McMaster had hosted the tournament and the first since 2007.[3]
The Canada West champion Trinity Western Spartans defeated the top-seeded host OUA champion McMaster Marauders 3–1 to win the fourth title in program history.[4] The Spartans had a 9–9 record in January, but finished the season with a 12–2 record, including playoffs.[5]
align=left | Seed | align=left | Team | align=left | Qualified | align=left | align=left | align=left | |||
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1 | OUA Champion (Host) | 18–2 | None | 0 | |||||||
2 | Canada West Champion | 14–10 | 2012 | 3 | |||||||
3 | RSEQ Champion | 14–3 | 2013 | 4 | |||||||
4 | AUS Champion | 9–8 | None | 0 | |||||||
5 | Canada West Finalist | 21–3 | 2004 | 4 | |||||||
6 | Canada West Bronze | 16–8 | 2015 | 8 | |||||||
7 | OUA Finalist | 14–6 | None | 0 | |||||||
8 | OUA Bronze | 11–9 | None | 0 |