2020 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Custom Title:2020 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship
Year:2019–20
Sport:Men's volleyball
Season:2019-20
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:Investors Group Athletic Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Champions:No champion
Prev:2019
Tournament Link:Volleyball Championship
Next:2021

The 2020 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was scheduled to be held March 13–15, 2020, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to determine a national champion for the 2019–20 U Sports men's volleyball season.[1] The tournament was cancelled on the first day that games were scheduled to be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[2] This was the first time that a national championship had not been played since it was first contested in 1967.[3]

The tournament was scheduled to be played at Investors Group Athletic Centre at the University of Manitoba. It would have been the second time that Manitoba had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 1978.[1] [4] This also would have been the last set of games for long-time Bisons head coach, Garth Pischke, who retired following this season after 36 years with Manitoba.[1]

Participating teams

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1 Canada West Champion 20–2 2019 6
2 RSEQ Champion 15–1 1970 1
3 OUA Champion 14–4 None 0
4 Canada West Finalist 18–4 2015 8
5 OUA Finalist 17–1 None 0
6 OUA Bronze 15–2 None 0
7 RSEQ Finalist 11–5 2013 4
8 10th in Canada West (Host) 8–14 2003 10
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bison men's volleyball to host 2020 U SPORTS National Championship . . December 11, 2018.
  2. Web site: 2020 U Sports Men's and Men's Volleyball Championship cancelled due to COVID-19 . March 13, 2020 . U Sports.
  3. Web site: U Sports Volleyball Championship History . May 1, 2021 . usports.ca . 18 July 2017 . U Sports.
  4. Web site: U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons . December 11, 2018 . May 1, 2021 . usports.ca . U Sports.
  5. Web site: U Sports Playing Regulations: Men's Volleyball . . September 2019.
  6. Web site: Men's Volleyball Championship Preview: Trinity Western Spartans named No. 1 seed ahead of national tournament . . March 8, 2020.