2021 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship Explained

Custom Title:2021 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
Year:2020–21
Sport:Women's volleyball
Season:2020-21
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:War Memorial Gymnasium
Vancouver, British Columbia
Champions:No champion
Prev:2020
Tournament Link:Volleyball Championship
Next:2022

The 2021 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was scheduled to be held March 19–21, 2021, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine a national champion for the 2020–21 U Sports women's volleyball season.[1] [2] However, the due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced on October 15, 2020 that the tournament was cancelled.[3] It was the second consecutive year that the national championship was cancelled due to the pandemic.[4]

Host

The tournament was scheduled to be played at War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of British Columbia.[5] It would have been the third time that UBC had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 1983.[1] To compensate for the cancelled tournament, UBC was awarded the hosting rights to the 2023 tournament.[6]

Scheduled teams

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons. December 11, 2018. September 18, 2020. usports.ca. U Sports.
  2. Web site: U Sports Calendar. September 11, 2020. September 18, 2020. usports.ca. U Sports.
  3. Web site: U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021. October 15, 2020. October 15, 2020. usports.ca. U Sports.
  4. Web site: Women's volleyball nationals cancelled at U of C. March 13, 2020. Calgary Sun.
  5. Web site: UBC to host 2021 U Sports women's volleyball national championship. UBC Thunderbirds. December 12, 2018.
  6. Web site: Atlantic University Sport releases 2022-23 winter sports schedules . . May 19, 2022.
  7. Web site: U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball. U Sports. September 2020.