2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship Explained

Custom Title:2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship
Year:2022–23
Sport:Men's Volleyball
Season:2022-23
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:Burridge Gymnasium
Hamilton, Ontario
Champions:Trinity Western Spartans
Title Count:7
Runner Up:Sherbrooke Vert et Or
Coach:Adam Schriemer/Ben Ball
Coach Count:1
Mvp Label:Championship MVP
Mvp:Mathias Elser
Mvp Team:Trinity Western Spartans
Television:CBC[1]
Stephen Clark (play-by-play)
Matthew Davison (play-by-play)
Kyle Compeau (color analyst)
Everett Delorme (color analyst)
Prev:2022
Tournament Link:Volleyball Championship
Next:2024

The 2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was the 56th edition of the U Sports men's volleyball championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2023 U Sports men's volleyball season. The tournament started on March 17 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on March 19 in Hamilton, Ontario.[2] [3]

The third-seeded Trinity Western Spartans defeated the fourth-seeded Sherbrooke Vert et Or in straight sets to claim the seventh championship in program history.[4] [5]

Host

The tournament was hosted by McMaster University at the Burridge Gymnasium on the school's campus.[2] This was the sixth time that McMaster had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2018.[6]

Participating teams

align=left Seedalign=left Teamalign=left Qualifiedalign=left align=left align=left
1 Canada West Champion 22–2 2022 9
2 OUA Champion (Host) 18–2 None 0
3 Canada West Finalist 18–6 2019 6
4 RSEQ Champion 15–1 1975 1
5 OUA Finalist 15–5 None 0
6 RSEQ Finalist 11–5 1970 1
7 Canada West Bronze 17–7 2004 4
8 OUA Bronze 13–7 None 0
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Championship bracket

[9]

Gold medal match

Consolation bracket

[9]

Awards

Championship awards

[5]

Mikasa Players of the Game

[5]

All-Star Team

[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years . . September 20, 2021.
  2. Web site: U Sports Calendar . usports.ca . . May 17, 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  3. Web site: Marauders selected to host U Sports Men's & Women's Volleyball national championships . . April 13, 2021 . May 26, 2022.
  4. Web site: Men's volleyball . March 19, 2023 . usports.ca . U Sports.
  5. Web site: Spartans take down Sherbrooke 3-0, crowned U SPORTS champions . March 19, 2023 . usports.ca . U Sports.
  6. Web site: U Sports Volleyball Championship History . March 5, 2023 . usports.ca . U Sports.
  7. Web site: U Sports Playing Regulations: Men's Volleyball . . October 2022.
  8. Web site: Draw and bracket announced for 2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship . . March 12, 2023.
  9. Web site: Schedule/Results . . March 17, 2023.