Custom Title: | 2024 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Sport: | Men's volleyball |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Teams: | Eight |
Finals Site: | Athletics & Recreation Centre Kingston, Ontario |
Champions: | Alberta Golden Bears |
Title Count: | 10th |
Runner Up: | Sherbrooke Vert et Or |
Coach: | Brock Davidiuk |
Coach Count: | 2nd |
Mvp Label: | Championship MVP |
Mvp: | Isaac Heslinga |
Mvp Team: | Alberta |
Television: | CBC[1] |
Prev: | 2023 |
Tournament Link: | Volleyball Championship |
Next: | 2025 |
The 2024 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 14 to March 17, 2024, in Kingston, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports men's volleyball season.[2] [3] The Canada West Champion Alberta Golden Bears defeated the RSEQ Champion Sherbrooke Vert et Or 3–2 to win their second championship in three years.[4] With the victory, the Golden Bears tied the Manitoba Bisons and Winnipeg Wesmen for the most national championships in U Sports men's volleyball with ten each.
The tournament was hosted by Queen's University at the Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC) on the school's campus.[2] This was the second time that Queen's had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2012.[5] [6]
Seed | Team | Qualified | ||||
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1 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Champion | 16–0 | 1975 | 1 | |
2 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion | 18–6 | 2022 | 9 | |
3 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Champion | 16–4 | None | 0 | |
4 | Queen's Gaels | OUA Finalist (Host) | 15–5 | None | 0 | |
5 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist | 16–8 | 2023 | 6 | |
6 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Bronze | 16–8 | 2018 | 4 | |
7 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Finalist | 10–6 | 2013 | 4 | |
8 | Guelph Gryphons | OUA Bronze | 15–5 | None | 0 |