USA Volleyball Junior Player Age Definition

For use during the 2019-2020 Season

Once a player participates (including but not limited to practicing, training, attending workouts and/or competing) in a club or varsity program for any university, college, community college, or junior college, he/she is ineligible to take part in any regional and national programming, which includes but is not limited to national JNC qualifying and championship events.

AGE GROUP	BIRTHDAY
18 and Under Division	Teams with players born on or after September 1, 2001, or are high school students in the twelfth (12th) grade or below during the current academic year and are 19 years of age or younger (born on or after September 1, 2000)
17 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2002
16 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2003
15 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2004
14 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2005
13 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2006
12 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2007
11 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2008
10 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2009
9 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2010
8 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2011
Boys 14 and Under Division	Players who were born on or after September 1, 2005  or  Players who were born on or after September 1, 2004 (15 years or younger) who shall neither have completed nor are in a grade higher than the eighth grade (8th) during the current academic year. This exception is based on the net height difference of 7’4 1/8" to 7’ 11 5/8" between the 14 and Under Division to the 15 and Under Division.

Note: These age definitions are used by domestic club programs and are NOT the same as the age definitions for the International and Domestic High Performance programs for 2019.

The Age Definition Policy was most recently revised by the USA Volleyball Board of Directors on January 19, 2002.

The classification cut-off date of September 1 was reviewed by the USAV Junior Assembly and the USA Regional Volleyball Association Assembly prior and during the USAV 2016 Annual Meetings and research justified the continuation of the cut-off date of September 1.

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