Hello
and welcome to the Ottawa Competitive Volleyball League (OCVL).
Below you will find a brief overview of the OCVL and it’s registration
process.
OVERVIEW
For those of you who are new to the
OCVL, we are the National Capital region's premiere competitive adult volleyball
league. our season typically begins in September and wraps up in April of
the following year, with finals and an end of season awards banquet and
gala. The regular season is 22 weeks long with an additional 3
weeks for playoffs. The league operates in gyms throughout the
region, and runs on three separate nights: the Men's Division is played
on Monday nights, the Women's Division on Tuesday nights, and the Mixed
Division on Thursday nights. Teams must have 6 registered players
on the court at all times which, in the Mixed Division, consists
of three men and three women or two men and four women.
Our unique "league by night" format
allows the OCVL to operate in a tier or ladder format (i.e. you win and
you move up the ladder, or you lose and you move down the
ladder). Thus, with minor exceptions, the night you play will
remain the same throughout the season, but depending on your team's success
(or lack thereof), where you play may change every couple of
weeks. The tier format also ensures that, for the most part, your
team will be facing other teams whose level of play is similar to
yours. Ultimately, each night a team will play 1 match, in a best
of 5 game format. All regular season and play-off matches are
refereed by Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) officials.
How are team rankings determined at the beginning of the season?
Some returning teams will be
assigned a position on the ladder based on how they finished the
previous year. Other returning teams as well as new teams, will
be placed on the ladder based on their performance at a qualifying
tournament to be held in September.
Online Registration
Registration is done “by team” which
means that you must be part of a team in order to play in the
OCVL. Registration begins in mid-August (actual date to be
announced on our website). Once registration is officially open,
a player can create a team and have other team members sign up.
Payments for league fees are also done online.
The Internet is the OCVL's main
communication and administration tool. All persons who wish to play in
the league must register and create an account with the OCVL; to do
this please go to the “players area” at www.ocvl.com. Please do
not create multiple accounts; if you have played in the OCVL before but
forgot your OCVL account login information, you can either have the
website e-mail it to you automatically or you may send an e-mail to john@ocvl.com to obtain your login information.
Individual Players
If you are new to Ottawa or the OCVL
and you wish to join a team, you may add yourself to our spares
list. To do so you will need to create an OCVL account
which can be done at the “players area” at www.ocvl.com. The spares list
can only be viewed by team captains and
assistant captains looking to add players to their teams. Please
note that the spares list will be purged once registration opens, thus
if your name is currently on that list, you will have to login after
registration opens and add yourself once again.
Another practical option for
player and team networking is the Facebook.com option. A special
group for OCVL players has been created on the Facebook.com website to
facilitate team and player networking. Click here for more information.
For more information about the OCVL in general, click here.
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