INTERSCHOLASTIC BEACH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
A program of the California School Sport Association
ABOUT THE IBVL
The Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League (IBVL) is a program of the California School Sport Association and also the Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee, a district sport committee of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc. and affiliated with the ISF since 2017, the girls' league began with eight schools in 2012 and then expanded to 30 schools with six divisions in 2013. Further expansion followed each season up through the 2016 season and current configuration which includes both competition at both the varsity and junior varsity level. The boys' program began in the fall of 2013 with 15 schools. In 2024, the program became affiliated with the California School Sport Association and directly with the ISF.
Schools compete with three pairs of doubles teams to form a school varsity or junior varsity squad. Each school competes against another school's pair of three teams, in order of rank, to determine the dual match winners. Most divisions are at centralized sites with the top teams qualifying for post-season competition.
IBVL Spring girls' season
Fifty teams compete for the ibvl title
The inclusion of NCAA Sand (Beach) Volleyball in 2012 saw the growth of high school beach volleyball in Southern California as interscholastic sport for girls. From the ranks of the Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee which operated junior beach volleyball programs in Southern California for over 30 years and the AAU which sanctioned it's first beach volleyball competition in 1957 in Manhattan Beach came the Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League.
The spring of 2012, the league began with eight schools from Los Angeles County in a centralized spring sport league which included: Valencia, Mira Costa, Harvard-Westlake, Palos Verdes, Marymount, Marlborough, El Segundo and Carson.
The IBVL expanded the league to include schools from Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside and San Luis Obispo counties from both the CIF Southern Section and CIF Los Angles City Section member schools.
Initially, the league is divided into eight divisions and one conference. In addition, eighteen (19) teams are entered at the junior varsity level. Each school competes against each school in their respective division to determine a division champion. In addition, each school also has non-division matches in pre-season. The top schools in each division qualify for playoffs. Divisions of four schools earn two berths. Divisions of five schools earn three berths and divisions and conferences of six or more earn four berths into the playoffs. Currently, there is a combination of weekday and weekend centralized divisions on Saturdays and the addition of Northern California and San Diego districts which run division and league play at the local level to determine an entry into the California IBVL State Playoffs.
In addition to crowning a team champion, a one day pairs championship also takes place during the playoffs.
isf international competition
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Starting in 2017, through the IBVL affilation with the International School Sport Federation (ISF), IBVL athletes have represented the United States in ISF World Schools Championships and ISF Pan American Championships. Teams qualify through ISF/IBVL Trials, IBVL Varsity Pairs Tournament and IBVL Championships.
2017 ISF WORLD SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Papeete, Tahiti
Sammy Slater (Ventura HS) / Alexis Fillipone (Torrey Pines HS)
Alternate: Hannah Martin (Canyon Crest Academy)
U18 Girls Select - Gold Medalists
Michael Shahidi (Westlake HS) / Aaron Yi (Westlake HS)
Alt: Kenneth Kim (Westlake HS)
U16 Boys School - Fourth Place
2019 ISF PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Orlando, Florida
Maya Harvey (Redondo Union HS) / Ava Kirunchyk (Redondo Union HS)
U18 Girls School - Gold Medalists
2019 ISF WORLD SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - San Vito, Italy
Maya Harvey (Redondo Union HS) / Ava Kirunchyk (Redondo Union HS)
U18 Girls Select - Gold Medalists
Jenna Colligan (Mira Costa HS) / Molly Trodd (Mira Costa HS)
U16 Girls School - Gold Medalists
Michael Shahidi (Westlake HS) /Ian Guss (Westlake HS)
U18 Boys Select - Ninth Place
2020 ISF PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Santa Monica, CA
(Canceled)
2021 ISF WORLD SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Bat-Yam, ISR (Canceled)
2022 - ISF GYMNASIADE (U18) - Normandie, FRA
Ensley Aldeon (San Marcos HS) / Taylor Hagenah (Mission Vista HS) U18 Girls Select - Gold Medalists
2023 - ISF WORLD SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Bat-Yam, ISR
Olga Nikoleave (Mira Costa HS) ./ Sydney Toumoujian (Mira Costa HS) - U15 School Gold Medalists
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2012 Southern Pacific IBVL Champions: Valencia HS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DISTRICT - GIRLS
YEAR CHAMPIONS RUNNERS-UP
2012 Valencia Mira Costa
2013 Mira Costa Valencia
2014 Mira Costa Valencia
2015 Mira Costa Saddleback Vly Chr
2016 Mira Costa Laguna Beach
2017 Mira Costa Palisades Charter
2018 Mira Costa Laguna Beach
2019 Mira Costa Laguna Beach
2020 CANCELED - PANDEMIC
2021 Mira Costa Redondo Union
2022 Mira Costa Notre Dame Academy
SOUTHERN PACIFIC DISTRICT - BOYS
2013 Redondo Union Dana Hills
2014 Dana Hills Mira Costa
2015 Redondo Union Saddleback Vly Chr
2016 Mira Costa Santa Monica
2017 Mira Costa Loyola
2018 Mira Costa Redondo Union
2019 Mira Costa Santa Barbara
2020 CANCELED - PANDEMIC
2021 Mira Costa San Marcos
2022 Mira Costa San Marcos
2023 Santa Barbara San Marcos
2024 I Redondo Union Mira Costa
2024 II Windward Wiseburn DaVinci
SAN DIEGO DISTRICT - GIRLS
2017 Point Loma
2018 Our Lady of Peace Academy
2019 Our Lady of Peace Academy
2020 CANCELED - PANDEMIC
2021 DNP
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT - GIRLS
2017 Branson
2018 Branson
2019 Branson
2020 CANCELED - PANDEMIC
2021 Half Moon Bay
CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONS - GIRLS
2017 Mira Costa Palisades Charter
2018 Mira Costa Laguna Beach
2019 Mira Costa Laguna Beach
2020 CANCELED - PANDEMIC
2021 Mira Costa Redondo Union
IBVL DISTRICTS
Central California
Northern California
San Diego
Southern Pacific