Nov. 14, 2007

Listed below are the allocations of the at-large berths into the 2007 NAIA Volleyball National Championship.  Each of the 14 eligible regions will automatically qualify its champion as determined through its region tournament. Columbia College (MO) has an opportunity to earn one of the Region V berths. If they do not earn an automatic berth or an at-large berth through the regional process, they will claim an automatic berth as host institution.  Please note that at-large berths are not allocated to specific teams but to regions.

Two berths are held as "Wild Card" berths that may be allocated by the tournament committee to a highly rated team that may have been eliminated from championship opportunity by teams who qualified.

The following regions will receive at-large berth allocations regardless:

                Region II runner-up

                Region II 3^rd place

Region II 4^th place

The following scenarios list the teams that will accompany the 14 region champions and the four guaranteed at-large berths.

Scenario 1:           Two "Wild Card" berths are awarded:

                Wild Card 1

                Wild Card 2

                Host Institution berth or, if host earns a regional berth, Region I, 2^nd place

Scenario 2:           One "Wild Card" is awarded:

Wild Card 1

                Region I, 2^nd place

                Host Institution berth or, if host earns a regional berth, Region III, 2^nd place

Scenario 3:           No "Wild Card" berths are awarded:

                Region I, 2^nd place

                Region III, 2^nd place

                Host Institution berth

Scenario 4:           No "Wild Card" nor host berths are awarded.

                Region I, 2^nd place

                Region III, 2^nd place

                Region V, 2^nd place

NOTE:  No consolation matches will be necessary at the region tournaments.

On November 18, the 20 participating teams for the 2007 NAIA Volleyball National Championship will be released. On November 19, the pool assignments will be released. If there are any questions please contact me at the NAIA national office at rstein@naia.org or (816) 595-8000, x108.