The North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (N.A.C.I.V.T.) is held every Labor Day weekend and features men's nine-man (9-man) and women's 6's volleyball teams. The tournament is generally held outdoors and played on pavement, with the courts typically set-up in a large parking lot or even on the streets. Due to changes in weather the tournament can also be held indoors (e.g., convention centers). It is very much a cultural phenomenon; two-thirds of the players on each team must be 100% Chinese, and the rest must be of Asian descent (Asian: origins from: Myanmar (formerly Burma), Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam). The inaugural tournament was held in Boston in 1944. There are teams from Boston, Calgary, Maryland, Los Angeles, Chicago, North Carolina, Houston, Montreal, New York City, New Jersey, Ottawa, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C.
Each year there are also mini tournaments held in Toronto, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C./Maryland and San Francisco leading up to the annual NACIVT.
The men's 9-man portion of the NACIVT is the subject of a documentary called 9-Man that was completed in 2014 and had its world premiere at IFFBoston on April 27, 2014. [1] [2]
The record for the longest NACIVT set is between the Montreal Sunbirds and Chicago United 773 (39-37) in 2023, the old record being Washington CYC Freemasons against NY Rangers (37-35) in 2011. [3]
Year | Annual | Location | Champions | Finalist | |
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2025 | 80th | New York | |||
2024 | 79th | San Francisco | Toronto Connex A | San Francisco Sky | |
2023 | 78th | Baltimore (hosted by Wash DC) | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | Toronto Qilin | |
2022 | 77th | Providence (hosted by Boston) | San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Fire | Toronto Connex A | |
2021 | 76th | Hosted by SF-*No Canada Teams | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash* | San Francisco Xiao Long Pow* | |
2020 | N/A | Baltimore (hosted by Wash DC) | Cancelled due to COVID Pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID Pandemic | |
2019 | 75th | Toronto | Toronto Connex A | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | |
2018 | 74th | Montreal | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | Toronto Connex A | |
2017 | 73rd | Fort Lauderdale (hosted by Boston) | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | Toronto Connex A | |
2016 | 72nd | Los Angeles | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | Toronto Connex A | |
2015 | 71st | New York | Toronto Connex A | Toronto Zhen Qi Black | |
2014 | 70th | Las Vegas (hosted by SF) | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. CYC A | |
2013 | 69th | Washington | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | Toronto Ngun Lam Red | |
2012 | 68th | Toronto | Toronto Connex A | San Francisco Paai Kau Smash | |
2011 | 67th | Montreal | San Francisco Westcoast | Los Angeles Midwest Mad Dogs | |
2010 | 66th | Boston | San Francisco Westcoast | Toronto Connex A | |
2009 | 65th | Los Angeles | San Francisco Westcoast | Washington D.C. CYC A | |
2008 | 64th | New York | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A | |
2007 | 63rd | San Francisco | Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A | Toronto Connex A | |
2006 | 62nd | Washington D.C. | San Francisco Westcoast | Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A | |
2005 | 61st | Toronto | Toronto Connex A | Los Angeles Midwest Mad Dogs | |
2004 | 60th | Boston | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
2003 | 59th | New York | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
2002 | 58th | San Francisco | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
2001 | 57th | Washington D.C. | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
2000 | 56th | Toronto | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
1999 | 55th | Boston | Toronto Connex A | Boston Knights A | |
1998 | 54th | Montreal | Toronto Connex A | Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A | |
1997 | 53rd | New York | Toronto Connex A | Toronto Ngun Lam | |
1996 | 52nd | San Francisco | Toronto Connex A | Toronto Ngun Lam | |
1995 | 51st | Washington D.C. | San Francisco Mei Mei | Toronto Ngun Lam | |
1994 | 50th | Boston | San Francisco Mei Mei | Toronto Connex A | |
1993 | 49th | Toronto | San Francisco Mei Mei | Toronto Connex A | |
1992 | 48th | Montreal | San Francisco Mei Mei | Toronto Ngun Lam | |
1991 | 47th | New York | Toronto Ngun Lam | San Francisco Mei Mei | |
1990 | 46th | San Francisco | Toronto Ngun Lam | New York Vikings Gold | |
1989 | 45th | Washington | Toronto Ngun Lam | ||
1988 | 44th | Toronto | Toronto Ngun Lam | ||
1987 | 43rd | Boston | Toronto Ngun Lam | Montreal Hung Ying | |
1986 | 42nd | Montreal | Toronto Ngun Lam | ||
1985 | 41st | New York | Toronto Flying Tigers | San Francisco Mei Yi Mei | |
1984 | 40th | San Francisco | Toronto Ngun Lam | ||
1983 | 39th | Washington D.C. | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1982 | 38th | Toronto | Toronto Flying Tigers A | San Francisco Chung Sing | |
1981 | 37th | Boston | Toronto Flying Tigers A | ||
1980 | 36th | New York | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1979 | 35th | San Francisco | San Francisco Chung Sing | San Francisco Mei Yi Mei | |
1978 | 34th | Washington D.C. | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1977 | 33rd | Toronto | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1976 | 32nd | Boston | New York Free Mason | ||
1975 | 31st | New York | Washington D.C. CYC A | ||
1974 | 30th | San Francisco | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1973 | 29th | Washington D.C. | San Francisco Wor Mei | San Francisco Chung Sing | |
1972 | 28th | Boston | Washington D.C. CYC A | ||
1971 | 27th | New York | San Francisco Chung Sing | ||
1970 | 26th | Washington D.C. | Boston Chun Lin | ||
1969 | 25th | Boston | New York Free Mason | ||
1968 | 24th | New York | Boston Knights | ||
1967 | 23rd | Washington D.C. | New York Vikings | ||
1966 | 22nd | Chicago | New York Free Mason | ||
1965 | 21st | Boston | Boston Vikings | ||
1964 | 20th | New York | New York Wah Hung | ||
1963 | 19th | Washington D.C. | New York Vikings | ||
1962 | 18th | Boston | Los Angeles Hung Fung | ||
1961 | 17th | New York | New York Vikings | ||
1960 | 16th | Washington D.C. | New York Vikings | ||
1959 | 15th | Boston | San Francisco Kong Fung | ||
1958 | 14th | New York | New York Hung Fung | ||
1957 | 13th | Washington D.C. | New York Lum Ying | ||
1956 | 12th | Boston | |||
1955 | 11th | New York | |||
1954 | 10th | Washington D.C. | |||
1953 | 9th | Boston | |||
1952 | 8th | New York | |||
1951 | 7th | Washington D.C. | New York Poy-Ting | ||
1950 | 6th | Boston | |||
1949 | 5th | New York | |||
1948 | 4th | Washington D.C. | |||
1947 | 3rd | Boston | |||
1946 | 2nd | New York | |||
1945 | 1st | Boston | |||
Sources: [4] [ additional citation(s) needed ] |
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