The 2019 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 15 to March 17, 2019, in

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, to determine a national champion for the 2018–19

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season. The tournament was played at

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. It was the 12th time that Laval had hosted the tournament, which is the most out of any program. This was also the first tournament to no longer feature an

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champion as that conference had withdrawn from men's volleyball competition in 2018. The second-seeded

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defeated the top-seeded

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in a re-match of the

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Championship game as the Spartans won the sixth national championship in program history.

Participating teams

Championship bracket

Consolation bracket

Awards

Championship awards

* U Sports Championship MVP – Eric Loeppky, Trinity Western * R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Vicente Ignacio Parraguirre Villalobos, Laval

All-Star Team

*Alexandre Obomsawin, Laval *Vicente Ignacio Parraguirre Vallalobos, Laval *Seth Friesen, Brandon *Robin Baghdady, Brandon *Jackson Howe, Trinity Western *George Hobern, Alberta * Eric Loeppky, Trinity Western

References

External links

Tournament Web Site
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