The North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (N.A.C.I.V.T.) is held every

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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

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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. 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.

Champions

Men's NACIVT Champions

Women's NACIVT Champions

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References

External links

Official NACIVT Portalarchived copy

Official site of New York MINI aka 'Beast of the East' or East Coast Championship

2016 72nd NACIVT Los Angeles

2014 70th NACIVT Las Vegas (Hosted by San Francisco)

2013 69th NACIVT Washington D.C.

2012 68th NACIVT Toronto

2011 67th NACIVT Montreal

2010 66th NACIVT Boston