NACIVT

Template:Short description 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 [1] 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

Year	Annual	Location	Champions	Finalist
2025	80th	New York
2024	79th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Sky
2023	78th	Baltimore (hosted by Wash DC)	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash	Template:Flagicon Toronto Qilin
2022	77th	Providence (hosted by Boston)	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Fire	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2021	76th	Hosted by SF-*No Canada Teams	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash*	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash
2018	74th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2017	73rd	Fort Lauderdale (hosted by Boston)	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2016	72nd	Los Angeles	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2015	71st	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Toronto Zhen Qi Black
2014	70th	Las Vegas (hosted by SF)	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. CYC A
2013	69th	Washington	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam Red
2012	68th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Paai Kau Smash
2011	67th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Westcoast	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Midwest Mad Dogs
2010	66th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Westcoast	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2009	65th	Los Angeles	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Westcoast	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. CYC A
2008	64th	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A
2007	63rd	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2006	62nd	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Westcoast	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. MVP/SixPak A
2005	61st	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Midwest Mad Dogs
2004	60th	Boston	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
2003	59th	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
2002	58th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
2001	57th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
2000	56th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
1999	55th	Boston	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Boston Knights A
1998	54th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Hip Sing/MVP/Sixpak A
1997	53rd	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1996	52nd	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1995	51st	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1994	50th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
1993	49th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
1992	48th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1991	47th	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei
1990	46th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings Gold
1989	45th	Washington	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1988	44th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1987	43rd	Boston	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam	Template:Flagicon Montreal Hung Ying
1986	42nd	Montreal	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1985	41st	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Yi Mei
1984	40th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Ngun Lam
1983	39th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1982	38th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1981	37th	Boston	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A
1980	36th	New York	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1979	35th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Yi Mei
1978	34th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1977	33rd	Toronto	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1976	32nd	Boston	Template:Flagicon New York Free Mason
1975	31st	New York	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. CYC A
1974	30th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1973	29th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Wor Mei	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1972	28th	Boston	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. CYC A
1971	27th	New York	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1970	26th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon Boston Chun Lin
1969	25th	Boston	Template:Flagicon New York Free Mason
1968	24th	New York	Template:Flagicon Boston Knights
1967	23rd	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings
1966	22nd	Chicago	Template:Flagicon New York Free Mason
1965	21st	Boston	Template:Flagicon Boston Vikings
1964	20th	New York	Template:Flagicon New York Wah Hung
1963	19th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings
1962	18th	Boston	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Hung Fung
1961	17th	New York	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings
1960	16th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings
1959	15th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Kong Fung
1958	14th	New York	Template:Flagicon New York Hung Fung
1957	13th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon 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.	Template:Flagicon 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:Template:Additional citation needed

Women's NACIVT Champions

Year	Annual	Location	Champions	Finalist
2025	80th	New York
2024	79th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Storm X	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2023	78th	Baltimore (Hosted by Wash DC)	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2022	77th	Providence (Hosted by Boston)	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles IVBall
2021	76th	Oakland (Hosted by SF-*No Canada Teams)	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM*	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles IVBall*
2020	N/A	Baltimore (hosted by Wash DC)	Cancelled due to COVID Pandemic	Cancelled due to COVID Pandemic
2019	75th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles IVBall
2018	74th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Raki	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Ice
2017	73rd	Fort Lauderdale (hosted by Boston)	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Green	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Ice
2016	72nd	Los Angeles	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Green	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Ice
2015	71st	New York	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Tien Lung Dragon Ice	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2014	70th	Las Vegas (hosted by SF)	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles iVball
2013	69th	Washington	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles iVball	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A
2012	68th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Los Angeles iVball
2011	67th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2010	66th	Boston	Template:Flagicon New York Strangers	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Slackers
2009	65th	Los Angeles	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon New York Strangers
2008	64th	New York	Template:Flagicon New York MIG	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2007	63rd	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Diego iVball	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2006	62nd	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon Washington D.C. Slackers
2005	61st	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Connex A	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers
2004	60th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco AIM
2003	59th	New York	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A
2002	58th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A	Template:Flagicon SF Just for Fun/AsianAvenue.com
2001	57th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon SF Just for Fun/AsianAvenue.com
2000	56th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A
1999	55th	Boston	Template:Flagicon SF Just for Fun/AsianAvenue.com
1998	54th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon Toronto Flying Tigers A
1997	53rd	New York	Template:Flagicon New York New York
1996	52nd	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Divas
1995	51st	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Vector
1994	50th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball	Template:Flagicon Montreal Free Mason
1993	49th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1992	48th	Montreal	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1991	47th	New York	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings Won Fung Red	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1990	46th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings Won Fung Red
1989	45th	Washington	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings Won Fung Red	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1988	44th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon New York Vikings Won Fung Red	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1987	43rd	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball	Template:Flagicon California Cave
1986	42nd	Montreal	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1985	41st	New York	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Just Volleyball
1984	40th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Mei Mei
1983	39th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco New Horizon
1982	38th	Toronto	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Reggie's Angels
1981	37th	Boston	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Reggie's Angels
1980	36th	New York	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Reggie's Angels
1979	35th	San Francisco	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1978	34th	Washington D.C.	Template:Flagicon San Francisco Chung Sing
1977	33rd	Toronto	Template:Flagicon New York Skylarks

See also

• 9-man
• Nine-man Volleyball

External links

• Official NACIVT Portal (archived 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

Video links

• 9-Man documentary
• 2007-63rd NACIVT Classics presented by the 63rd NACIVT San Francisco
• 2006-62nd NACIVT presented by the 62nd NACIVT Washington D.C.
• 2001-57th NACIVT FINALS Toronto Connex A vs. Washington D.C Hip Sing/MVP Six Pak A in Washington D.C.
• 1987-43rd NACIVT Montreal Hung Ying A vs. New York Vikings Gold Game 1 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT Montreal Hung Ying A vs. New York Vikings Gold Game 2 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT Montreal Hung Ying A vs. San Francisco Mei Mei Game 1 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT Montreal Hung Ying A vs. San Francisco Mei Mei Game 2 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT FINALS Montreal Hung Ying A vs. Toronto Ngun Lam Game 1 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT FINALS Montreal Hung Ying A vs. Toronto Ngun Lam Game 2 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT FINALS Montreal Hung Ying A vs. Toronto Ngun Lam Game 3 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT FINALS Montreal Hung Ying A vs. Toronto Ngun Lam Game 4 in Boston
• 1987-43rd NACIVT FINALS Montreal Hung Ying A vs. Toronto Ngun Lam Game 5 in Boston
• 1982-38th NACIVT FINALS SF Chung Sing Vs Toronto Flying Tigers Game 1 in Toronto
• 1982-38th NACIVT FINALS SF Chung Sing Vs Toronto Flying Tigers Game 2 in Toronto
• 1982-38th NACIVT FINALS SF Chung Sing Vs Toronto Flying Tigers Game 3 in Toronto
• 1982-38th NACIVT FINALS SF Chung Sing Vs Toronto Flying Tigers Game 4 in Toronto
• 1982-38th NACIVT FINALS SF Chung Sing Vs Toronto Flying Tigers Game 5 in Toronto