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Volleyball in Columbus

Home to the 2024 USA Volleyball Adult Opens, Columbus is where the game is built, talent is developed and champions are crowned.

Women Celebrating At The NCAA Division Women's Volleyball Championship

NCAA DI Women’s Volleyball Championship

Coming back in 2027, Columbus set a then-record for highest attended match in NCAA history in 2021.

Men Playing At A Men's Volleyball Championship

National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship

Columbus has hosted six times. Number seven will be at the Covelli Center in 2025.

2019 USA Volleyball Open National Championhip

USA Volleyball Adult Opens

Held here in 2024 and 2019, players ages 18-80 compete in the longest-running volleyball tournament in the U.S.

Ohio Valley Region Tournaments

The Ohio Valley Region (OVR) of hosts year-round tournaments for boys and girls.

Fast Facts

The NCAA DI Women's Championship returns to Columbus for the third time in 2027.
Columbus is one of just two cities to host the NCAA Men’s and DI Women’s Volleyball Championships in the same year (2021). The other is Los Angeles, where both championships took place in 1984.
18,755 people attended the final between Nebraska and Wisconsin during the 2021 NCAA DI Women's Championship in Columbus, breaking the championship attendance record at the time. It stands as the third-highest attended NCAA volleyball match in history as of October 2024.
Based in Columbus, Sports Imports is the leading volleyball equipment provider in the country. Their equipment is used by more than 90% of all NCAA D1 programs.
Columbus is part of the Ohio Valley Region (OVR), USA Volleyball's largest region with 25,000 members. Covering Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, OVR has more than 190 clubs comprising 2,000 teams and has 500 professional officials in its ranks.
Since 2000, Columbus has hosted more than 20 national volleyball events through with more on the docket in coming years, including the 2025 National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship.

Columbus Fury

The Columbus Fury is one of seven charter members of the Pro Volleyball Federation, a league born in 2024. The Fury play at Nationwide Arena from February-May.

The Ohio State Buckeyes, Ohio Dominican Panthers, Capital Comets and Otterbein Cardinals represent all divisions of NCAA volleyball. Columbus is a two-time host of the DI NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships.

Club Teams

Mintonette Sports is one of the marquee clubs in the Ohio Valley Region. Other club teams include Buckeye Volleyball, Rogue Volleyball and Columbus Volleyball Academy, Vanguard and Advancement Academy.