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.
 

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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.

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