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2024 NCAA beach volleyball championship: How to watch the selection show, bracket, schedule

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The 2024 NC beach volleyball championship begins with selections on Sunday, April 28 in a selection show on NCAA.com at 11 a.m. ET. The championship then gets underway May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama at Gulf Shores Public Beach.

Seventeen teams will be selected on April 28, including a 16-seed vs. 17-seed opening round play-in game to determine the final seed in the first-round matchups. 

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Championships Schedule

All times in ET

April 28 — Selection show

May 3 — Opening round and first round

  • No. 16 seed vs. No. 17 seed (opening round) | 9 a.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 4 seed vs. No. 13 seed | 10 a.m. ET | ESPNU
  • No. 5 seed vs. No. 12 seed | 11 a.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 1 seed vs. Winner of No. 16 vs. No. 17 seed | Noon | ESPNU
  • No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed | 1 p.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 2 seed vs. No. 15 seed | 2 p.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed | 3 p.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 3 seed vs. No. 14 seed | 4 p.m. | ESPNU
  • No. 6 seed vs. No. 11 seed | 5 p.m. | ESPNU

May 4 — Second round and semifinals

  • Second round match 1 | 10 a.m. | ESPN2
  • Second round match 2 | 11 a.m. | ESPN2
  • Second round match 3 | Noon | ESPN2
  • Second round match 4 | 1 p.m. | ESPN2
  • Semifinal 1 | 2 p.m. | ESPN2
  • Semifinal 2 | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2

May 5 — National championship

  • National championship | TBD | TBD

Championships history

Southern California defeated UCLA 3-2 in last year’s national championship. The Trojans hold the most titles since the first NC beach volleyball championship in 2016 with five. 

YEAR CHAMPION COACH SCORE RUNNER-UP SITE
2023 Southern California Dain Blanton 3-2 UCLA Gulf Shores, Ala.
2022 Southern California Dain Blanton 3-1 Florida State Gulf Shores, Ala.
2021 Southern California Dain Blanton 3-1 UCLA Gulf Shores, Ala.
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19
2019 UCLA Stein Metzger 3-0 Southern California Gulf Shores, Ala.
2018 UCLA Stein Metzger 3-1 Florida State Gulf Shores, Ala.
2017 Southern California Anna Collier 3-2 Pepperdine Gulf Shores, Ala.
2016 Southern California Anna Collier 3-0 Florida State Gulf Shores, Ala.

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