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About Beach Age Groups

USA Volleyball’s National Team Development Program follows the international age division model as directed by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the international governing body for all forms of volleyball. Age divisions for NTDP and FIVB are based on birth year, different from the USA Volleyball junior player age definitions.

Under the FIVB, an athlete born between January 1 through December 31 of the same year falls within the same age group, regardless of their academic grade level. It’s important to note that, although academically these athletes can be in different grades, they are considered to be in the same age group because they were born in the same year.

Beach Age Groups

MENWOMEN
U26Born in 1999U26Born in 1999
U25Born in 2000U25Born in 2000
U24Born in 2001U24Born in 2001
U23Born in 2002U23Born in 2002
U22Born in 2003U22Born in 2003
U21Born in 2004U21Born in 2004
U20Born in 2005U20Born in 2005
U19Born in 2006U19Born in 2006
U18Born in 2007U18Born in 2007
U17Born in 2008U17Born in 2008
U16Born in 2009U16Born in 2009
U15Born in 2010

*U26-U19 are age-eligible to participate in the 2024 World University Championship Beach National Team Trials.
*U19 and under are age-eligible to participate in the 2024 U19 FIVB World Championship Beach National Team Trials.
*U20 and under will be age-eligible to participate in the 2025 U21 FIVB World Championship Beach National Team Trials.