These eligibility requirements for the North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament are not as uncommon as they may sound, says Ursula Liang, who's working on a documentary about the history of 9-man. The official rulebook also says at least six players on the court per team must be "100 percent Chinese." To preserve the game's cultural history, tournament organizers require all players to have East or Southeast Asian ancestors. and Canada have gathered in the nation's capital to bump, set and spike in an annual tournament with unusual rules.Įach men's team must have nine players, instead of six, on the court to play a street version of volleyball known as "9-man." The game became popular generations ago among Chinese immigrants living in Chinatowns around the country. More than 1,000 players from across the U.S. Volleyball games are stopping traffic on one of Washington, D.C.'s landmark streets, Pennsylvania Avenue, this Labor Day weekend.
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