NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament

The NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament is the annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the main governing body for U.S. college sports United States, to determine the national champions of collegiate indoor volleyball among its Division III members.

The idea of a Division III championship was first floated by several figures in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association in the late 1980s, but was long dormant because of NCAA participation rules—50 schools must sponsor a sport before a national championship tournament can be officially sanctioned.

The main impetus for growth in Division III volleyball had been an unofficial D-III championship tournament known as the Molten Invitational, started in 1997.

[2] The Division III championship began in 2012 with nine teams and has steadily expanded with the growth of D-III men's volleyball.

The current tournament format features six first-round matches, with the winners joining the top two seeds in the quarterfinals.