HKSSF volleyball competitions

The Hong Kong School Sports Federation organizes a number of volleyball competitions through its sub-units, including the Hong Kong and Kowloon Secondary Schools Regional Committee, the six New Territories Secondary Schools Area Committees and the External School Sports Committee. Those competitions are collectively called **HKSSF volleyball competitions**.

## Competitions structure

### District-level competitions

Each Regional Committee and Area Committee organizes its own competition, simply titled "Inter-School Volleyball Competition". The Urban Region has two divisions for boys and three divisions for girls, the Sha Tin Competition District has two divisions for both gender categories, and the Kwai Tsing Competition District has two divisions for girls and one division for boys. All other competition districts have only one division.

Promotion and relegation are carried out at the end of a season for multi-divisional competition districts, based on the overall score of teams. The bottom teams of a upper division will be relegated, while the top teams of a lower division will be promoted.

### Jing Ying Tournament

The All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Volleyball Tournament is a competition that features 24 top teams from around the territory for each gender category, qualified from each of their respective competition districts. It is held by the External School Sports Committee, and is thought of as the "Champions League" of Inter-school volleyball in Hong Kong.

## Season structure

The season usually begins in late September and ends in late May, with a break in early to mid January for exams, and two-week breaks for the Lunar New Year holidays and the Easter holidays, respectively. The season is divided into two or three parts, each for a particular age group. Older players play first in order to let them have sufficient preparation time for the HKDSE, and hence 31 December (the Grand Final of the Jing Ying Tournament) is usually the latest date for the last match of Form 6 players.

### Jing Ying Tournament

The All Hong Kong Schools Jing Ying Volleyball Tournament is held between 27 and 31 December every year, Although using only A-Grade / U19 results for qualification, the team roster in the tournament proper can also contain younger players.

### U19 and U15

In districts using the U19 and U15 age groups, all U19 matches are finished before mid-December, and the first U15 match begins in late January.

### A-, B- and C-Grade

In districts using the A-, B- and C-Grade age groups, all A-Grade matches are finished before mid-December, and the first C-Grade match begins in late January. The B-Grade season take place between November and March, and it overlaps with the A-Grade season at the beginning and the C-Grade season at the end.

### Drawing of lots

The grouping list for U19 / A-Grade and B-Grade will first be announced in mid-September, while the list for U15 / C-Grade will be announced in December or mid-January. The drawing of lots for the knockout stage will take place on a weekday, around a few days after the last group stage match of its respective age group.

## Offseason

Main article: Summer competitions
The HKSSF competitions season are usually the main focus of many school volleyball teams in Hong Kong. However, school teams that participate in HKSSF competitions can also participate in other competitions, such as the CYT Cup and the VBAHK Youth Cup, which both take place during offseason periods.