Cup Finals Weekend 2025
The biggest weekend of the volleyball season is almost here! The Cup Finals Weekend 2025 is set to take over the National Volleyball Centre on 26th and 27th April.
The blue riband event brings together 22 teams across multiple age groups and disciplines for an action-packed showdown, while there are also several off-the-court events, as well as entertainment, planned.
This is your go-to page for everything you need to know... before, during, and after the event. Stay tuned for updates as the excitement builds!
Finalists - will be added as teams qualify
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Fan Zone
Volleyball England will be looking to organise a range of volleyball challenges and activities for you to enjoy with your friends and family across the weekend. More details coming soon!
Food and drink
There will be food and drinks for you to enjoy while you catch the action over the weekend. Vendors who will be at the event will be added once confirmed.
80s-themed event
Get out your psychedelic leg warmers, scrunchies and acid-washed jeans, style your hair to be wild, put on your favourite Walkman tunes and join Volleyball England to celebrate everything 1980s at Cup Finals Weekend.
This year’s showpiece occasion in the English Volleyball calendar on 26th and 27th April will remember when players’ shorts really were short, balls and referees’ outfits were white and the side-out scoring system (for the large part) was still in use.
On the Saturday of Cup Finals between 1.30pm and 3.30pm, It was Acceptable in the Volleyball 80s – a Heritage Project-inspired event – will invite Volleyball England members past and present to reminisce in the upstairs gallery at the National Volleyball Centre in Kettering.
You will be able to check out displays featuring a range of 1980s volleyball items – with people encouraged to bring along any old their own old playing and officiating kit, balls, photos and memorabilia they still have in their possession.
You can also browse through league tables and a timeline of the sport in England through the decade and will be able to listen to short speeches from some of those who played, coached, refereed and volunteered at that point in time.
It will also be a great chance to catch up with old team-mates and opponents and make new friends, as well as view a selection of images that are sure to stoke fond memories – all with a synth-loaded soundtrack in the background!
Those who attend will also have the opportunity to purchase alcoholic and soft drinks from an exclusive bar and watch the Annual Awards 2025, which follows the event, unfold.
Tickets for the It was Acceptable in the Volleyball 80s, which will also include admission to the day’s six Cup Finals, are available for £15 each by clicking here.
Merchandise
Spectators cheering on their respective teams at Cup Finals Weekend can do so with the help of merchandise produced especially for the occasion.
Fans will be able to get their hands on – or should that be in – MONSTER BLOCK foam hands to help chant and dance along to the music.
Bang, bang, sticks will help create some atmosphere and generate noise in between points, while, black and grey t-shirts will provide a souvenir to remember the occasion.
The items will be available to purchase from Volleyball England’s pop-up VolleyStore, which will be situated in the event's Fan Zone.
Live streaming details
All 11 Cup Finals Weekend 2024 matches across the two days, Saturday 26th April and Sunday 27th April, will be streamed live on the Volleyball England YouTube Channel.
Annual Awards 2024
The Volleyball England Annual Awards 2025 presentation ceremony will take place on the Saturday of Cup Finals 2025 Weekend.
Those shortlisted in each of the 12 categories where nominations have been received will be invited to attend, with the winners announced to the crowd.
Shortlisted nominees will also have the chance to meet each other at a reception event, and will have pictures taken to mark the occasion.