This article includes a few key points about the Potomac Valley District Qualifying Tournaments ("DQTs" or "Districts" or "District Championships").

Format
Each Grade has a separate DQT, with most Grades having separate Division I and Division II competitions. 

Pool play.  The first weekend is pool play in which records are kept and standings maintained for each pool.  Tie-breakers are head-to-head competition, followed by point spread with a +/- 13 point maximum per game.  Teams are then seeded by finish for bracket play purposes.

Bracket play (medal play).  Bracket play is a modified single elimination format.  Teams that lose in the semi-finals play for the bronze medal and the winners of the semi-finals play for the gold medal.  In Division I, teams eliminated before the semi-finals will play games to determine places 5-8 (used for earing bids to Nationals). 

Awards
Medals.  The top 4 teams in each division of each grade earn medals:  Gold, Silver, Bronze and Platnium. 

Bids to Nationals.  Teams earn bids to D-I, D-II and D-III Nationals based on their performance in the DQTs.  Click here to see the rules for earning bids to Nationals at Districts (see page 7). 

Rules
The DQTs include some specific rules not utilized for traditional/weekly AAU events.  Click on the age group below to see the Rules Sheet handout for those age groups:

• Grades 3-8 (Coming soon)
• Grades 9-11 (Coming soon)