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2018 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship
Season	2017–18
Teams	Eight
Finals site	Burridge Gymnasium; Hamilton, Ontario
Champions	UBC Thunderbirds (4th title)
Runner-up	Trinity Western Spartans
Winning coach	Kerry MacDonald (1st title)
Championship MVP	Byron Keturakis (UBC Thunderbirds)
	← 2017; Volleyball Championship; 2019 →;

The 2018 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 16 to March 18, 2018, in Hamilton, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2017–18 U Sports men's volleyball season.^[1] The tournament was played at Burridge Gymnasium on the campus of McMaster University. It was the fifth time that McMaster had hosted the tournament and the second time in three years.^[2] This was the last tournament to feature an Atlantic University Sport champion as that conference withdrew from men's volleyball competition beginning with the 2018–19 season.^[3]^[4]

The third-seeded UBC Thunderbirds defeated the two-time defending champion Trinity Western Spartans as the Thunderbirds won the fourth national championship in program history and their first since 1983.^[5]

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last	Total
1	Trinity Western Spartans	Canada West Champion	22–2	2017	5
2	Alberta Golden Bears	Canada West Finalist	19–5	2015	8
3	UBC Thunderbirds	Canada West Bronze	20–4	1983	3
4	Montreal Carabins	RSEQ Champion	12–2	1970	1
5	McMaster Marauders	OUA Champion (Host)	15–2	None	0
6	UNB Varsity Reds	AUS Champion	4–11	None	0
7	Queen's Gaels	OUA Finalist	10–8	None	0
8	Windsor Lancers	OUA Bronze	10–7	None	0

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Championship bracket

First Round: March 16			Semi-Finals: March 17			Gold Medal Game: March 18

1	Trinity Western Spartans	3

8	Windsor Lancers	1
			1	Trinity Western Spartans	3

			5	McMaster Marauders	1
4	Montreal Carabins	2

5	McMaster Marauders	3
						1	Trinity Western Spartans	0

						3	UBC Thunderbirds	3
2	Alberta Golden Bears	3

7	Queen's Gaels	1
			2	Alberta Golden Bears	1	Bronze Medal Game: March 18

			3	UBC Thunderbirds	3
3	UBC Thunderbirds	3				2	Alberta Golden Bears	0

6	UNB Varsity Reds	0				5	McMaster Marauders	3

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Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 17			Fifth Place Game: March 18

4	Montreal Carabins	3

8	Windsor Lancers	0
			4	Montreal Carabins	3

			6	UNB Varsity Reds	0
6	UNB Varsity Reds	3

7	Queen's Gaels	0