1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship

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NCAA men's volleyball championship volleyball tournament

The 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship was the second annual national tournament organized by the NCAA to determine the top collegiate men's volleyball team in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
1969 NCAA men's volleyball championship	1
1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9698527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship
Context triple: [Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team, nationalRunnerUp, 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship]

A. 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament for major college men's basketball in the United States, culminating in UCLA winning another title under coach John Wooden.
B. 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
C. 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which a Jerry Lucas–led Ohio State Buckeyes team captured the collegiate basketball crown.
D. 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the national championship postseason tournament for U.S. men's college basketball that culminated in Marquette winning its first and only NCAA title.
E. 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship
Target entity description: The 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship was the second annual national tournament organized by the NCAA to determine the top collegiate men's volleyball team in the United States.

A. 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament for major college men's basketball in the United States, culminating in UCLA winning another title under coach John Wooden.
B. 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship
The 1955 NCAA men's basketball championship was the national title game in which the University of San Francisco Dons, led by Bill Russell, captured their first NCAA basketball crown.
C. 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game in which a Jerry Lucas–led Ohio State Buckeyes team captured the collegiate basketball crown.
D. 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the national championship postseason tournament for U.S. men's college basketball that culminated in Marquette winning its first and only NCAA title.
E. 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship was the national title game of the 1958–59 college basketball season, in which the California Golden Bears defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers to win the NCAA tournament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA men's volleyball championship ⓘ volleyball tournament ⓘ
chronology	second annual NCAA men's volleyball national tournament ⓘ
competitionType	indoor volleyball ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
editionNumber	2 ⓘ
eligibility	NCAA men's volleyball programs ⓘ linked to: NCAA men’s volleyball
followedBy	1971 NCAA men's volleyball championship ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasParticipantType	NCAA member institutions ⓘ
inception	1970 ⓘ
isAnnual	true ⓘ
level	college ⓘ
locationCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
organizer	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
partOf	NCAA men's volleyball championship tournaments ⓘ linked to: NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship
precededBy	1969 NCAA men's volleyball championship ⓘ linked to: 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship
purpose	to determine the national collegiate men's volleyball champion in the United States ⓘ
regulates	collegiate men's volleyball championship in the U.S. ⓘ
scope	national championship ⓘ
sponsoredBy	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
sport	men's volleyball ⓘ
teamCategory	university and college teams ⓘ
tournamentFormat	single-elimination ⓘ

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Long Beach State Beach men's volleyball team → nationalRunnerUp → 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship ⓘ

1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship → precededBy → 1969 NCAA men's volleyball championship ⓘ

linked to: 1970 NCAA men's volleyball championship

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