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Panda Volleyball Club is a volleyball club based in Palo Alto, CA, ranked as high as #221 nationally by VolleyLens. It fields 9 teams in the 2025-26 season. VolleyLens has tracked the club from the 2025-26 season through 2025-26 across 9 team-seasons.
9 teams · Ages 12–18
Written from this club's match results and rankings, and updated whenever they are. Nothing here is estimated.
Panda Volleyball Club is a club volleyball program based in Palo Alto, CA, competing in the Northern California region. In 2025-26 it fielded nine girls teams aged 12 to 18.
Its girls program ranks #221 nationally and #26 of 458 in CA for 2025-26, on a Club Score of 1,762. That places it in the Elite tier, the band VolleyLens assigns from Club Score. Of its 9 teams, 5 rate Elite, meaning an Elo of 1700 or better.
Across the season its teams played 470 matches and won 305 of them, a 65% win rate. Its strongest team, Panda 13-1, is #24 nationally and #34 in CA, at 2,182 Elo on a 64-16 record.
Teams averaged 52 matches each over the season. The club entered 15 events between 10 January and 25 June, a season of about 5 months. Of those, 9 were Elite or Premier events — the strongest fields on the calendar.
Those events were held in five states, with eight of 15 outside CA. Destinations included NV, UT, IN and MN. Travel is described here in trips and destinations rather than cost, because event locations carry no distances.
<p>Panda Volleyball Club is a youth-focused program in the Bay Area led by Coach Panda (Yilin Shangguan), a former Chinese national team player and champion with over 15 years of coaching experience. They emphasize skill development, physical fitness, and competitive play in NCVA Power and Premier Leagues, preparing players for school tryouts through tournaments, clinics, and small group training. Parents appreciate the patient coaching, family-like atmosphere, and opportunities to build friendships and time management skills.</p><p><strong>Key Achievements</strong></p><ul><li>2024 NCVA Power League participation (18-1 team)</li><li>2024 Far Western Qualifier (multiple teams)</li><li>2024 Pacific Northwest Qualifier</li><li>2024 GJNC participation</li><li>2024 AAU Orlando</li></ul><p><strong>Leadership:</strong> Club led by Coach Panda (Yilin Shangguan), former China national team player and head coach with experience at Eclipse VBC, Mountain View VBC, and Monta Vista High School.</p><p><strong>Competitive Level:</strong> Strong regional competitor</p><p><strong>Facilities:</strong> Panda Volleyball Club rents several different gyms in the Bay Area for practices and clinics.</p>
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#221 nationally · Club Score 1762
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| Season | Division | Rank | Club Score | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Girls | #221 | 1762 | 9 |
Every team Panda Volleyball Club fielded in the 2025-26 season, with its age group, national rank and win-loss record. Elo rating measures strength from results: it rises faster for beating strong opponents than for beating weak ones, so a team that plays up is not punished for losing.
| Team | Program | Age | Elo | Record | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panda 13-1 | Girls | 13 | 2182 (Elite) | 64-16 | 80% |
| Panda 16-1 | Girls | 16 | 1965 (Elite) | 44-25 | 64% |
| Panda 14-1 | Girls | 14 | 1920 (Elite) | 42-19 | 69% |
| Panda 15-1 | Girls | 15 | 1891 (Elite) | 38-15 | 72% |
| Panda 12-1 | Girls | 12 | 1792 (Elite) | 28-23 | 55% |
| Panda 14-2 | Girls | 14 | 1680 (Premier) | 23-21 | 52% |
| Panda 16-2 | Girls | 16 | 1637 (Premier) | 24-19 | 56% |
| Panda 18-1 | Girls | 18 | 1614 (Premier) | 23-15 | 61% |
| Panda 17-Black | Girls | 17 | 1557 (Competitive) | 19-12 | 61% |
Where Panda Volleyball Club competed in the 2025-26 season: every tournament its teams played, the host city, how strong the event was, and what each team's record was there. It shows how far the club travels and the level of competition it takes on.
Elite, Premier, Competitive and Regional rate the strength of each event's field, from where it ranks nationally against every other tournament that season. An Elite event draws hundreds of teams from across the country; a Regional one is a local weekend.
| Tournament | Location | National Rank | Record | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 USAV Girls Junior National Championship 14-17 (Elite) | Indianapolis, IN | #1 of 3,214 | 15-14 | Panda 15-1 — 15 Freedom: 6-4; Panda 14-1 — 14 American: 4-5; Panda 16-1 — 16 Liberty: 5-5 |
| 2026 USAV Girls Junior National Championship 11-13 (Elite) | Minneapolis, MN | #3 of 3,214 | 7-3 | Panda 13-1 — 13 National: 7-3 |
| 2026 WCVBA Girls and Boys Invitational (Competitive) | Roseville, CA | #99 of 3,214 | 19-9 | Panda 16-1 — 17-16s Girls - Nationals Qualified - The Grounds: 3-2; Panda 12-1 — 12 Girls - Nationals Qualified - The Grounds : 4-2; Panda 15-1 — 15 Girls - Nationals Qualified - The Grounds : 5-1; Panda 14-1 — 14 Girls - Nationals Qualified - The Grounds : 3-3; Panda 13-1 — 14 Girls - Nationals Qualified - The Grounds : 4-1 |
| 2026 Salt Lake City Showdown W2 (11-14s & 15 AL) (Elite) | Salt Lake City, UT | #26 of 3,214 | 20-9 | Panda 13-1 — 13 Open: 6-2; Panda 14-2 — 14 Liberty: 3-4; Panda 14-1 — 14 Liberty: 6-1; Panda 12-1 — 12 American: 5-2 |
| 2026 Salt Lake City Showdown W1 (15 OU, 16-17s) (Elite) | Salt Lake City, UT | #9 of 3,214 | 8-1 | Panda 16-1 — 16 Liberty: 8-1 |
| 2026 No Dinx/NCVA Girls Far Western National Qualifer - Wk 3 (Premier) | Reno, NV | #72 of 3,214 | 15-7 | Panda 14-1 — 14 Liberty: 6-1; Panda 12-1 — 12 USA: 5-3; Panda 14-2 — 14 Liberty: 4-3 |
| 2026 No Dinx/NCVA Girls Far Western National Qualifier - Wk 2 (Premier) | Reno, NV | #43 of 3,214 | 10-5 | Panda 13-1 — 13 Open: 4-3; Panda 15-1 — 15 Liberty: 6-2 |
| 2026 No Dinx/NCVA Girls Far Western National Qualifier - Wk 1 (Competitive) | Reno, NV | #101 of 3,214 | 10-11 | Panda 16-2 — 16 Liberty: 2-5; Panda 16-1 — 16 USA: 5-2; Panda 17-Black — 17 American Red: 3-4 |
| SCVA Red Rock Rave #2 April 4-6 (15L, 15A, 14s, 13s, 12s, 11s) -- Junior National Qualifier (Premier) | Las Vegas, NV | #90 of 3,214 | 11-3 | Panda 12-1 — 12 USA: 3-3; Panda 13-1 — 13 Open/USA: 8-0 |
| 2026 No Dinx/NCVA Sierra National Qualifier (Competitive) | San Mateo, CA | #257 of 3,214 | 3-1 | Panda 18-1 — 18 American: 3-1 |
| 2026 No Dinx/NCVA Presidents Day Tournament (Competitive) | San Mateo, CA | #318 of 3,214 | 56-21 | Panda 12-1 — 13: 3-4; Panda 18-1 — 18: 4-4; Panda 13-1 — 14: 10-0; Panda 14-2 — 14: 3-4; Panda 16-1 — 18: 8-1; Panda 16-2 — 17: 7-3; Panda 17-Black — 17: 5-3; Panda 14-1 — 15: 7-1; Panda 15-1 — 16: 9-1 |
| 2026 Winter Classic (Premier) | Roseville, CA | #60 of 3,214 | 32-15 | Panda 13-1 — 14 Open Elite - Grounds: 3-4; Panda 12-1 — 12 Open Elite - Grounds : 4-4; Panda 18-1 — 18 Club - Oakland CC: 8-0; Panda 16-1 — 16 Open Elite - Grounds: 5-2; Panda 15-1 — 16 Open Elite - Grounds: 7-2; Panda 17-Black — 18 Club - Oakland CC: 5-3 |
| 2026 NCVA California Kickoff (Competitive) | San Mateo, CA | #309 of 3,214 | 16-9 | Panda 14-2 — 14 Open: 4-4; Panda 14-1 — 14 Open: 8-1; Panda 16-2 — 16 Open: 4-4 |
| 2026 NCVA Girls Premier League (Regional) | CA | #559 of 3,214 | 6-2 | Panda 17-Black — 18/17 Bay Area: 6-2 |
| 2026 NCVA Girls Power League (Premier) | San Mateo, CA | #35 of 3,214 | 77-55 | Panda 13-1 — 13: 22-3; Panda 15-1 — 15: 5-5; Panda 16-1 — 16: 10-12; Panda 12-1 — 12: 4-5; Panda 14-1 — 14: 8-7; Panda 16-2 — 16: 11-7; Panda 18-1 — 18/17 League: 8-10; Panda 14-2 — 14: 9-6 |