2014 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2014 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	11–19 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in Mexico City host cities)
Champions	Dominican Republic (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Brenda Castillo (DOM)
Official website
norceca.net

The 2014 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries over June, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico.[1]

The Dominican Republic defeated 3–1 to the United States to win their third competition's gold medal. Among the NORCECA, the USA team was already qualified to the FIVB World Grand Prix as wild cards, while the Dominican Republic qualified to the 2015 group I, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Canada to the group II and Mexico will play the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix group III. Brazil as wild card was already qualified to the group I while Argentina qualified to the group II and Colombia will play the group III.[2][3]

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Canada  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago	Argentina  Colombia  Costa Rica  Puerto Rico  United States  Brazil *

* Brazil withdrew from the competition two days before the start. Their matches were not removed from the competition; rather they were not played and were considered null games.[4]

Pool standing procedure

Match ending 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match ending 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
Match ending 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio (first criteria) and sets ratio (second criteria)

Preliminary round

	Team advances to semifinals
	Team advances to quarterfinals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	5	5	0	22	419	330	1.270	15	3	5.000	Semifinals
2	Canada	5	3	2	16	417	385	1.083	11	7	1.571	Quarterfinals
3	Cuba	5	3	2	15	399	370	1.078	10	7	1.429
4	Mexico	5	3	2	9	427	462	0.924	9	12	0.750
5	Peru	5	1	4	10	444	455	0.976	8	12	0.667
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	5	3	332	427	0.778	3	15	0.200

Source: ^[citation needed]

Note: Mexico finished with a 3–2 record and 9 points and placed fourth behind Cuba (3–2, 15 points) and in front of Peru (1–4, 10 points).[5]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	15:00	Canada	3–1	Peru	25–18	26–24	23–25	25–20		99–87	P2P3
11 June	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Dominican Republic	12–25	11–25	16–25			39–75	P2P3
11 June	19:00	Mexico	0–3	Cuba	19–25	17–25	21–25			57–75	P2P3
12 June	15:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Cuba	24–26	25–17	25–21	25–19		99–83	P2P3
12 June	17:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–23	25–14	26–24			75–61	P2P3
12 June	19:00	Mexico	3–2	Peru	25–23	16–25	28–26	21–25	15–11	105–110	P2P3
13 June	15:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Peru	24–26	21–25	24–26			69–77	P2P3
13 June	17:00	Cuba	0–3	Canada	22–25	23–25	21–25			66–75	P2P3
13 June	19:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Mexico	25–23	25–20	25–22			75–65	P2P3
14 June	15:00	Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	Cuba	17–25	18–25	25–20	10–25		70–95	P2P3
14 June	17:00	Peru	2–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	21–25	25–22	25–18	12–15	101–105	P2P3
14 June	19:00	Mexico	3–2	Canada	27–25	27–25	13–25	14–25	15–9	96–109	P2P3
15 June	15:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–14	25–22			78–58	P2P3
15 June	17:00	Peru	0–3	Cuba	26–28	25–27	18–25			69–80	P2P3
15 June	19:00	Mexico	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago	18–25	21–25	25–15	25–20	15–8	104–93	P2P3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	20	305	201	1.517	12	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Argentina	4	3	1	15	286	243	1.177	9	3	3.000	Quarterfinals
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	10	266	262	1.015	6	6	1.000
4	Colombia	4	1	3	5	264	290	0.910	3	9	0.333
5	Costa Rica	4	0	4	0	175	300	0.583	0	12	0.000

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 June	17:00	Colombia	0–3	United States	19–25	19–25	28–30			66–80	P2P3
11 June	19:00	Argentina	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–22	28–26			78–62	P2P3
12 June	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–15	25–11	25–19			75–45	P2P3
12 June	19:00	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–14	25–20			75–54	P2P3
13 June	15:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	18–25	13–25	17–25			48–75	P2P3
13 June	17:00	Costa Rica	0–3	Colombia	16–25	18–25	16–25			50–75	P2P3
14 June	15:00	Colombia	0–3	Argentina	27–29	17–25	15–25			59–79	P2P3
14 June	19:00	Costa Rica	0–3	United States	13–25	9–25	11–25			33–75	P2P3
15 June	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Colombia	25–13	25–22	31–29			81–64	P2P3
15 June	17:00	Argentina	3–0	Costa Rica	25–18	25–12	25–17			75–47	P2P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

B1

United States

3

A2

Canada

0

B3

Puerto Rico

0

B3

Puerto Rico

3

B1

United States

1

A1

Dominican Republic

3

A1

Dominican Republic

3

B2

Argentina

3

B2

Argentina

0

A3

Cuba

1

Classification 3–4

B3

Puerto Rico

3

B2

Argentina

2

7th to 10th places bracket

	Classification 7–10					Classification 7–8
	A4	Mexico	3
	B5	Costa Rica	0
						A4	Mexico	2
						B4	Colombia	3
	B4	Colombia	3
	A5	Peru	0			Classification 9–10
						B5	Costa Rica	1
						A5	Peru	3

Classification 7–10

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 June	17:00	Colombia	3–0	Peru	25–21	25–23	25–20			75–64	P2P3
17 June	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–10	25–22	25–17			75–49	P2P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 June	18:00	Canada	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	16–25	28–30			61–80	P2P3
17 June	20:00	Argentina	3–1	Cuba	25–23	23–25	25–20	25–19		98–87	P2P3

Classification 9–10

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	18:00	Peru	3–1	Costa Rica	25–12	25–12	22–25	25–14		97–63	P2P3

Classification 7–8

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	20:00	Colombia	3–2	Mexico	19–25	25–19	18–25	31–29	15–11	108–109	P2P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 June	18:00	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–21	25–17			75–53	P2P3
18 June	20:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–18	26–24			76–63	P2P3

Classification 5–6

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 June	16:00	Canada	1–3	Cuba	24–26	25–23	21–25	16–25		86–99	P2P3

Classification 3–4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 June	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–2	Argentina	24–26	25–15	24–26	25–15	16–14	114–96	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 June	20:00	United States	1–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	18–25	25–17	21–25		82–92	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Dominican Republic  United States  Puerto Rico 4  Argentina 5  Cuba 6  Canada 7  Colombia 8  Mexico 9  Peru 10  Costa Rica 11  Trinidad and Tobago

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Brenda Castillo

• Best setter

  María Marín

• Best Outside Hitters

  Bethania de la Cruz

  Margarita Martínez

• Best Middle Blockers

  Cándida Arias

  TeTori Dixon

• Best Opposite

  Andrea Rangel

• Best libero

  Brenda Castillo

References

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3. "COPA PAN: Argentina y Colombia fuera del pódio pero clasificadas a Grand Prix 2015". CSV. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
4. "Calendar". NORCECA. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
5. "Mexico overcomes Trinidad & Tobago". Mexico City, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2014-06-20.