2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2017 Men's NORCECA Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Colorado Springs
Dates	26 September – 1 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runners-up	Dominican Republic
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament awards
MVP	Micah Christenson
Best Setter	Pedro Rangel
Best OH	Aaron Russell Stephen Maar
Best MB	José Martínez Leonel Antonio Aragon
Best OPP	Sharone Vernon-Evans
Best Libero	Luis Chávez
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Best scorer	Alberto Blanco (91 points)
Best server	Joann Breleur (1.00 Avg)
Best digger	Luis Chávez (2.18 Avg)
Best receiver	Jorge Barajas (78.79%)
Official website
NORCECA

The 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the tournament, and was held in Colorado Springs, United States from 26 September to 1 October 2017. The top three teams qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, whereas the fourth and fifth ranked teams qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four.[1]

Originally the 2017 NORCECA Championship was the only competition from the area to offer the 2018 World Championship qualification quota, but due to the pass of hurricanes Irma and Maria for the Caribbean sea, Cuba and Puerto Rico were unable to compete, NORCECA authorities decided to make the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four tournament - Cuba, Puerto Rico and the 4th and 5th placed teams of the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Qualification

The top six ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[2] qualified directly. Other six teams qualified through the zonal qualification.[3]

Main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA)

Direct Qualification		Zonal Qualification
NORCECA Ranking	United States	CAZOVA	Trinidad and Tobago
	Canada		Martinique
	Cuba withdrew[a]	ECVA	Saint Lucia
	Puerto Rico withdrew[b]		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Mexico	AFECAVOL	Guatemala
	Costa Rica		Dominican Republic

1. Cuba had to withdraw from the tournament due to the closure of the US Embassy in Havana, and after Cuba sustained damages during Hurricane Irma.
2. Puerto Rico suffered a devastating hit from Hurricane Maria and their team was unable to participate at the NORCECA competition.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2017.[4] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
United States (1)	Canada (2)	Mexico (4)
Dominican Republic (9)	Trinidad and Tobago (8)	Costa Rica (6)
Guatemala (10)	Saint Lucia (13)	Martinique (26)
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (27)

Squads

Main article: 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

• OTC Sports Center I, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool A, B, 5th–8th semifinals and Final six
• OTC Sports Center II, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool C and 5th–10th places

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	10	150	84	1.786	6	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	5	123	129	0.953	3	3	1.000
3	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	90	150	0.600	0	6	0.000	5th–10th quarterfinals

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Guatemala	25–12	25–14	25–10			75–36	P2 P3
27 Sep	19:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Guatemala	25–16	25–20	25–18			75–54	P2 P3
28 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–21	25–10			75–48	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	10	150	73	2.055	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	5	118	123	0.959	3	3	1.000	Quarterfinals
3	Saint Lucia	2	0	2	0	78	150	0.520	0	6	0.000	5th–10th quarterfinals

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–15	25–16	25–17			75–48	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:00	Canada	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–9	25–13	25–8			75–30	P2 P3
28 Sep	17:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–21	25–12	25–10			75–43	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	15	225	116	1.940	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Costa Rica	3	2	1	9	218	206	1.058	6	4	1.500	Quarterfinals
3	Martinique	3	1	2	6	194	217	0.894	4	6	0.667	5th–10th quarterfinals
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	0	127	225	0.564	0	9	0.000

Source: ^[citation needed]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Costa Rica	3–1	Martinique	25–19	25–16	23–25	25–21		98–81	P2 P3
26 Sep	19:17	Mexico	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–7	25–16	25–10			75–33	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:00	Costa Rica	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–10	25–19	25–21			75–50	P2 P3
27 Sep	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Martinique	25–11	25–15	25–12			75–38	P2 P3
28 Sep	17:00	Martinique	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–10	25–14	25–20			75–44	P2 P3
28 Sep	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–19	25–16	25–10			75–45	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

5th–10th places

	5th–10th quarterfinals				5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	29 September
	Martinique	3
					30 September
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
					Martinique	0
					Trinidad and Tobago	3
									1 October
									Trinidad and Tobago	0
	29 September
									Guatemala	3
	Guatemala	3
					30 September
	Saint Lucia	0
					Guatemala	3
					Costa Rica	1			7th place match
									1 October
									Martinique	3
									Costa Rica	2

5th–10th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Martinique	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	P2 P3
29 Sep	19:00	Guatemala	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–17	25–15	25–16			75–48	P2 P3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	15:00	SC1	Guatemala	3–1	Costa Rica	20–25	25–21	25–17	25–15		95–78	P2 P3
30 Sep	17:16	SC2	Martinique	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago	20–25	23–25	18–25			61–75	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	15:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–1	Saint Lucia	22–25	25–20	25–19	25–15		97–79	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	14:00	Martinique	3–2	Costa Rica	10–25	25–21	24–26	25–21	15–12	99–105	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	16:41	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Guatemala	18–25	10–25	15–25			43–75	P2 P3

Final six

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					30 September
					Mexico	0
	29 September
					Dominican Republic	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
									1 October
	Dominican Republic	3
									Dominican Republic	0
									United States	3
					30 September
					Canada	0
	29 September
					United States	3			3rd place match
	United States	3
									1 October
	Costa Rica	0
									Mexico	1
									Canada	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	22–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
29 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Costa Rica	25–11	25–7	25–8			75–26	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:48	Mexico	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	23–25	23–25			66–75	P2 P3
30 Sep	19:25	Canada	0–3	United States	20–25	22–25	21–25			63–75	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	15:00	Mexico	1–3	Canada	25–21	13–25	25–27	18–25		81–98	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:32	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	17–25	10–25	12–25			39–75	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Dominican Republic  Canada 4  Mexico 5  Guatemala 6  Trinidad and Tobago 7  Martinique 8  Costa Rica 9  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10  Saint Lucia Qualified for the 2018 World Championship Qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Final four

2017 Men's NORCECA champions  United States 9th title 14–man roster Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (c), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji Head coach Speraw

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Micah Christenson

• Best scorer

  Alberto Blanco

• Best server

  Joann Breleur

• Best digger

  Luis Chávez

• Best receiver

  Jorge Barajas

• Best setter

  Pedro Rangel

• Best outside spikers

  Aaron Russell

  Stephen Maar

• Best middle blockers

  José Martínez

  Leonel Antonio Aragon

• Best opposite spiker

  Sharone Vernon-Evans

• Best libero

  Luis Chávez

See also

• 2017 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

References

1. "Three spots to World Championship available in Colorado". NORCECA. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. "2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. "Qualification Process" (PDF). NORCECA. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. "2016 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Regulations
• Awards