The hosts Canada and the top seven ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019[2] qualified for the tournament. But, Suriname replaced Trinidad and Tobago, who withdrew from the tournament. And, Suriname withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 2nd.
Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019.[2] NORCECA reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the NORCECA Ranking.
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