2012 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2012 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	12–21 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in Ciudad Juárez host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Kristin Richards (USA)
Official website
norceca.net

The 2012 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries in July 2012 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, after Lima, Peru, withdrew from hosting it. The top four NORCECA teams and the top from CSV confederation, in addition to Brazil, which was a wild card, qualified for the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Competing nations

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

Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	18	448	365	1.227	13	6	2.167	Semifinals
2	Cuba	5	4	1	18	462	413	1.119	14	7	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Dominican Republic	5	3	2	18	436	400	1.090	13	7	1.857
4	Puerto Rico	5	2	3	11	331	354	0.935	7	9	0.778
5	Canada	5	2	3	9	369	390	0.946	7	11	0.636
6	Colombia	5	0	5	1	276	400	0.690	1	15	0.067

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 July	12:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Colombia	25–13	25–18	25–11			75–42	Report
12 July	14:00	United States	3–0	Canada	25–15	25–22	25–15			75–52	Report
12 July	16:00	Cuba	3–1	Puerto Rico	16–25	25–15	25–18	25–19		91–77	Report
13 July	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Colombia	25–19	25–21	25–15			75–55	Report
13 July	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Canada	25–17	18–25	25–19	25–21		93–82	Report
13 July	20:00	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–12	25–14			75–41	Report
14 July	16:00	Canada	3–0	Colombia	25–12	25–19	25–13			75–44	Report
14 July	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–19	25–22			75–63	Report
14 July	18:00	United States	1–3	Cuba	18–25	23–25	25–18	19–25		85–93	Report
15 July	16:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–20	25–18	25–18			75–56	Report
15 July	16:00	United States	3–1	Colombia	25–27	25–21	25–13	25–17		100–78	Report
15 July	20:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Cuba	25–17	25–18	8–25	21–25	13–15	92–100	Report
16 July	16:00	Cuba	2–3	Canada	23–25	23–25	25–17	25–22	7–15	103–104	Report
16 July	16:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Colombia	25–22	25–15	25–20			75–57	Report
16 July	18:00	United States	3–2	Dominican Republic	24–26	24–26	25–15	25–22	15–12	113–101	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	25	377	239	1.577	15	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Peru	5	4	1	19	360	300	1.200	12	4	3.000	Quarterfinals
3	Argentina	5	3	2	16	378	316	1.196	10	6	1.667
4	Costa Rica	5	2	3	7	325	422	0.770	6	12	0.500
5	Trinidad and Tobago	5	1	4	6	353	424	0.833	5	13	0.385
6	Mexico	5	0	5	2	327	419	0.780	2	15	0.133

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 July	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Costa Rica	25–9	25–15	25–11			75–35	Report
12 July	17:00	Argentina	1–3	Peru	25–14	21–25	21–25	23–25		90–89	Report
12 July	20:00	Mexico	1–3	Trinidad and Tobago	25–27	20–25	25–17	19–25		89–94	Report
13 July	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	26–24	25–14	25–13			76–51	Report
13 July	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Peru	25–11	25–19	25–16			75–46	Report
13 July	20:00	Mexico	1–3	Costa Rica	27–25	18–25	20–25	23–25		88–100	Report
14 July	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–16	25–16	25–20			75–52	Report
14 July	20:00	Peru	3–0	Costa Rica	25–11	25–11	25–15			75–37	Report
14 July	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Argentina	15–25	19–25	21–25			55–75	Report
15 July	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–20	25–17	27–25			77–62	Report
15 July	18:00	Costa Rica	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago	25–22	24–26	19–25	26–24	15–12	109–109	Report
15 July	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Peru	18–25	19–25	14–25			51–75	Report
16 July	18:00	Peru	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–15	25–20	25–12			75–47	Report
16 July	20:00	Argentina	3–0	Costa Rica	25–14	25–22	25–8			75–44	Report
16 July	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Brazil	14–25	9–25	21–25			44–75	Report

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

United States

3

B2

Peru

0

A3

Dominican Republic

1

A3

Dominican Republic

3

A1

United States

3

B1

Brazil

2

B1

Brazil

3

A2

Cuba

3

A2

Cuba

1

B3

Argentina

0

Third place

A3

Dominican Republic

2

A2

Cuba

3

5th–10th places bracket

Classification 5–10

Classification 5–8

Classification 5–6

B3

Argentina

3

B4

Costa Rica

2

A5

Canada

1

A5

Canada

3

B3

Argentina

3

A4

Puerto Rico

0

B2

Peru

1

A4

Puerto Rico

3

A4

Puerto Rico

3

B5

Trinidad and Tobago

1

Classification 9–10

Classification 7–8

B4

Costa Rica

3

A5

Canada

0

B5

Trinidad and Tobago

2

B2

Peru

3

Eleventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	20:00	Colombia	3–2	Mexico	25–23	21–25	25–16	21–25	15–13	107–102	Report

Classification 7–10

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	16:00	Costa Rica	2–3	Canada	22–25	25–18	16–25	25–13	13–15	101–96	Report
18 July	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago	25–27	25–11	25–19	25–17		100–74	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 July	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–13	25–20			75–49	Report
18 July	20:00	Peru	0–3	Dominican Republic	17–25	16–25	20–25			53–75	Report

Classification 5–8

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 July	16:00	Canada	1–3	Argentina	25–23	14–25	24–26	14–25		77–99	Report
19 July	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Peru	24–26	25–15	25–18	25–21		99–80	Report

Ninth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 July	20:00	Costa Rica	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago	25–19	21–25	25–15	20–25	15–6	106–90	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 July	18:00	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	27–25	25–18	19–25	25–18		96–86	Report
19 July	20:00	United States	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–20	26–24	24–26	25–16		100–86	Report

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 July	14:00	Canada	0–3	Peru	19–25	28–30	21–25			68–80	Report

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 July	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–20	25–17			75–57	Report

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 July	18:00	Cuba	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–21	28–26	23–25	18–25	15–12	109–109	Report

Gold medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 July	20:00	Brazil	2–3	United States	30–28	25–18	22–25	21–25	11–15	109–111	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Cuba
4	Dominican Republic
5	Argentina
6	Puerto Rico
7	Peru
8	Canada
9	Costa Rica
10	Trinidad and Tobago
11	Colombia
12	Mexico

Team qualified to the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Kristin Richards

• Best scorer

  Kristin Richards

• Best spiker

  Yanelis Santos

• Best blocker

  Natasha Farinea

• Best server

  Yanelis Santos

• Best digger

  Brenda Castillo

• Best setter

  Elena Keldibekova

• Best receiver

  Brenda Castillo

• Best libero

  Brenda Castillo