2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nationCuba Cuba
DatesMarch 18 – 23, 2013
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in Havana host cities)
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPMexicoAlejandra Isiordia

The 2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from March 18 – 23, 2013 in Havana, Cuba.[1]

This was the last qualifier to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship for American teams,[2] Puerto Rico earned the last berth winning Pool B over hosts Cuba[3]

Competing Nations

Teams who were able to participate in this tournament are those who took part at their respective continental junior championships, South America and NORCECA.[4] Puerto Rico entered after Argentina declined to participate and Guatemala and Nicaragua failed to apply.

Pool A (Already Qualified Teams) Pool B (Non-Qualified Teams)

 Peru
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
 Colombia

 Cuba
 Chile
 Costa Rica
 Puerto Rico

Competition format

The competition format for the 2013 Junior Pan American Volleyball Cup divides the 8 participating teams in 2 groups of 4, a seeded group consisting of countries already qualified to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship, and another group of non-qualified countries. Both groups will play a Round-Robyn round after which the best team from Group B will earn the last berth to the World Championship.

The best two teams from Group A will advance to the semifinals, the best two teams from Group B will play the quarterfinals against the worst two teams from Pool A. The worst two from Group B will play the classification matches from 5th to 8th.[5]

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[6]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 14 252 208 1.212 9 1 9.000 Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 10 252 218 1.156 7 4 1.750
3  Colombia 3 1 2 5 242 265 0.913 4 7 0.571 Quarterfinals
4  Peru 3 0 3 1 195 250 0.780 1 9 0.111
Source: [7]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Mar 16:00 Mexico  3–0  Colombia 25–22 25–20 30–28     80–70 P2 P3
18 Mar 18:00 Peru  0–3  Dominican Republic 20–25 16–25 13–25     49–75 P2 P3
19 Mar 14:00 Peru  1–3  Colombia 22–25 22–25 25–22 21–25   80–97 P2 P3
19 Mar 16:00 Dominican Republic  1–3  Mexico 25–19 21–25 21–25 19–25   82–94 P2 P3
20 Mar 14:00 Dominican Republic  3–1  Colombia 25–10 20–25 25–17 25–23   95–75 P2 P3
20 Mar 16:00 Mexico  3–0  Peru 25–18 25–12 28–26     78–56 P2 P3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Puerto Rico 3 3 0 13 261 186 1.403 9 2 4.500 Quarterfinals
2  Cuba 3 2 1 10 210 183 1.148 6 3 2.000
3  Chile 3 1 2 7 238 229 1.039 5 6 0.833
4  Costa Rica 3 0 3 0 114 225 0.507 0 9 0.000
Source: [7]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
18 Mar 14:00 Chile  2–3  Puerto Rico 25–22 26–24 21–25 16–25 13–15 101–111 P2 P3
18 Mar 20:00 Cuba  3–0  Costa Rica 25–14 25–13 25–19     75–46 P2 P3
19 Mar 18:00 Puerto Rico  3–0  Costa Rica 25–9 25–5 25–11     75–25 P2 P3
19 Mar 20:00 Cuba  3–0  Chile 25–20 25–20 25–22     75–62 P2 P3
20 Mar 18:00 Costa Rica  0–3  Chile 15–25 16–25 12–25     43–75 P2 P3
20 Mar 20:00 Cuba  0–3  Puerto Rico 23–25 19–25 18–25     60–75 P2 P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
A1  Mexico 3
B1  Puerto Rico 2 A4  Peru 1
A4  Peru 3 A1  Mexico 3
A2  Dominican Republic 1
A2  Dominican Republic 3
B2  Cuba 1 A3  Colombia 1
A3  Colombia 3 Third place
A4  Peru 0
A3  Colombia 3

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Mar 16:00 Colombia  3–1  Cuba 25–16 25–21 27–29 25–13   102–79 P2P3
21 Mar 18:00 Puerto Rico  2–3  Peru 25–22 21–25 15–25 25–19 13–15 99–106 P2P3

Classification 5/8

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Mar 14:00 Chile  0–3  Cuba 18–25 19–25 13–25     50–75 P2P3
22 Mar 16:00 Costa Rica  0–3  Puerto Rico 10–25 4–25 18–25     32–75 P2P3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
22 Mar 18:00 Dominican Republic  3–1  Colombia 25–22 25–21 20–25 25–16   95–84 P2P3
22 Mar 20:00 Mexico  3–1  Peru 23–25 25–21 25–22 25–19   98–87 P2P3

Seventh place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Mar 14:00 Chile  3–0  Costa Rica 25–20 26–24 25–10     76–54 P2P3

Fifth place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Mar 16:00 Cuba  0–3  Puerto Rico 24–26 21–25 23–25     68–76 P2P3

Bronze medal match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Mar 18:00 Peru  0–3  Colombia 22–25 16–25 21–25     59–75 P2P3

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Mar 20:00 Mexico  3–1  Dominican Republic 25–23 25–23 14–25 25–15   89–86 P2P3

Final standing

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ FIVB Calendar
  2. ^ Señal Colombia Deportes (2012-10-27). "Colombia se impuso ante Uruguay en el Sudamericano de Voleibol" (in Spanish). señalcolombia.tv. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  3. ^ NORCECA (2013-03-20). "Puerto Rico wins ticket to Czech Republic". norceca.net.
  4. ^ "Copa Panamericana sub-20 de voleibol, La Habana por un boleto al Mundial" (in Spanish). 2013-02-28.
  5. ^ Competition Regulations - 2013 U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup
  6. ^ "2012 Men's Pan Am Cup competition regulation" (PDF). NORCECA. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  7. ^ a b Competition Format ad Match Schedule