2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	August 27 – September 1
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in Colorado Springs host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Benjamin Patch (USA)
Official website
NORCECA.net

The 2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from August 27 – September 1, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.^[1] The top three teams will qualify to the 2013 Men's Junior World Championship.

Teams

Pool A	Pool B
Honduras  Mexico  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  United States	Canada  Curaçao  Guatemala  Puerto Rico

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

First round

All times are MST, Colorado Standard Time (UTC -07)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	225	121	1.860	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	2	1	10	207	160	1.294	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Honduras	3	1	2	5	168	199	0.844	3	6	0.500
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	0	105	225	0.467	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	13:00	Mexico	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–7	25–10	25–15			75–32	P2P3
27 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Honduras	25–12	25–12	25–16			75–40	P2P3
28 Aug	13:00	Mexico	3–0	Honduras	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–53	P2P3
28 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–8	25–8	25–9			75–25	P2P3
29 Aug	13:00	Honduras	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–17	25–11	25–20			75–48	P2P3
29 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–18	25–20			75–56	P2P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	14	253	161	1.571	9	1	9.000	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	11	222	223	0.996	7	3	2.333	Quarterfinals
3	Guatemala	3	1	2	4	206	226	0.912	3	7	0.429
4	Curaçao	3	0	3	1	179	250	0.716	1	9	0.111

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	11:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Curaçao	27–25	25–13	25–23			77–61	P2P3
27 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–0	Guatemala	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	P2P3
28 Aug	11:00	Canada	3–0	Curaçao	25–13	25–7	25–22			75–42	P2P3
28 Aug	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Guatemala	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2P3
29 Aug	11:00	Guatemala	3–1	Curaçao	25–14	23–25	25–19	25–18		98–76	P2P3
29 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–15	28–30	25–12		103–70	P2P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

B1

Canada

3

A2

Mexico

3

A2

Mexico

1

B3

Guatemala

0

B1

Canada

1

A1

United States

3

A1

United States

3

B2

Puerto Rico

3

B2

Puerto Rico

0

A3

Honduras

0

Third place

A2

Mexico

3

B2

Puerto Rico

0

5th–8th places bracket

	Classification 5/8				5th Place Match
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
	Guatemala	3
					Guatemala	3
					Honduras	2
	Curaçao	1
	Honduras	3
					7th Place Match
					Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
					Curaçao	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Honduras	25–16	25–16	25–11			75–43	P2P3
30 Aug	17:00	Mexico	3–0	Guatemala	25–23	25–17	25–23			75–63	P2P3

5th to 8th Classification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	11:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Guatemala	12-25	16-25	16-25			44-75	P2P3
31 Aug	13:00	Curaçao	1–3	Honduras	27-25	19-25	25-27	19-25		90-102	P2P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–1	Mexico	25–17	25–18	24–26	25–21		99–82	P2P3
31 Aug	17:00	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–16	25–20			75–51	P2P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	11:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Curaçao	11–25	16–25	19–25			45–75	P2P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	13:00	Guatemala	3–2	Honduras	25–18	20–25	25–20	24–26	15–9	109–98	P2P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Mexico	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-12	25-21	25-16			75-49	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Canada	1–3	United States	24-26	17-25	25-23	21-25		87-99	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  United States Canada  Mexico 4  Puerto Rico 5  Guatemala 6  Honduras 7  Curaçao 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Individual awards

• Most valuable player^[2]
  •  Benjamin Patch (USA)
• Best scorer
  •  Gerardo González (GUA)
• Best spiker
  •  Dany Demyanenko (CAN)
• Best blocker
  •  Alexander William Russell (CAN)
• Best server
  •  Gregory Petty (USA)
• Best digger
  •  José Mendoza (MEX)
• Best setter
  •  Micah Christenson (USA)
• Best receiver
  •  Luís Bertrán (PUR)
• Best libero
  •  José Mendoza (MEX)

References

1. U-21 NORCECA Men's Junior Volleyball Championship
2. NORCECA (September 1, 2012). "Benjamin Patch of USA Wins MVP of NORCECA Men's Junior Championship". Retrieved 2012-09-02.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Official website