2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	September 16–21
Teams	9
Venue(s)	Ralston Arena  (in Omaha host cities)
Champions	United States (7th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Kelly Murphy  (USA)
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The 2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament. Nine countries competed from September 16 to September 21, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The United States qualified for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup, after winning the Continental Championship 3–1 in final, defeated to the Dominican Republic. ^[1] Kelly Murphy of the United States won the MVP Award. ^[2]

Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Dominican Republic	United States	Puerto Rico
Costa Rica	Cuba	Canada
Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Saint Lucia

Squads

Further information: 2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads

Pool standing procedure

To establish the ranking of teams after Preliminary Round, the ranking of the teams will be determined as follows:
1. By the results of matches won and lost.
2. In case of equality in the number of matches won and lost, among two or more teams of the same group, the final ranking of the teams will be determined by the number of points gained among teams of the same group during the Preliminary Round.
3. The following points will be awarded to each team per match, according to the number of sets won/lost:

• Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
• Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 point 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. ^{[3] [4]}

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	2	2	0	10	150	85	1.765	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	3	156	177	0.881	3	5	0.600	Quarterfinals
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	2	141	185	0.762	2	6	0.333

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Costa Rica	25–13	25–6	25–20			75–39	P2 P3
17 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	2–3	Trinidad and Tobago	14–25	25–22	25–21	25–27	13–15	102–110	P2 P3
18 Sep	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–13	25–20	25–13			75–46	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	10	150	66	2.273	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	3	144	182	0.791	3	5	0.600	Quarterfinals
3	Cuba	2	0	2	2	141	187	0.754	2	6	0.333

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–9	25–12	25–11			75–32	P2 P3
17 Sep	20:00	Mexico	3–2	Cuba	25–18	25–23	23–25	21–25	18–16	112–107	P2 P3
18 Sep	20:00	Cuba	0–3	United States	9–25	13–25	12–25			34–75	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	8	175	143	1.224	6	2	3.000	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	2	1	1	7	182	137	1.328	5	3	1.667
3	Saint Lucia	2	0	2	0	73	150	0.487	0	6	0.000

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–9	25–15	25–12			75–36	P2 P3
17 Sep	18:00	Saint Lucia	0–3	Canada	14–25	9–25	14–25			37–75	P2 P3
18 Sep	18:00	Canada	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–19	26–28	23–25	25–13	8–15	107–100	P2 P3

Final bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					20 Sep
					Dominican Republic	3
	19 Sep
					Puerto Rico	1
	Puerto Rico	3
									21 Sep
	Mexico	0
									Dominican Republic	1
									United States	3
					20 Sep
					United States	3
	19 Sep
					Canada	0			3rd place
	Canada	3
									21 Sep
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
									Puerto Rico	3
									Canada	0

8th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–16	25–15	25–6			75–37	P2 P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	18:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	27–25	25–11	25–22			77–58	P2 P3
19 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Mexico	25–16	25–22	25–19			75–57	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–18	26–24	19–25	25–21		95–88	P2 P3
20 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–14	25-15			75-51	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	1–3	Cuba	24–26	25–23	15–25	22–25		86–99	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Mexico	23–25	19–25	22–25			64–75	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–23	25–16	25–16			75–55	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	20:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	19–25	24–26	25–21	19–25		87–97	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team   United States   Dominican Republic   Puerto Rico 4   Canada 5   Mexico 6   Trinidad and Tobago 7   Cuba 8   Costa Rica 9   Saint Lucia

2013 Women's NORCECA champions  United States 7th title

Individual awards

• MVP:  Kelly Murphy  (USA) ^[2]
• Best scorer:  Karina Ocasio  (PUR)
• Best spiker:  Kelly Murphy  (USA)
• Best blocker:  Sinead Jack  (TRI)
• Best server:  Jordan Larson  (USA)
• Best digger:  Brenda Castillo  (DOM)
• Best setter:  Alisha Glass  (USA)
• Best receiver:  Debora Seilhamer  (PUR)
• Best libero:  Janie Guimond  (CAN)

All-Star team

• Most valuable player
  •   Kelly Murphy  (USA) ^[2]
• Best setter
  •   Alisha Glass  (USA)
• Best Opposite
  •   Kelly Murphy  (USA)
• Best Outside Hitters
  •   Bethania de la Cruz  (DOM)
  •   Aurea Cruz  (PUR)
• Best Middle Blockers
  •   Sinead Jack  (TRI)
  •   Candida Arias  (DOM)
• Best libero
  •   Janie Guimond  (CAN)

References

1. "Americans down D. Republic". Ralston, Nebraska: ESPN. AP. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
2. "Kelly Murphy Named NORCECA Women's Championship MVP". Omaha, Nebraska: NORCECA. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
3. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
4. "Standings and final Ranking" . Retrieved 2013-09-19.

External links

• Official website