2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	July 25–30, 2017
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Martín Ramos
Official website
NORCECA.net
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The 2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the twelfth edition of the annual Men's Pan-American volleyball tournament. It was held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, from 25 July to 30 July. Eight teams competed in the tournament. ^[1] Argentina won the tournament for the first time, Puerto Rico and Cuban won Silver and Bronze. Argentinian Martín Ramos was selected Most Valuable Player. ^[2]

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Cuba   Dominican Republic   Mexico   United States	Argentina   Canada   Puerto Rico   Venezuela

Competition format

The competition format for the 2017 Pan American Volleyball Cup divides the eight participating teams in 2 groups of 4 teams each. ^[3]

The best team from Group A and Group B will advance to the semifinals, the second and third teams from Group B will play the quarterfinals against the second and third teams from Pool A. ^[3]

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 ^[3]

Preliminary round

• All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	12	279	238	1.172	9	3	3.000	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	10	253	224	1.129	7	4	1.750	Quarterfinals
3	United States	3	1	2	6	246	267	0.921	5	7	0.714
4	Mexico	3	0	3	2	215	264	0.814	2	9	0.222

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	16:00	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–22	21–25	25–22		96–86	P2 P3
25 Jul	18:00	United States	3–1	Mexico	25–18	25–23	22–25	25–18		97–84	P2 P3
26 Jul	14:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	United States	25–14	25–12	25–19			75–45	P2 P3
26 Jul	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–15	25–18	25–15			75–48	P2 P3
27 Jul	14:00	Mexico	1–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	25–17	17–25	18–25		83–92	P2 P3
27 Jul	18:00	United States	2–3	Cuba	26–24	21–25	21–25	25–19	11–15	104–108	P2 P3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	15	230	171	1.345	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	8	234	236	0.992	6	5	1.200	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	218	233	0.936	3	7	0.429
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	244	286	0.853	3	9	0.333

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	14:00	Argentina	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–14	25–17			75–51	P2 P3
25 Jul	20:00	Canada	3–1	Venezuela	25–17	25–27	25–15	25–22		100–81	P2 P3
26 Jul	16:00	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	25–17	25–18	28–26			78–61	P2 P3
26 Jul	20:00	Canada	0–3	Puerto Rico	21–25	16–25	22–25			59–75	P2 P3
27 Jul	16:00	Puerto Rico	3–2	Venezuela	25–19	17–25	25–17	25–27	16–14	108–102	P2 P3
27 Jul	20:00	Canada	0–3	Argentina	25–27	23–25	11–25			59–77	P2 P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Cuba

1

B2

Puerto Rico

3

B2

Puerto Rico

3

A3

United States

1

B2

Puerto Rico

1

B1

Argentina

3

B1

Argentina

3

A2

Dominican Republic

1

B3

Canada

0

B3

Canada

3

Third place

A1

Cuba

3

B3

Canada

1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	17:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Canada	20–25	25–16	21–25	23–25		89–91	P2 P3
28 Jul	19:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	United States	25–21	25–22	20–25	25–14		95–82	P2 P3

5th–8th classification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	14:00	Mexico	1–3	Dominican Republic	26–24	24–26	19–25	20–25		89–100	P2 P3
29 Jul	16:00	Venezuela	0–3	United States	23–25	14–25	20–25			57–75	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Jul	18:00	Argentina	3–0	Canada	25–23	25–15	25–10			75–48	P2 P3
29 Jul	20:00	Cuba	1–3	Puerto Rico	25–16	17–25	22–25	21–25		85–91	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	11:00	Mexico	2–3	Venezuela	25–22	16–25	25–23	17–25	13–15	96–110	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	13:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	United States	25–15	22–25	25–20	25–27	13–15	110–102	P2 P3

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	15:00	Canada	1–3	Cuba	18–25	21–25	25–22	23–25		87–97	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Jul	17:00	Argentina	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–23	25–18	23–25	25–20		98–86	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team   Argentina   Puerto Rico   Cuba 4   Canada 5   United States 6   Dominican Republic 7   Venezuela 8   Mexico

2017 Men's Pan-American Cup champions  Argentina First title 14–man roster Toro, Flores, Cavanna, Fernández, Poglajen, Bruno, Solé, Lima, Darraidou, Crer, De Cecco (c), González, Imhoff, Ramos Head coach Velasco

Individual awards

• Most valuable player

  Martín Ramos

• Best setter

  Edgardo Goás

• Best Outside Hitters

  Miguel Ángel López

  Wilfrido Hernández

• Best Middle Blockers

  Mitchell Stahl

  Pablo Crer

• Best Opposite

  José Miguel Cáceres

• Best scorer

  Emerson Rodríguez

• Best server

  Edson Valencia

• Best libero

  Héctor Mata

• Best digger

  Héctor Mata

• Best receiver

  Héctor Mata

References

1. "Cuba to defend men's title at Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
2. "Martin Ramos elected MVP of Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
3. "2017 XII Senior Men's Pan American Cup Competition Regulation" (PDF). NORCECA. Retrieved 17 July 2017.