2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Honduras
Dates	25 August – 2 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jessica Mzurik  (USA)
Official website
NORCECA
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The 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in Tegucigalpa National Gymnasium, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 25 August to 2 September among eight countries. The United States won the tournament and qualified for the 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship along with Canada. ^[1] United States player Jessica Mzurik won the Most Valuable Player award. ^[2]

Qualification

A total of 9 teams qualify for the 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship. In addition to Honduras who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 8 teams qualify based on top 5 teams from the NORCECA U 18 Continental Ranking and the 3 Zonal Champions from the AFECAVOL, ECVA and CAZOVA, U-18 Zonal Championships. Mexico withdrew from the tournament and the event continued with only 8 teams. ^[3]

Pool composition

Group A	Group B
Cuba	United States
Dominican Republic	Honduras
Canada	Nicaragua
Costa Rica	Barbados

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Preliminary round

• All times are in Central Standard Time

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	15	225	154	1.461	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	10	207	174	1.190	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	5	193	194	0.995	3	6	0.500
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	0	122	225	0.542	0	9	0.000	5th–8th classification

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–20	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
27 Aug	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Costa Rica	25–12	25–15	25–13			75–40	P2 P3
28 Aug	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–21	25–19			75–59	P2 P3
28 Aug	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Costa Rica	25–11	25–15	25–12			75–38	P2 P3
29 Aug	14:00	Costa Rica	0–3	Canada	17–25	14–25	13–25			44–75	P2 P3
29 Aug	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–19	25–19			75–57	P2 P3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	225	97	2.320	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Honduras	3	2	1	10	185	176	1.051	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Nicaragua	3	1	2	5	152	202	0.752	3	6	0.500
4	Barbados	3	0	3	0	138	225	0.613	0	9	0.000	5th–8th classification

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	14:00	United States	3–0	Nicaragua	25–6	25–11	25–12			75–29	P2 P3
27 Aug	20:00	Honduras	3–0	Barbados	25–12	25–19	25–22			75–53	P2 P3
28 Aug	14:00	United States	3–0	Barbados	25–10	25–7	25–16			75–33	P2 P3
28 Aug	20:00	Honduras	3–0	Nicaragua	25–18	25–18	25–12			75–48	P2 P3
29 Aug	16:00	Barbados	0–3	Nicaragua	15–25	18–25	19–25			52–75	P2 P3
29 Aug	20:00	United States	3–0	Honduras	25–12	25–10	25–13			75–35	P2 P3

Final round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					United States	3
	Dominican Republic	3			Dominican Republic	0
	Nicaragua	0							United States	3
									Canada	0
					Cuba	2
	Honduras	0			Canada	3
	Canada	3							Third place
									Dominican Republic	1
									Cuba	3

	Consolation semifinals				7th place
	Costa Rica	3
	Nicaragua	0
					Nicaragua	3
					Barbados	0
	Barbados	0
	Honduras	3			5th place
					Costa Rica	3
					Honduras	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Nicaragua	25–6	25–11	25–16			75–33	P2 P3
30 Aug	20:00	Honduras	0–3	Canada	15–25	16–25	16–25			47–75	P2 P3

5th–8th Classification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	14:00	Costa Rica	3–0	Nicaragua	25–19	25–17	25–12			75–48	P2 P3
31 Aug	16:00	Barbados	0–3	Honduras	14–25	16–25	16–25			46–75	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	18:00	Cuba	2–3	Canada	25–18	19–25	25–20	23–25	14–16	106–104	P2 P3
31 Aug	20:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–12	25–17	25–17			75–46	P2 P3

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	14:00	Nicaragua	3–0	Barbados	25–18	25–21	25–14			75–53	P2 P3

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	3–0	Honduras	25–20	25–17	25–16			75–53

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	18:00	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic	19–25	25–20	28–26	25–16		97–87	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Canada	0–3	United States	13–25	12–25	23–25			48–75	P2 P3

Finals standing

Qualified to 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship.

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Cuba
4	Dominican Republic
5	Costa Rica
6	Honduras
7	Nicaragua
8	Barbados

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  •   Jessica Mzurik  (USA)
• Best setter
  •   Kennedi Orr  (USA)
• Best Opposite
  •   Emily Londot  (USA)
• Best Outside Hitters
  •   Jessica Mzurik  (USA)
  •   Alison Jacobs  (USA)
• Best Middle Blockers
  •   Geraldine González  (DOM)
  •   Esthefany Rabit  (DOM)
• Best libero
  •   Katerina Georgiadis  (CAN)
• Best digger
  •   Hattie Monson  (USA)
• Best receiver
  •   Hattie Monson  (USA)
• Best server
  •   Thainalien Castillo  (CUB)
• Best scorer
  •   Thainalien Castillo  (CUB)

References

• NORCECA

1. Solution, Utech. "United States NORCECA U18 champion by beating Canada". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
2. Solution, Utech. "Jessica Mruzik Most Valuable Player of NORCECA U18". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. "Eight teams go for two World Champs tickets". www.norceca.net. Retrieved 30 July 2019.