2012 Boys' Youth South American Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Boys' Youth South American Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Santiago, Chile. The top three teams qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship.^[1]

2012 Boys' Youth South American Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Chile
Dates	7 – 11 November
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in Santiago host cities)
Champions	Brazil (16th title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Dusan Bonacic (CHI)
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Competing nations

For the first time, Bolivia send a youth team to a South American Championship, making it the first time in South America 9 teams participated. The following national teams participated, teams were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament; teams that did not participate in the previous championship were seeded according to ranking:^[2]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Chile (Host & 5th)  Peru (6th)  Uruguay	Argentina (1st)  Colombia (4th)  Paraguay	Brazil (2nd)  Venezuela (3rd)  Bolivia

First round

The top team from each pool plus the best second place team will qualify to the semifinals.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Chile	2	2	0	6	172	103	1.670	6	1	6.000	Semifinals
2	Peru	2	1	1	3	144	146	0.986	4	3	1.333	5–8 classification matches
3	Uruguay	2	0	2	0	85	150	0.567	0	6	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	19:00	Peru	3–0	Uruguay	25–14	25–19	25–16			75–49
8 Nov	19:00	Chile	3–0	Uruguay	25–10	25–13	25–11			75–34
9 Nov	19:00	Chile	3–1	Peru	22–25	25–12	25–15	25–17		97–69

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	6	150	78	1.923	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Colombia	2	1	1	3	124	106	1.170	3	3	1.000	5–8 classification matches
3	Paraguay	2	0	2	0	60	150	0.400	0	6	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	14:30	Colombia	3–0	Paraguay	25–17	25–5	25–9			75–31
8 Nov	14:30	Argentina	3–0	Paraguay	25–10	25–14	25–5			75–29
9 Nov	17:00	Argentina	3–0	Colombia	25–21	25–16	25–12			75–49

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	6	180	131	1.374	6	1	6.000	Semifinals
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	3	177	125	1.416	4	3	1.333
3	Bolivia	2	0	2	0	49	150	0.327	0	6	0.000	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
7 Nov	17:00	Venezuela	3–0	Bolivia	25–5	25–6	25–9			75–20
8 Nov	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Bolivia	25–8	25–10	25–11			75–29
9 Nov	14:30	Brazil	3–1	Venezuela	22–25	25–23	31–29	27–25		105–102

Overall Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	6	150	78	1.923	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Chile	2	2	0	6	172	103	1.670	6	1	6.000
3	Brazil	2	2	0	6	180	131	1.374	6	1	6.000
4	Venezuela	2	1	1	3	177	125	1.416	4	3	1.333
5	Peru	2	1	1	3	144	146	0.986	4	3	1.333	5–8 classification matches
6	Colombia	2	1	1	3	124	106	1.170	3	3	1.000
7	Uruguay	2	0	2	0	85	150	0.567	0	6	0.000
8	Paraguay	2	0	2	0	60	150	0.400	0	6	0.000
9	Bolivia	2	0	2	0	49	150	0.327	0	6	0.000	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

5/8 Classification bracket

	5/8 Classification				5th place match
	2012-11-10 – Santiago
	Peru	3
					2012-11-11 – Santiago
	Paraguay	0
					Peru	0
	2012-11-10 – Santiago
					Colombia	3
	Colombia	3
	Uruguay	0
					7th place match
					2012-11-11 – Santiago
					Paraguay	0
					Uruguay	3

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	2012-11-10 – Santiago
	Brazil	3
					2012-11-11 – Santiago
	Venezuela	0
					Brazil	3
	2012-11-10 – Santiago
					Argentina	1
	Chile	0
	Argentina	3
					Third place
					2012-11-11 – Santiago
					Venezuela	0
					Chile	3

Classification 5/8

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Nov	10:00	Colombia	3–0	Uruguay	25–16	25–13	25–15			75–44
10 Nov	12:00	Peru	3–0	Paraguay	25–13	25–11	25–19			75–43

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
10 Nov	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–12	25–18	25–15			75–45
10 Nov	17:00	Chile	0–3	Argentina	22–25	21–25	20–25			63–75

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	10:00	Paraguay	0–3	Uruguay	24–26	17–25	21–25			62–76

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	12:00	Peru	0–3	Colombia	25–27	12–25	23–25			60–77

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	15:00	Chile	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–11	25–18			75–49

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Nov	17:00	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	25–13	18–25	25–23	25–22		93–83

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Argentina  Chile 4  Venezuela 5  Colombia 6  Peru 7  Uruguay 8  Paraguay 9  Bolivia Qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship[1]

2012 Boys' Youth South American champions  Brazil 16th title

Individual awards

• Most valuable player^[3]
  •  Dusan Bonacic (CHI)
• Best spiker
  •  Douglas Bastos (BRA)
• Best blocker
  •  Douglas Bastos (BRA)
• Best server
  •  Douglas Souza (BRA)
• Best digger
  •  Michael Varasio (ARG)
• Best setter
  •  Fernando Kreling (BRA)
• Best receiver
  •  Óscar García (VEN)
• Best libero
  •  Eduardo Rodríguez (PER)