2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by five countries from September 25 – 30, 2012 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	September 25 – 30, 2012
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
Official website
NORCECA.net
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Competing nations

Teams
Argentina  Brazil  Canada  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Venezuela (withdrew)[2]

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
The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio^[3]

Competition format

The competition format for the first Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup consists of two phases, the first is a Round-Robin round between all five competing nations. After the Round-Robin finishes, 3rd and 4th place nations according to ranking will play for the bronze and 1st and 2nd place nations according to ranking will play for the gold.

Round robin

• Venue: Langley Events Centre, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
• All times are Pacific Standard Time Zone (UTC−08:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	18	342	258	1.326	12	2	6.000	Final
2	Argentina	4	3	1	14	315	272	1.158	9	4	2.250
3	Canada	4	2	2	8	259	350	0.740	6	8	0.750	3rd place match
4	Dominican Republic	4	1	3	6	275	307	0.896	4	9	0.444
5	Mexico	4	0	4	2	240	335	0.716	2	12	0.167

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Argentina	15–25	25–22	22–25	17–25		79–97	P2P3
25 Sep	20:00	Canada	3–2	Mexico	20–25	24–26	25–18	25–13	15–13	109–95	P2P3
26 Sep	18:00	Argentina	3–0	Mexico	25–16	25–23	25–11			75–52	P2P3
26 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–20	25–13			75–53	P2P3
27 Sep	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–20	31–29	25–18			81–67	P2P3
27 Sep	20:00	Canada	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–18	27–25	27–25			79–68	P2P3
28 Sep	18:00	Mexico	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	19–25	18–25			56–75	P2P3
28 Sep	20:00	Canada	2–3	Brazil	19–25	15–25	25–21	26–24	14–16	99–111	P2P3
29 Sep	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Mexico	25–10	25–16	25–13			75–39	P2P3
29 Sep	20:00	Canada	0–3	Argentina	24–26	15–25	23–25			62–76	P2P3

Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	18:00	Canada	0–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	15–25	23–25			61–75	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–13	25–18			75–43	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Brazil  Argentina  Dominican Republic 4  Canada 5  Mexico

2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Cup champions  Brazil 1st title

Individual awards

• Most valuable player^[4]
  •  Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
• Best scorer
  •  Gonzalo Lapera (ARG)
• Best spiker
  •  Henrique Batagim (BRA)
• Best blocker
  •  Daniel Jansen (CAN)
• Best server
  •  Gonzalo Lapera (ARG)
• Best digger
  •  Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
• Best setter
  •  Fernando Arpajou (ARG)
• Best receiver
  •  Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
• Best libero
  •  Rogério Carvalho (BRA)