2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from March 18 – 23, 2013 in Havana, Cuba.^[1]

2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Cuba
Dates	March 18 – 23, 2013
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in Havana host cities)
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Alejandra Isiordia
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This was the last qualifier to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship for American teams,^[2] Puerto Rico earned the last berth winning Pool B over hosts Cuba^[3]

Competing Nations

Teams who were able to participate in this tournament are those who took part at their respective continental junior championships, South America and NORCECA.^[4] Puerto Rico entered after Argentina declined to participate and Guatemala and Nicaragua failed to apply.

Pool A (Already Qualified Teams)	Pool B (Non-Qualified Teams)
Peru  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Colombia	Cuba  Chile  Costa Rica  Puerto Rico

Competition format

The competition format for the 2013 Junior Pan American Volleyball Cup divides the 8 participating teams in 2 groups of 4, a seeded group consisting of countries already qualified to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship, and another group of non-qualified countries. Both groups will play a Round-Robyn round after which the best team from Group B will earn the last berth to the World Championship.

The best two teams from Group A will advance to the semifinals, the best two teams from Group B will play the quarterfinals against the worst two teams from Pool A. The worst two from Group B will play the classification matches from 5th to 8th.^[5]

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^[6]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	14	252	208	1.212	9	1	9.000	Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	10	252	218	1.156	7	4	1.750
3	Colombia	3	1	2	5	242	265	0.913	4	7	0.571	Quarterfinals
4	Peru	3	0	3	1	195	250	0.780	1	9	0.111

Source: ^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	16:00	Mexico	3–0	Colombia	25–22	25–20	30–28			80–70	P2 P3
18 Mar	18:00	Peru	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	16–25	13–25			49–75	P2 P3
19 Mar	14:00	Peru	1–3	Colombia	22–25	22–25	25–22	21–25		80–97	P2 P3
19 Mar	16:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Mexico	25–19	21–25	21–25	19–25		82–94	P2 P3
20 Mar	14:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Colombia	25–10	20–25	25–17	25–23		95–75	P2 P3
20 Mar	16:00	Mexico	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–12	28–26			78–56	P2 P3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	13	261	186	1.403	9	2	4.500	Quarterfinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	10	210	183	1.148	6	3	2.000
3	Chile	3	1	2	7	238	229	1.039	5	6	0.833
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	0	114	225	0.507	0	9	0.000

Source: ^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	14:00	Chile	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–22	26–24	21–25	16–25	13–15	101–111	P2 P3
18 Mar	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Costa Rica	25–14	25–13	25–19			75–46	P2 P3
19 Mar	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–9	25–5	25–11			75–25	P2 P3
19 Mar	20:00	Cuba	3–0	Chile	25–20	25–20	25–22			75–62	P2 P3
20 Mar	18:00	Costa Rica	0–3	Chile	15–25	16–25	12–25			43–75	P2 P3
20 Mar	20:00	Cuba	0–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	19–25	18–25			60–75	P2 P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Mexico

3

B1

Puerto Rico

2

A4

Peru

1

A4

Peru

3

A1

Mexico

3

A2

Dominican Republic

1

A2

Dominican Republic

3

B2

Cuba

1

A3

Colombia

1

A3

Colombia

3

Third place

A4

Peru

0

A3

Colombia

3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Mar	16:00	Colombia	3–1	Cuba	25–16	25–21	27–29	25–13		102–79	P2P3
21 Mar	18:00	Puerto Rico	2–3	Peru	25–22	21–25	15–25	25–19	13–15	99–106	P2P3

Classification 5/8

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Mar	14:00	Chile	0–3	Cuba	18–25	19–25	13–25			50–75	P2P3
22 Mar	16:00	Costa Rica	0–3	Puerto Rico	10–25	4–25	18–25			32–75	P2P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Mar	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Colombia	25–22	25–21	20–25	25–16		95–84	P2P3
22 Mar	20:00	Mexico	3–1	Peru	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–19		98–87	P2P3

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	14:00	Chile	3–0	Costa Rica	25–20	26–24	25–10			76–54	P2P3

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	16:00	Cuba	0–3	Puerto Rico	24–26	21–25	23–25			68–76	P2P3

Bronze medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	18:00	Peru	0–3	Colombia	22–25	16–25	21–25			59–75	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Mar	20:00	Mexico	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–23	14–25	25–15		89–86	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Mexico  Dominican Republic  Colombia 4  Peru 5  Puerto Rico 6  Cuba 7  Chile 8  Costa Rica

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  •  Alejandra Isiordia (MEX)
• Best scorer
  •  Alejandra Isiordia (MEX)
• Best spiker
  •  Melissa Vargas (CUB)
• Best blocker
  •  Melissa Rangel (COL)
• Best server
  •  Daly Santana (PUR)
• Best digger
  •  Winifer Fernández (DOM)
• Best setter
  •  Shiamara Almeida (PER)
• Best receiver
  •  Camila Gomez (COL)
• Best libero
  •  Winifer Fernández (DOM)

References

1. FIVB Calendar
2. Señal Colombia Deportes (2012-10-27). "Colombia se impuso ante Uruguay en el Sudamericano de Voleibol" (in Spanish). señalcolombia.tv. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
3. NORCECA (2013-03-20). "Puerto Rico wins ticket to Czech Republic". norceca.net.
4. "Copa Panamericana sub-20 de voleibol, La Habana por un boleto al Mundial" (in Spanish). 2013-02-28.
5. Competition Regulations - 2013 U20 Pan American Volleyball Cup
6. "2012 Men's Pan Am Cup competition regulation" (PDF). NORCECA. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
7. Competition Format ad Match Schedule