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2024 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2024 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup, officially named 2024 Women U23 Panamerican Cup, was the seventh edition of the Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup, the bi-annual volleyball tournament organized by the Pan-American Volleyball Union (UPV) that brings together the NORCECA and Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) U23 women's national teams. It was held in Xalapa, Mexico from 3 to 8 September 2024.[1][2]

2024 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Mexico
CityXalapa
Dates3–8 September
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Cuba (1st title)
Runners-up Dominican Republic
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Chile
Tournament awards
MVPCuba Lisania Grafort
Best SetterDominican Republic Ailyn Liberato
Best OHMexico Marcela Herrera
Mexico Michelle Lizárraga
Best MBChile María Ignacia Nielsen
Cuba Yensy Kindelan
Best OPPDominican Republic Alondra Tapia
Best LiberoCosta Rica Camila Arias
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Official website
2024 U23 Women Pan American Cup

The competition awarded two spots to the women's volleyball tournament at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.[3] These two berths were only for the top two teams among the NORCECA teams, excluding Dominican Republic and Mexico, who had already qualified in the previous edition of the tournament.[4]

Cuba won their first Women's U23 Pan-American Cup by beating the six-time defending champions Dominican Republic 3–1 in the final game.[5] Mexico completed the podium after defeating Chile also by 3–1 score in the third-place match.[6] Champions Cuba and sixth place Costa Rica qualified for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.[4]

Participating teams

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Up to a maximum of 8 national teams could qualify for the tournament as follows: the host nation, the top 4 teams in the NORCECA U23 Continental Ranking that confirmed their participation and the top 3 teams in the CSV U23 Continental Ranking that confirmed their participation.[7] Eventually, there were 5 NORCECA teams and 2 CSV teams that confirmed their participation, with Honduras entering the tournament after the declination of the eligible teams needed to complete the line of 8 teams.

The following were the teams eligible to participate in the tournament (teams that confirmed their participation marked in bold and confederation ranking, if given, shown in brackets):[8]

NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation)

CSV (South American Volleyball Confederation)

Squads

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Each national team had to register a squad of 12 players. Players born on 1 January 2002 and onwards were eligible to compete in the tournament.[7]

Competition format

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In the Pan-American Cups the competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 8 teams, two pools of four teams each were formed. The pool standing procedure were as follows:[7]

  1. Number of matches won;
  2. Match points;
    • 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
  3. Points ratio;
  4. Sets ratio;
  5. If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
  6. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

The winners of each pool advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pools composition

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Teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. As hosts, Mexico had the right to choose the group in which to be placed and were assigned to the head of its group (Group B). The remaining teams were distributed into the groups according to their position in the NORCECA and CSV Continental Rankings (as of 1 January 2024) and following the serpentine system, starting with the highest-ranked NORCECA team as head of the remaining group (Group A).[7]

Pool A Pool B
  Dominican Republic   Mexico
  Cuba   Peru
  Chile   Suriname
  Costa Rica   Nicaragua

Mexico also had the right to chose their first match in the preliminary round and propose the times and order of all matches.

Preliminary round

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All match times are local times, CT (UTC−6), as listed by NORCECA.[2]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1   Dominican Republic 3 3 0 14 246 184 1.337 9 1 9.000 Semi-finals
2   Cuba 3 2 1 9 235 211 1.114 6 4 1.500 Quarter-finals
3   Chile 3 1 2 7 230 257 0.895 5 6 0.833
4   Costa Rica 3 0 3 0 166 225 0.738 0 9 0.000 5th–8th semifinals
Source: NORCECA
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Sep 14:00 Dominican Republic   3–0   Costa Rica 25–18 25–16 25–17     75–51 P2 P3
3 Sep 18:00 Cuba   3–1   Chile 19–25 25–23 27–25 25–13   96–86 P2 P3
4 Sep 14:00 Costa Rica   0–3   Cuba 16–25 20–25 14–25     50–75 P2 P3
4 Sep 18:00 Chile   1–3   Dominican Republic 25–21 11–25 20–25 13–25   69–96 P2 P3
5 Sep 14:00 Costa Rica   0–3   Chile 22–25 23–25 20–25     65–75 P2 P3
5 Sep 18:00 Dominican Republic   3–0   Cuba 25–22 25–22 25–20     75–64 P2 P3

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1   Mexico 3 3 0 15 225 140 1.607 9 0 MAX Semi-finals
2   Peru 3 2 1 9 234 176 1.330 6 4 1.500 Quarter-finals
3   Nicaragua 3 1 2 6 188 219 0.858 4 6 0.667
4   Suriname 3 0 3 0 113 225 0.502 0 9 0.000 5th–8th semifinals
Source: NORCECA
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
3 Sep 16:00 Peru   3–1   Nicaragua 25–17 21–25 25–16 25–15   96–73 P2 P3
3 Sep 20:00 Mexico   3–0   Suriname 25–13 25–13 25–11     75–37 P2 P3
4 Sep 16:00 Peru   3–0   Suriname 25–5 25–10 25–13     75–28 P2 P3
4 Sep 20:00 Nicaragua   0–3   Mexico 10–25 17–25 13–25     40–75 P2 P3
5 Sep 16:00 Suriname   0–3   Nicaragua 21–25 12–25 15–25     48–75 P2 P3
5 Sep 20:00 Mexico   3–0   Peru 25–23 25–19 25–21     75–63 P2 P3

Final round

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Bracket

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5th place match5th–8th semi-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
2B  Peru1
3A  Chile3
4B  Suriname01A  Dominican Republic3
2B  Peru33A  Chile0
  Costa Rica0  Dominican Republic1
  Peru3  Cuba3
2A  Cuba3
3B  Nicaragua0
7th place match4A  Costa Rica31B  Mexico23rd place match
3B  Nicaragua02A  Cuba3
  Nicaragua3  Chile1
  Suriname0  Mexico3

Quarter-finals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
6 Sep 16:00 Cuba   3–0   Nicaragua 25–17 26–24 25–16     76–57 P2 P3
6 Sep 18:00 Peru   1–3   Chile 25–21 18–25 21–25 19–25   83–96 P2 P3

5th–8th Semi-finals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Sep 14:00 Costa Rica   3–0   Nicaragua 25–22 25–18 26–24     76–64 P2 P3
7 Sep 16:00 Suriname   0–3   Peru 20–25 14–25 15–25     49–75 P2 P3

Semi-finals

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
7 Sep 18:00 Dominican Republic   3–0   Chile 30–28 25–21 29–27     84–76 P2 P3
7 Sep 20:00 Mexico   2–3   Cuba 25–18 22–25 19–25 25–22 14–16 105–106 P2 P3

7th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep 12:00 Nicaragua   3–0   Suriname 25–12 25–16 25–15     75–43 P2 P3

5th place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep 14:00 Costa Rica   0–3   Peru 15–25 21–25 20–25     56–75 P2 P3

3rd place match

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep 16:00 Chile   1–3   Mexico 25–20 23–25 15–25 13–25   76–95 P2 P3

Final

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Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
8 Sep 18:00 Dominican Republic   1–3   Cuba 24–26 25–22 21–25 20–25   90–98 P2 P3

Final standing

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Individual awards

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The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.[9]

  • Most valuable player (MVP)
      Lisania Grafort (CUB)
  • Best setter
      Ailyn Liberato (DOM)
  • Best outside spikers
      Marcela Herrera (MEX)
      Michelle Lizárraga (MEX)
  • Best middle blockers
      María Ignacia Nielsen (CHI)
      Yensy Kindelan (CUB)
  • Best opposite
      Alondra Tapia (DOM)
  • Best libero
      Camila Arias (CRC)
  • Best scorer
      Petra Schwartzman (CHI)
  • Best digger
      Brissa Nieves (PER)
  • Best receiver
      Camila Arias (CRC)
  • Best server
      Marcela Herrera (MEX)

References

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  1. ^ "Xalapa será sede de la Copa Panamericana de Voleibol Sub-23 Femenil" [Xalapa to host the U-23 Women's Volleyball Pan American Cup]. www.masnoticias.mx. Xalapa, Ver.: Agencia de Noticias RTV. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2023 U23 Women's NORCECA Pan-American Cup – Competition Format and Match Schedule" (PDF). NORCECA. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Dominican Republic Aims to Defend Title at U23 Women's Pan American Cup". Veracruz: NORCECA. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba, and Costa Rica Qualify for Junior Pan Am Games". Xalapa: NORCECA. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  5. ^ "The Women's U23 Pan American Cup has a new Champion, Cuba". Xalapa: NORCECA. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Mexico came out on top Chile for the Bronze Medal". Xalapa: NORCECA. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "2024 Women U23 Panamerican Cup COMPETITION REGULATIONS" (PDF). NORCECA. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Women's U23 Rankings 2023 (as of December 2023)". NORCECA. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Cuban Lisania Grafort Named Most Valuable Player at U23 Women's Pan Am Cup". Xalapa: NORCECA. 8 September 2024.
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