2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2017 Men's NORCECA Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Colorado Springs
Dates	26 September – 1 October
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (9th title)
Runners-up	Dominican Republic
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament awards
MVP	Micah Christenson
Best Setter	Pedro Rangel
Best OH	Aaron Russell; Stephen Maar
Best MB	José Martínez; Leonel Antonio Aragon
Best OPP	Sharone Vernon-Evans
Best Libero	Luis Chávez
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Best scorer	Alberto Blanco (91 points)
Best server	Joann Breleur (1.00 Avg)
Best digger	Luis Chávez (2.18 Avg)
Best receiver	Jorge Barajas (78.79%)
Official website
	NORCECA
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The 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the tournament, and was held in Colorado Springs, United States from 26 September to 1 October 2017. The top three teams qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, whereas the fourth and fifth ranked teams qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four.^[1]

Originally the 2017 NORCECA Championship was the only competition from the area to offer the 2018 World Championship qualification quota, but due to the pass of hurricanes Irma and Maria for the Caribbean sea, Cuba and Puerto Rico were unable to compete, NORCECA authorities decided to make the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four tournament - Cuba, Puerto Rico and the 4th and 5th placed teams of the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Qualification

The top six ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016^[2] qualified directly. Other six teams qualified through the zonal qualification.^[3]

Direct Qualification		Zonal Qualification
NORCECA Ranking	United States	CAZOVA	Trinidad and Tobago
	Canada	CAZOVA	Martinique
	~~Cuba~~ withdrew^[a]	ECVA	Saint Lucia
	~~Puerto Rico~~ withdrew^[b]	ECVA	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Mexico	AFECAVOL	Guatemala
	Costa Rica	AFECAVOL	Dominican Republic

^ Cuba had to withdraw from the tournament due to the closure of the US Embassy in Havana, and after Cuba sustained damages during Hurricane Irma.
^ Puerto Rico suffered a devastating hit from Hurricane Maria and their team was unable to participate at the NORCECA competition.

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2017.^[4] Rankings are shown in brackets.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
United States (1)	Canada (2)	Mexico (4)
Dominican Republic (9)	Trinidad and Tobago (8)	Costa Rica (6)
Guatemala (10)	Saint Lucia (13)	Martinique (26)
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (27)

Squads

Venues

OTC Sports Center I, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool A, B, 5th–8th semifinals and Final six
OTC Sports Center II, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool C and 5th–10th places

Pool standing procedure

Number of matches won
Match points
Points ratio
Sets ratio
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 Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	10	150	84	1.786	6	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	5	123	129	0.953	3	3	1.000	Quarterfinals
3	Guatemala	2	0	2	0	90	150	0.600	0	6	0.000	5th–10th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
26 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Guatemala	25–12	25–14	25–10	75–36	P2 P3
27 Sep	19:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Guatemala	25–16	25–20	25–18	75–54	P2 P3
28 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–21	25–10	75–48	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	10	150	73	2.055	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	5	118	123	0.959	3	3	1.000	Quarterfinals
3	Saint Lucia	2	0	2	0	78	150	0.520	0	6	0.000	5th–10th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–15	25–16	25–17	75–48	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:00	Canada	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–9	25–13	25–8	75–30	P2 P3
28 Sep	17:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–21	25–12	25–10	75–43	P2 P3

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	15	225	116	1.940	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Costa Rica	3	2	1	9	218	206	1.058	6	4	1.500	Quarterfinals
3	Martinique	3	1	2	6	194	217	0.894	4	6	0.667	5th–10th quarterfinals
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	0	127	225	0.564	0	9	0.000	5th–10th quarterfinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
26 Sep	17:00	Costa Rica	3–1	Martinique	25–19	25–16	23–25	25–21	98–81	P2 P3
26 Sep	19:17	Mexico	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–7	25–16	25–10		75–33	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:00	Costa Rica	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–10	25–19	25–21		75–50	P2 P3
27 Sep	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Martinique	25–11	25–15	25–12		75–38	P2 P3
28 Sep	17:00	Martinique	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–10	25–14	25–20		75–44	P2 P3
28 Sep	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–19	25–16	25–10		75–45	P2 P3

Final round

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

5th–10th places

5th–10th quarterfinals		5th–8th semifinals		5th place match

29 September

Martinique	3
		30 September
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
		Martinique	0

		Trinidad and Tobago	3

				1 October

				Trinidad and Tobago	0
29 September
				Guatemala	3
Guatemala	3
		30 September
Saint Lucia	0
		Guatemala	3

		Costa Rica	1	7th place match

				1 October

				Martinique	3

				Costa Rica	2

5th–10th quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Martinique	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–16	25–18	25–16			75–50	P2 P3
29 Sep	19:00	Guatemala	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–17	25–15	25–16			75–48	P2 P3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	15:00	SC1	Guatemala	3–1	Costa Rica	20–25	25–21	25–17	25–15		95–78	P2 P3
30 Sep	17:16	SC2	Martinique	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago	20–25	23–25	18–25			61–75	P2 P3

9th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	15:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–1	Saint Lucia	22–25	25–20	25–19	25–15		97–79	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	14:00	Martinique	3–2	Costa Rica	10–25	25–21	24–26	25–21	15–12	99–105	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	16:41	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Guatemala	18–25	10–25	15–25			43–75	P2 P3

Final six

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		30 September

		Mexico	0
29 September
		Dominican Republic	3
Trinidad and Tobago	0
				1 October
Dominican Republic	3
				Dominican Republic	0

				United States	3

		30 September

		Canada	0
29 September
		United States	3	3rd place match
United States	3
				1 October
Costa Rica	0
				Mexico	1

				Canada	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	22–25	21–25			61–75	P2 P3
29 Sep	19:00	United States	3–0	Costa Rica	25–11	25–7	25–8			75–26	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:48	Mexico	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25	23–25	23–25			66–75	P2 P3
30 Sep	19:25	Canada	0–3	United States	20–25	22–25	21–25			63–75	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	15:00	Mexico	1–3	Canada	25–21	13–25	25–27	18–25		81–98	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Oct	17:32	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	17–25	10–25	12–25			39–75	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
	United States
	Dominican Republic
	Canada
4	Mexico
5	Guatemala
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Martinique
8	Costa Rica
9	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10	Saint Lucia

	Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Final four

2017 Men's NORCECA champions
United States 9th title

14–man roster

Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (c), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji

Head coach

Speraw

Awards

Most valuable player
Micah Christenson
Best scorer
Alberto Blanco
Best server
Joann Breleur
Best digger
Luis Chávez
Best receiver
Jorge Barajas
Best setter
Pedro Rangel
Best outside spikers
Aaron Russell

Stephen Maar
Best middle blockers
José Martínez

Leonel Antonio Aragon
Best opposite spiker
Sharone Vernon-Evans
Best libero
Luis Chávez

References

^ "Three spots to World Championship available in Colorado". NORCECA. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Qualification Process" (PDF). NORCECA. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "2016 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

[4] Cuba had to withdraw from the tournament due to the closure of the US Embassy in Havana, and after Cuba sustained damages during Hurricane Irma.

[5] Puerto Rico suffered a devastating hit from Hurricane Maria and their team was unable to participate at the NORCECA competition.

[1] "Three spots to World Championship available in Colorado". NORCECA. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[2] "2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[3] "Qualification Process" (PDF). NORCECA. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

[6] "2016 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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Qualification

Pools composition

Squads

Venues

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Final round

5th–10th places

5th–10th quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

Final six

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

External links