2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	June 26 - 30
Teams	7
Venue(s)	(in Tijuana host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)
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The 2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from Wednesday June 26 to Sunday June 30, 2002 in Tijuana, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Competing nations[]

Group A	Group B
Canada Cuba Puerto Rico United States	Argentina Dominican Republic Mexico

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	255	211	1.208	9	2	4.500
2.	Canada	5	3	2	1	209	199	1.050	6	3	2.000
3.	United States	4	3	1	2	257	270	0.951	5	7	0.714
4.	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	3	210	251	0.836	1	9	0.111

Wednesday June 26, 2002


Canada	3 – 0	United States	25–18 25–20 25–21
Cuba	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25–23 25–18 25–14

Thursday June 27, 2002


United States	3 – 1	Puerto Rico	25–22 27–25 24–26 25–17
Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	25–19 25–22 25–18

Friday June 28, 2002


Canada	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25–22 25–21 25–22
Cuba	3 – 2	United States	25–18 22–25 25–17 18–25 15–12

Group B[]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Dominican R.	4	2	2	0	150	119	1.260	6	0	6.000
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	1	147	149	0.986	3	4	0.750
3.	Argentina	2	2	0	2	136	165	0.824	1	6	0.166

Wednesday June 26, 2002


Mexico	3 – 1	Argentina	15–25 25–16 25–18 25–15

Thursday June 27, 2002


Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Mexico	25–14 25–21 25–22

Friday June 28, 2002


Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Argentina	25–23 25–22 25–17

Final round[]

Semi Finals		Final

2002-06-29 – Tijuana

Cuba	3
		2002-06-30 – Tijuana
Mexico	0
		Cuba	3
2002-06-29 – Tijuana
		Dominican Republic	1
Dominican Republic	3

Canada	0
		3rd place

		2003-06-30 – Tijuana

		Mexico	0

		Canada	3

Saturday June 29, 2002
- Classification Match


Argentina	3 – 1	Puerto Rico	26–24 10–25 25–13 26–24

- Semi Finals


Cuba	3 – 0	Mexico	25–20 25–15 25–20
Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Canada	25–15 25–20 25–13

Sunday June 30, 2002
- Fifth Place Match


Argentina	3 – 0	United States	25–23 25–20 25–16

- Bronze Medal Match


Mexico	0 – 3	Canada	21–25 22–25 16–25

- Gold Medal Match


Cuba	3 – 1	Dominican Republic	25–23 25–22 24–26 25–16

Final ranking[]

Place	Team
1.	Cuba
2.	Dominican Republic
3.	Canada
4.	Mexico
5.	Argentina
6.	United States
7.	Puerto Rico

2002 Women's Pan-American Cup Winners
Cuba First title

- Cuba and Dominican Republic qualified for the 2003 World Grand Prix. The Dominican Republic withdrew because of the 2003 Pan-American Games, Canada replace them.

Individual awards[]

Most Valuable Player
- Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)^[1]^[2]^[3]

Best Spiker
- Nancy Carrillo (CUB)

Best Blocker
- Bibiana Candelas (MEX)

Best Digger
- Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)

Best Receiver
- Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)

Best Libero
- Evelyn Carrera (DOM)

Best Server
- Nancy Carrillo (CUB)

Best Setter
- Francia Jackson (DOM)

References[]

^ NOTIMEX (2002-06-30). "Cuba obtuvo la Copa de Volibol". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-08.
^ "Cubanas han dominado la Copa Panamericana". Terra (in Spanish). EFE. 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
^ "Cubanas concluyeron primeras". Granma (in Spanish). 2002-07-02. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

results

[1] NOTIMEX (2002-06-30). "Cuba obtuvo la Copa de Volibol". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-10-08.

[2] "Cubanas han dominado la Copa Panamericana". Terra (in Spanish). EFE. 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[3] "Cubanas concluyeron primeras". Granma (in Spanish). 2002-07-02. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

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