2016 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2016 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	2–7 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Dominican Republic (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Natalia Martínez (DOM)
Official website
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The 2016 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the tenth edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 2 to 7 September among eight countries. The Dominican Republic won the tournament^[1] and qualified for the 2017 FIVB Girls' World Championship^[2] along with the United States.^[3] Dominican Republic player Natalia Martínez won the Most Valuable Player award.^[4]

Pool composition[]

Group A	Group B
Puerto Rico	United States
Mexico	Dominican Republic
Costa Rica	Guatemala
	Barbados

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 in Eastern Daylight Time

	advances to semifinals
	advances to quarterfinals
	advances to 5th–8th classification

Group A[]

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	3	0	15	226	120	1.883	9	0	MAX
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	10	211	127	1.661	6	3	2.000
3	Costa Rica	1	2	5	165	175	0.943	3	6	0.500
4		0	3	0	45	225	0.200	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
2 Sep	14:00	Mexico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–20	25–16	25–16	75–52	P2 P3
2 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–0		25–5	25–4	25–4	75–13	P2 P3
3 Sep	16:20		0–3	Mexico	1–25	6–25	2–25	9–75	P2 P3
3 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Costa Rica	25–10	25–3	27–25	77–38	P2 P3
4 Sep	14:00	Costa Rica	3–0		25–8	25–7	25–8	75–23	P2 P3
4 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Mexico	18–25	17–25	24–26	59–76	P2 P3

Group B[]

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	3	0	13	253	176	1.438	9	2	4.500
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	12	260	166	1.566	8	3	2.667
3	Guatemala	1	2	4	153	240	0.638	3	7	0.429
4	Barbados	0	3	1	158	242	0.653	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	16:00	United States	3–0	Guatemala	25–12	25–12	25–10			75–34	P2 P3
2 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Barbados	25–10	25–13	25–13			75–36	P2 P3
3 Sep	14:00	Barbados	0–3	United States	13–25	8–25	11–25			32–75	P2 P3
3 Sep	18:00	Guatemala	0–3	Dominican Republic	7–25	9–25	11–25			27–75	P2 P3
4 Sep	16:00	Barbados	1–3	Guatemala	25–16	24–26	23–25	18–25		90–92	P2 P3
4 Sep	18:00	United States	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–23	14–25	23–25	25–23	16–14	103–110	P2 P3

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

				Mexico	0
	Dominican Republic	3		Dominican Republic	3
	Costa Rica	0					Dominican Republic	3
							United States	2
				United States	3
	Puerto Rico	3		Puerto Rico	2	Third place
	Guatemala	0					Mexico	3
							Puerto Rico	0


Barbados	0
Costa Rica	3	5th place
			Costa Rica	3
			Guatemala	1
	0
Guatemala	3		7th place
			Barbados	3
				0

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Costa Rica	25–15	25–11	25–17			75–43	P2 P3
5 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Guatemala	25–10	25–21	25–15			75–46	P2 P3

5th–8th Classification[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	14:00	Barbados	0–3	Costa Rica	10–25	9–25	12–25			31–75	P2 P3
6 Sep	16:00		0–3	Guatemala	10–25	7–25	7–25			24–75	P2 P3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	20:00	United States	3–2	Puerto Rico	19–25	25–21	25–20	20–25	15–10	104–101	P2 P3
6 Sep	18:00	Mexico	0–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	16–25	21–25			55–75	P2 P3

7th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	14:00	Barbados	3–0		25–12	25–4	25–8			75–24	P2 P3

5th place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	3–1	Guatemala	21–25	25–15	25–22	25–23		96–85	P2 P3

3rd place[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Mexico	20–25	18–25	19–25			57–75	P2 P3

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	20:00	United States	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–18	25–17	22–25	20–25	13–15	105–100	P2 P3

Finals standing[]

	Qualified to 2017 FIVB Girls' World Championship.

Rank	Team
	Dominican Republic
	United States
	Mexico
4	Puerto Rico
5	Costa Rica
6	Guatemala
7	Barbados
8

Individual awards[]

Most Valuable Player
- Natalia Martínez (DOM)^[4]
Best Setter
- (DOM)
Best Opposite
- (DOM)
Best Outside Hitters
- (DOM)
- (USA)
Best Middle Blockers
- Geraldine González (DOM)
- (PUR)

Best Libero
- (MEX)
Best Digger
- (CRC)
Best Receiver
- (MEX)
Best Server
- (PUR)
Best Scorer
- Natalia Martínez (DOM)

References[]

NORCECA

^ "Dominican Republic repeats as NORCECA U-18 champions". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Dominican Republic clinches spot in U18 World Championship". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "USA edges Puerto Rico in five sets". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Natalia Martinez earns second MVP title of 2016". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[1] "Dominican Republic repeats as NORCECA U-18 champions". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[2] "Dominican Republic clinches spot in U18 World Championship". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[3] "USA edges Puerto Rico in five sets". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[MVP-4] "Natalia Martinez earns second MVP title of 2016". San Juan, Puerto Rico: NORCECA. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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