2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	28 August–2 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ezequiel Palacios
Official website
NORCECA.net
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The 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 13th edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament. It was held in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico from 28 August to 2 September.^[1] Twelve teams competed and the top five ranked teams at the end of the tournament will be qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.^[2]

Argentina won the second straight title after defeating Brazil 3–2 in the final.^[3] Ezequiel Palacios was awarded the Most Valuable Player.^[4]

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Chile	Brazil	Argentina
Cuba	Canada	Peru
	Colombia	Puerto Rico
Mexico	Dominican Republic	United States

Pool standing procedure[]

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. 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 Central Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

	Team advances to semifinals
	Team advances to quarterfinals
	Team advances to 7th–10th classification

Group A[]

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	3	0	12	276	226	1.221	9	3	3.000
2	Mexico	2	1	12	248	233	1.064	8	3	2.667
3	Chile	1	2	6	221	220	1.005	4	6	0.667
4		0	3	0	163	229	0.712	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	13:00	Chile	1–3	Cuba	22–25	25–17	19–25	21–25		87–92	P2 P3
28 Aug	21:00	Mexico	3–0		25–18	25–20	29–27			79–65	P2 P3
29 Aug	11:00	Cuba	3–0		25–16	25–13	25–16			75–45	P2 P3
29 Aug	21:00	Mexico	3–0	Chile	25–22	25–18	25–19			75–59	P2 P3
30 Aug	13:00		0–3	Chile	18–25	18–25	17–25			53–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	21:00	Mexico	2–3	Cuba	25–20	16–25	25–21	12–25	16–18	94–109	P2 P3

Group B[]

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	3	0	15	227	166	1.367	9	0	MAX
2	Canada	2	1	9	231	219	1.055	6	4	1.500
3	Dominican Republic	1	2	5	188	222	0.847	3	6	0.500
4	Colombia	0	3	1	220	253	0.870	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	15:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–21	25–19	25–14			75–54	P2 P3
28 Aug	17:00	Canada	3–1	Colombia	25–19	23–25	25–22	25–22		98–88	P2 P3
29 Aug	13:00	Colombia	0–3	Brazil	25–27	17–25	12–25			54–77	P2 P3
29 Aug	17:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Canada	20–25	20–25	16–25			56–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	15:00	Colombia	0–3	Dominican Republic	23–25	24–26	25–27			72–78	P2 P3
30 Aug	17:00	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–20	25–15	25–23			75–58	P2 P3

Group C[]

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Argentina	3	0	14	253	201	1.259	9	1	9.000
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	10	261	244	1.070	7	4	1.750
3	United States	1	2	6	215	232	0.927	4	6	0.667
4	Peru	0	3	0	174	226	0.770	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	11:00	United States	3–0	Peru	25–21	25–14	26–24			76–59	P2 P3
28 Aug	19:00	Argentina	3–1	Puerto Rico	20–25	25–15	33–31	25–17		103–88	P2 P3
29 Aug	15:00	Peru	0–3	Argentina	20–25	22–25	15–25			57–75	P2 P3
29 Aug	19:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	United States	23–25	25–18	25–19	25–21		98–83	P2 P3
30 Aug	11:00	Peru	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	20–25	21–25			58–75	P2 P3
30 Aug	19:00	United States	0–3	Argentina	19–25	21–25	16–25			56–75	P2 P3

Final round[]

Championship bracket[]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Brazil

3

A2

Mexico

1

C2

Puerto Rico

1

C2

Puerto Rico

3

B1

Brazil

2

C1

Argentina

3

C1

Argentina

3

A1

Cuba

3

A1

Cuba

1

B2

Canada

0

5th place

3rd place

A2

Mexico

3

C2

Puerto Rico

1

B2

Canada

1

A1

Cuba

3

7th–10th places bracket[]

	Classification 7–10					7th place
	A3	Chile	3
	B4	Colombia	0
						A3	Chile	1
						C3	United States	3
	B3	Dominican Republic	0
	C3	United States	3			9th place
						B4	Colombia	3
						B3	Dominican Republic	0

11th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	13:00	Peru	1–3		16–25	25–23	23–25	19–25		83–98	P2 P3

Classification 7th–10th[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Chile	3–0	Colombia	25–14	25–19	25–16			75–49	P2 P3
31 Aug	17:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	United States	23–25	17–25	26–28			66–78	P2 P3

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	19:00	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–15	25–23	25–23			75–61	P2 P3
31 Aug	21:00	Mexico	1–3	Puerto Rico	20–25	16–25	25–18	22–25		83–93	P2 P3

9th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Colombia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–23	27–25			77–71	P2 P3

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Chile	1–3	United States	24–26	18–25	29–27	22–25		93–103	P2 P3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	19:00	Argentina	3–1	Cuba	21–25	25–18	25–19	25–20		96–82	P2 P3
1 Sep	21:00	Brazil	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–27	25–14	25–20	33–31		108–92	P2 P3

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Mexico	3–1	Canada	25–18	25–20	20–25	25–17		95–80	P2 P3

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	17:00	Cuba	3–1	Puerto Rico	20–25	25–9	25–18	25–17		95–69	P2 P3

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	19:00	Argentina	3–2	Brazil	25–27	25–17	25–22	25–27	15–10	115–103	P2 P3

Final standing[]

Individual awards[]

References[]