2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup|
| Host nation | .svg.png) Canada | 
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| Dates | September 25 – 30, 2012 | 
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| Teams | 5 | 
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| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) | 
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| Champions |  Brazil (1st title) | 
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| MVP |  Rogério Carvalho (BRA) | 
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 The 2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by five countries from September 25 – 30, 2012 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.[1] 
  Competing nations
  Pool standing procedure
 Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
 Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
 Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
 The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team
 In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
 points ratio and sets ratio[3] 
  The competition format for the first Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup consists of two phases, the first is a Round-Robin round between all five competing nations. After the Round-Robin finishes, 3rd and 4th place nations according to ranking will play for the bronze and 1st and 2nd place nations according to ranking will play for the gold. 
 Round robin
   Source: 
  Finals
 3rd place match
  Final
   | Date | Time |  | Score |  | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | 
    | 30 Sep | 20:00 | Brazil   | 3–0 |  Argentina | 25–18 | 25–13 | 25–18 |  |  | 75–43 | P2P3 | 
   
 Final standing
      |  |    | 2012 Men's U23 Pan-American Cup champions |   |  Brazil
 1st title
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  Individual awards
  - Most valuable player[4]  Rogério Carvalho (BRA) Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
 
- Best scorer  Gonzalo Lapera (ARG) Gonzalo Lapera (ARG)
 
- Best spiker  Henrique Batagim (BRA) Henrique Batagim (BRA)
 
- Best blocker .svg.png) Daniel Jansen (CAN) Daniel Jansen (CAN)
 
- Best server  Gonzalo Lapera (ARG) Gonzalo Lapera (ARG)
 
- Best digger  Rogério Carvalho (BRA) Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
 
- Best setter  Fernando Arpajou (ARG) Fernando Arpajou (ARG)
 
- Best receiver  Rogério Carvalho (BRA) Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
 
- Best libero  Rogério Carvalho (BRA) Rogério Carvalho (BRA)
 
  References
  | Pan American Volleyball Cup | 
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| Women |  | 
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