2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Honduras
Dates25 August – 2 September
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions United States (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Jessica Mzurik (USA)
Official website
NORCECA

The 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in Tegucigalpa National Gymnasium, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 25 August to 2 September among eight countries. The United States won the tournament and qualified for the 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship along with Canada.[1] United States player Jessica Mzurik won the Most Valuable Player award.[2]

Qualification

A total of 9 teams qualify for the 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship. In addition to Honduras who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 8 teams qualify based on top 5 teams from the NORCECA U 18 Continental Ranking and the 3 Zonal Champions from the AFECAVOL, ECVA and CAZOVA, U-18 Zonal Championships. Mexico withdrew from the tournament and the event continued with only 8 teams.[3]

Pool composition

Group A Group B
 Cuba  United States
 Dominican Republic  Honduras
 Canada  Nicaragua
 Costa Rica  Barbados

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 15 225 154 1.461 9 0 MAX Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 10 207 174 1.190 6 3 2.000 Quarterfinals
3  Canada 3 1 2 5 193 194 0.995 3 6 0.500
4  Costa Rica 3 0 3 0 122 225 0.542 0 9 0.000 5th–8th classification
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug 16:00 Cuba  3–0  Canada 25–19 25–20 25–20     75–59 P2 P3
27 Aug 18:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  Costa Rica 25–12 25–15 25–13     75–40 P2 P3
28 Aug 16:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  Canada 25–19 25–21 25–19     75–59 P2 P3
28 Aug 18:00 Cuba  3–0  Costa Rica 25–11 25–15 25–12     75–38 P2 P3
29 Aug 14:00 Costa Rica  0–3  Canada 17–25 14–25 13–25     44–75 P2 P3
29 Aug 18:00 Cuba  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–19 25–19 25–19     75–57 P2 P3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 15 225 97 2.320 9 0 MAX Semifinals
2  Honduras 3 2 1 10 185 176 1.051 6 3 2.000 Quarterfinals
3  Nicaragua 3 1 2 5 152 202 0.752 3 6 0.500
4  Barbados 3 0 3 0 138 225 0.613 0 9 0.000 5th–8th classification
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug 14:00 United States  3–0  Nicaragua 25–6 25–11 25–12     75–29 P2 P3
27 Aug 20:00 Honduras  3–0  Barbados 25–12 25–19 25–22     75–53 P2 P3
28 Aug 14:00 United States  3–0  Barbados 25–10 25–7 25–16     75–33 P2 P3
28 Aug 20:00 Honduras  3–0  Nicaragua 25–18 25–18 25–12     75–48 P2 P3
29 Aug 16:00 Barbados  0–3  Nicaragua 15–25 18–25 19–25     52–75 P2 P3
29 Aug 20:00 United States  3–0  Honduras 25–12 25–10 25–13     75–35 P2 P3

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 United States 3
 Dominican Republic 3  Dominican Republic 0
 Nicaragua 0  United States 3
 Canada 0
 Cuba 2
 Honduras 0  Canada 3
 Canada 3 Third place
 Dominican Republic 1
 Cuba 3
Consolation semifinals 7th place
    
 Costa Rica 3
 Nicaragua 0
 Nicaragua 3
 Barbados 0
 Barbados 0
 Honduras 3 5th place
 Costa Rica 3
 Honduras 0

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug 18:00 Dominican Republic  3–0  Nicaragua 25–6 25–11 25–16     75–33 P2 P3
30 Aug 20:00 Honduras  0–3  Canada 15–25 16–25 16–25     47–75 P2 P3

5th–8th Classification

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 14:00 Costa Rica  3–0  Nicaragua 25–19 25–17 25–12     75–48 P2 P3
31 Aug 16:00 Barbados  0–3  Honduras 14–25 16–25 16–25     46–75 P2 P3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug 18:00 Cuba  2–3  Canada 25–18 19–25 25–20 23–25 14–16 106–104 P2 P3
31 Aug 20:00 United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–12 25–17 25–17     75–46 P2 P3

7th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep 14:00 Nicaragua  3–0  Barbados 25–18 25–21 25–14     75–53 P2 P3

5th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep 16:00 Costa Rica  3–0  Honduras 25–20 25–17 25–16     75–53  

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep 18:00 Cuba  3–1  Dominican Republic 19–25 25–20 28–26 25–16   97–87 P2 P3

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep 20:00 Canada  0–3  United States 13–25 12–25 23–25     48–75 P2 P3

Finals standing

  Qualified to 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cuba
4  Dominican Republic
5  Costa Rica
6  Honduras
7  Nicaragua
8  Barbados

Individual awards

  • Most valuable player
    •  Jessica Mzurik (USA)
  • Best setter
    •  Kennedi Orr (USA)
  • Best Opposite
    •  Emily Londot (USA)
  • Best Outside Hitters
    •  Jessica Mzurik (USA)
    •  Alison Jacobs (USA)
  • Best Middle Blockers
  • Best libero
    •  Katerina Georgiadis (CAN)
  • Best digger
    •  Hattie Monson (USA)
  • Best receiver
    •  Hattie Monson (USA)
  • Best server
    •  Thainalien Castillo (CUB)
  • Best scorer
    •  Thainalien Castillo (CUB)

References

  1. ^ Solution, Utech. "United States NORCECA U18 champion by beating Canada". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ Solution, Utech. "Jessica Mruzik Most Valuable Player of NORCECA U18". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Eight teams go for two World Champs tickets". www.norceca.net. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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