2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

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]

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

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

Group A
Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Cuba 3 0 15 225 154 1.461 9 0 MAX
2  Dominican Republic 2 1 10 207 174 1.190 6 3 2.000
3  Canada 1 2 5 193 194 0.995 3 6 0.500
4  Costa Rica 0 3 0 122 225 0.542 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug16:00Cuba  3–0  Canada 25–1925–2025–20  75–59P2 P3
27 Aug18:00Dominican Republic  3–0  Costa Rica 25–1225–1525–13  75–40P2 P3
28 Aug16:00Dominican Republic  3–0  Canada 25–1925–2125–19  75–59P2 P3
28 Aug18:00Cuba  3–0  Costa Rica 25–1125–1525–12  75–38P2 P3
29 Aug14:00Costa Rica  0–3  Canada 17–2514–2513–25  44–75P2 P3
29 Aug18:00Cuba  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–1925–1925–19  75–57P2 P3

Group B
Matches Pts Points Sets
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 3 0 15 225 97 2.320 9 0 MAX
2  Honduras 2 1 10 185 176 1.051 6 3 2.000
3  Nicaragua 1 2 5 152 202 0.752 3 6 0.500
4  Barbados 0 3 0 138 225 0.613 0 9 0.000
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug14:00United States  3–0  Nicaragua 25–625–1125–12  75–29P2 P3
27 Aug20:00Honduras  3–0  Barbados 25–1225–1925–22  75–53P2 P3
28 Aug14:00United States  3–0  Barbados 25–1025–725–16  75–33P2 P3
28 Aug20:00Honduras  3–0  Nicaragua 25–1825–1825–12  75–48P2 P3
29 Aug16:00Barbados  0–3  Nicaragua 15–2518–2519–25  52–75P2 P3
29 Aug20:00United States  3–0  Honduras 25–1225–1025–13  75–35P2 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   Third place
   Canada 3    Dominican Republic 1
   Cuba 3
                       
   Costa Rica 3  
   Nicaragua 0   5th place
       Costa Rica 3
       Honduras 0
   Barbados 0
   Honduras 3   7th place
     Nicaragua 3
     Barbados 0

Quarterfinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug18:00Dominican Republic  3–0  Nicaragua 25–625–1125–16  75–33P2 P3
30 Aug20:00Honduras  0–3  Canada 15–2516–2516–25  47–75P2 P3

5th–8th Classification
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug14:00Costa Rica  3–0  Nicaragua 25–1925–1725–12  75–48P2 P3
31 Aug16:00Barbados  0–3  Honduras 14–2516–2516–25  46–75P2 P3

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug18:00Cuba  2–3  Canada 25–1819–2525–2023–2514–16106–104P2 P3
31 Aug20:00United States  3–0  Dominican Republic 25–1225–1725–17  75–46P2 P3

7th place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep14:00Nicaragua  3–0  Barbados 25–1825–2125–14  75–53P2 P3

5th place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep16:00Costa Rica  3–0  Honduras 25–2025–1725–16  75–53 

3rd place
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep18:00Cuba  3–1  Dominican Republic 19–2525–2028–2625–16 97–87P2 P3

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep20:00Canada  0–3  United States 13–2512–2523–25  48–75P2 P3

Finals standing
 Qualified to 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship.
Rank Team
 United States
 Canada
 Cuba
4  Dominican Republic
5  Costa Rica
6  Honduras
7  Nicaragua
8  Barbados

Individual awards

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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