2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship explained

Competition:Men's NORCECA Championship
Continent:North America
Year:2017
City:Colorado Springs
Dates:26 September – 1 October
Teams:10
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Champions:USA
Title Number:9
Second:DOM
Third:CAN
Fourth:MEX
Mvp: Micah Christenson
Setter: Pedro Rangel
Outside Spikers: Aaron Russell
Stephen Maar
Middle Blockers: José Martínez
Leonel Antonio Aragon
Opposite Spiker: Sharone Vernon-Evans
Libero: Luis Chávez
Matches:25
Best Scorer: Alberto Blanco (91 points)
Best Server: Joann Breleur (1.00)
Best Digger: Luis Chávez (2.18)
Best Receiver: Jorge Barajas (78.79)
Website:NORCECA
Last:2015 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Next:2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the tournament, and was held in Colorado Springs, United States from 26 September to 1 October 2017. The top three teams qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, whereas the fourth and fifth ranked teams qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four.[1]

Originally the 2017 NORCECA Championship was the only competition from the area to offer the 2018 World Championship qualification quota, but due to the pass of hurricanes Irma and Maria for the Caribbean sea, Cuba and Puerto Rico were unable to compete, NORCECA authorities decided to make the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four tournament - Cuba, Puerto Rico and the 4th and 5th placed teams of the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Qualification

The top six ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016[2] qualified directly. Other six teams qualified through the zonal qualification.[3]

See main article: 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA).

Direct QualificationZonal Qualification
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withdrewECVA
withdrew
AFECAVOL

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2017.[4] Rankings are shown in brackets.

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(1) (2) (4)
(9) (8) (6)
(10) (13) (26)
(27)

Venues

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

Pool C

Final round

5th–10th places

5th place match

Final six

Final

Final standing

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2018 World Championship
width=10px bgcolor=#dfefffQualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Final four
14–man roster
Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (c), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji
Head coach
Speraw

Awards

Micah Christenson

Alberto Blanco

Joann Breleur

Luis Chávez

Jorge Barajas

Pedro Rangel

Aaron Russell

Stephen Maar

José Martínez

Leonel Antonio Aragon

Sharone Vernon-Evans

Luis Chávez

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Three spots to World Championship available in Colorado . 25 September 2017 . . 1 October 2017.
  2. Web site: 2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking . . 11 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Qualification Process . 18 August 2016 . . 1 October 2017.
  4. Web site: 2016 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking . . 5 November 2017.