2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup Explained

Competition:Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Gender:men
Continent:Americas
Year:2018
Host: Guatemala
Dates:15–20 October
Teams:5
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:CUB
Title Number:2
Website:NORCECA.net
Last:2016 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Next:2020 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fourth edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by five countries from 15 to 20 October at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[1]

Competing nations

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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[2]

Competition format

The competition format for the 2018 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.[2]

Round robin

Finals

Final

Final standing

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Individual awards


Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guatemala, host of the Men’s U23 Pan American Cup. NORCECA. 30 October 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 U-23 Men's Pan-American Cup competition regulations. NORCECA. 30 October 2018. PDF.
  3. Web site: Cuban Roamy Alonso the MVP at Men’s U23 Pan American Cup. NORCECA. 30 October 2018.