2024 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Explained

Competition:Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Gender:men
Continent:America
Year:2024
Host:
City:Santo Domingo
Dates:14–21 July
Teams:10
Confederations:2
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:CAN
Title Number:2
Second:USA
Third:PUR
Fourth:CUB
Matches:31
Last:2023 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Next:2025 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2024 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, officially named 2024 NORCECA XVII Panamerican Men Cup, was the 17th edition of the Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, the annual volleyball tournament organized by the Pan-American Volleyball Union (UPV) that brings together the NORCECA and Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) men's national teams. It was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 14 to 21 July 2024.[1] [2] [3]

Canada were the defending champions.[4]

Participating teams

A maximum of 10 national teams could qualify for the tournament based on their respective continental ranking plus the points earned during their participation in the 2023 Pan-American Cup, as follows: the host nation, the top 5 teams in the NORCECA Continental Ranking as of 1 January 2024 and the top 4 teams in the CSV Continental Ranking that confirmed their participation.[5] Eventually, there were 7 NORCECA teams and 3 CSV teams that confirmed their participation, with Guatemala entering the tournament after the declination of the eligible teams from CSV needed to complete the line of 10 teams.

The following were the teams eligible to participate in the tournament (teams that confirmed their participation marked in bold and confederation ranking, if given, shown in brackets):[6] NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation)

CSV (South American Volleyball Confederation)

Squads

Each national team had to register a squad with a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 14 players.[5]

Competition format

In the Pan-American Cups the competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 10 teams, two groups of five teams each were formed. The pool standing procedure was as follows:[5]

  1. Number of matches won;
  2. Match points;
    • Match won 3–0: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
    • Match won 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
    • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
  3. Points ratio;
  4. Sets ratio;
  5. If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
  6. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

The winner of each group advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Groups composition

Teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. As hosts, Dominican Republic had the right to choose the group in which to be placed and were assigned to the head of its group (Group B). The remaining teams were distributed into the groups according to their position in the NORCECA and CSV Continental Rankings (as of 1 January 2024) and taking into account the points earned in the 2023 Pan-American Cup, following the serpentine system and starting with the highest-ranked NORCECA team as head of the remaining group (Group A)[5]

Dominican Republic also had the right to chose their first match in the preliminary round and propose the times and order of all matches.

Preliminary round

All match times are local times, DOT (UTC−4), as listed by NORCECA.[1]

Group B

Final round

All match times are local times, DOT (UTC−4), as listed by NORCECA.[1]

7th–10th places

7th place match

1st–6th places

Final

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: XVII Pan-American Men's Volleyball Cup – Competition Format and Match Schedule. NORCECA. 10 July 2024. 12 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Anuncian Copa Panam de voleibol masculino 2024. Men's Volleyball Pan Am Cup 2024 announced. Hoy. Gustavo. Rodríguez. 5 June 2024. 12 July 2024. es.
  3. Web site: Se anuncia la Copa Panamericana de voleibol masculino 2024. The 2024 Men's Pan American Volleyball Cup has been announced. El Nuevo Rumbo. 6 June 2024. 12 July 2024. es.
  4. Web site: Canada wins its first Gold Medal in the Pan American Cup defeating Brazil. NORCECA. Guadalajara. 20 August 2023. 21 August 2023.
  5. Web site: 2024 NORCECA XVII Panamerican Men Cup COMPETITION REGULATIONS. NORCECA. 12 April 2024. 12 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Men's Rankings 2023 (as of December 2023). NORCECA. 12 July 2024.