2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 America's Cup in Venezuela, where the top three teams will join the teams from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.

Contents 1 Competing nations 2 Squads 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 4 Final round 4.1 Quarter finals 4.2 Semi finals 4.3 Finals 5 Final ranking 6 Awards 7 References

Competing nations

Group A — Mexicali	Group B — Tijuana
Canada  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba  Panama  United States

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

• Monday June 5

Canada	3 – 1	Dominican R.	23-25 25-19 25-18 25-18
Mexico	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	26-24 25-20 25-14

• Tuesday June 6

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	26-24 25-16 25-20
Canada	2 – 3	Mexico	21-25 21-25 25-19 25-14 19-21

• Wednesday June 7

Canada	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	25-17 25-9 25-19
Mexico	3 – 2	Dominican R.	23-25 25-21 17-25 25-21 15-12

Group B

• Monday June 5

United States	3 – 0	Panama	25-11 25-9 25-08

• Tuesday June 6

Panama	0 – 3	Cuba	10-25 16-25 16-25

• Wednesday June 7

Cuba	2 – 3	United States	25-20 18-25 23-25 25-21 09-15

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico
	Mexico	0
	Dominican Republic	3
					2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
					Dominican Republic	1
					United States	3
					3rd place
	2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico			2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
	United States	3		Mexico	0
	Canada	0			Canada	3

Quarter finals

• Friday June 9, 2006

Canada	3 – 0	Panama	25-14 25-15 25-19
Cuba	1 – 3	Dominican R.	23-25 26-28 25-21 20-25

Semi finals

• Saturday June 10, 2006

Mexico	0 – 3	Dominican R.	24-26 20-25 23-25
United States	3 – 0	Canada	25-23 26-24 25-19

Finals

• Sunday June 11, 2006 — Seventh Place Match

Trinidad & T.	3 – 1	Panama	25-23 25-17 23-25 25-17

• Saturday June 10, 2006 — Fifth Place Match

Panama	0 – 3	Cuba	17-25 11-25 17-25

• Sunday June 11, 2006 — Bronze Medal Match

Mexico	0 – 3	Canada	22-25 18-25 22-25

• Sunday June 11, 2006 — Gold Medal Match

Dominican R.	1 – 3	United States	25-17 20-25 17-25 23-25

Final ranking

Place Team 1.  United States 2.  Dominican Republic 3.  Canada 4.  Mexico 5.  Cuba 6.  Trinidad and Tobago 7.  Panama

2006 Men's Pan-American Cup Winners  United States First title

• • United States, Dominican Republic and Canada qualified for the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup

Awards

Most Valuable Player Elvis Contreras Best Spiker José Martell Best Scorer Elvis Contreras Best Defender Richard Lambourne

Best Setter Cristian Cruz Best Server Rolando Junquin Best Libero Carlos Velásquez Best Blocker Murray Grapentine

References

• Results

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