2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 America's Cup in Brazil. 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

Competing nations

Group A Group B

 Canada
 Mexico
 Puerto Rico

 Cuba
 Dominican Republic
 Panama
 Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Puerto Rico 4 2 2 0 196 178 1.101 6 2 3.000
2.  Mexico 3 2 1 1 199 210 0.947 4 5 0.800
3.  Canada 2 2 0 2 194 201 0.965 3 6 0.500
Canada  1 – 3  Puerto Rico 17-25 25-17 17-25 26-28
Mexico  3 – 2  Canada 19-25 25-23 21-25 25-22 16-14
Puerto Rico  3 – 1  Mexico 25-23 25-27 26-24 25-19

Group B

Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Cuba 6 3 3 0 253 205 1.234 9 1 9.000
2.  Dominican R. 5 3 2 1 252 220 1.145 6 4 1.500
3.  Panama 4 3 1 2 215 242 0.888 4 6 0.666
4.  Trinidad & T. 3 3 0 3 215 268 0.802 1 9 0.111
Cuba  3 – 0  Panama 25-14 25-21 25-18
Trinidad & T.  0 – 3  Dominican R. 25-27 13-25 23-25
Trinidad & T.  1 – 3  Cuba 25-23 15-25 19-25 28-30
Dominican R.  3 – 1  Panama 25-27 25-20 25-22 25-15
Panama  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 27-25 25-18 26-24
Cuba  3 – 0  Dominican R. 25-23 25-22 25-20

Final round

  Semi Finals Final
2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo
  Cuba  1  
  Mexico  3  
 
2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
      Mexico  3
    Puerto Rico  1
3rd place
2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo 2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
  Puerto Rico  3   Cuba  3
  Canada  1     Canada  1

Quarter finals

Mexico  3 – 0  Panama 25-14 26-24 25-16
Dominican R.  0 – 3  Canada 23-25 15-25 23-25

Classification

Panama  0 – 3  Dominican R. 16-25 22-25 23-25
Trinidad & T.  3 – 0  Panama 25-20 26-24 25-17

Semi finals

Cuba  1 – 3  Mexico 21-25 25-20 21-25 22-25
Puerto Rico  3 – 1  Canada 22-25 25-19 27-25 25-20

Finals

Cuba  3 – 1  Canada 25-21 25-27 25-21 25-19
Mexico  3 – 1  Puerto Rico 26-24 25-22 21-25 25-20

Final ranking

Place Team
1.  Mexico
2.  Puerto Rico
3.  Cuba
4.  Canada
5.  Dominican Republic
6.  Trinidad and Tobago
7.  Panama
 2007 Men's Pan-American Cup Winners 

Mexico
First title

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
    • José Martell
  • Best Server
    • Mark Dodds
  • Best Blocker
    • Raidel González

References