# 2018 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fourth edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in Lima, Peru from 14 to 19 August among eight national U23 teams.

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Chile | Colombia |
| Cuba | Costa Rica |
| Guatemala | Dominican Republic |
| Peru | Mexico |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Points ratio
* Sets ratio
* 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

* All times are in Peru Time (UTC−05:00)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 248 | 197 | 1.259 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 242 | 185 | 1.308 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 183 | 191 | 0.958 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 125 | 225 | 0.556 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 5th–8th classification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 14 Aug | 15:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–19 | 25–9 | 25–15 | | 75–43 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 19:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Chile | 25–23 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 75–64 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 15:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Cuba | 20–25 | 12–25 | 12–25 | | 44–75 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 19:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–13 | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Aug | 13:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–14 | 25–8 | 25–19 | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Aug | 19:00 | Peru | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 27–25 | 98–92 | P2 P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 144 | 1.563 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 240 | 209 | 1.148 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 209 | 238 | 0.878 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 144 | 227 | 0.634 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 5th–8th classification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 Aug | 13:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–16 | 25–15 | 25–11 | | | 75–42 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 17:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Colombia | 23–25 | 25–14 | 16–25 | 25–18 | 15–9 | 104–91 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 13:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–17 | 27–25 | 25–17 | | | 77–59 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–61 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Aug | 15:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico | 17–25 | 13–25 | 13–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Aug | 17:00 | Colombia | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 13–25 | 13–25 | 15–25 | | | 41–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Cuba | 3 | A2 | Cuba | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Colombia | 0 | | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Peru | 0 |
| | | | A1 | Peru | 3 |
| B2 | Mexico | 3 | B2 | Mexico | 0 |
| A3 | Chile | 2 | | | | 3rd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Cuba | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Mexico | 1 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| B4 | Costa Rica | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Chile | 3 | | | |
| A3 | Chile | 3 | A3 | Chile | 0 |
| | | | B3 | Colombia | 3 |
| A4 | Guatemala | 0 | B3 | Colombia | 3 |
| B3 | Colombia | 3 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | | B4 | Costa Rica | 2 |
| | | | A4 | Guatemala | 3 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 Aug | 17:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Chile | 22–25 | 25–16 | 25–23 | 23–25 | 15–9 | 110–98 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 19:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–13 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |

#### Classification 5th–8th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 12:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Chile | 12–25 | 22–25 | 14–25 | | | 48–75 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Aug | 14:00 | Guatemala | 0–3 | Colombia | 14–25 | 13–25 | 13–25 | | | 40–75 | P2 P3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Cuba | 22–25 | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–21 | | 97–75 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Aug | 18:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–18 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | | 75–50 | P2 P3 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 12:00 | Costa Rica | 2–3 | Guatemala | 25–20 | 25–20 | 27–29 | 17–25 | 9–15 | 103–109 | P2 P3 |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 14:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Colombia | 17–25 | 21–25 | 13–25 | | | 51–75 | P2 P3 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 16:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | Mexico | 25–15 | 25–23 | 22–25 | 28–26 | | 100–89 | P2 P3 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Peru | 25–10 | 25–17 | 25–18 | | | 75–45 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Peru |
| | Cuba |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Chile |
| 7 | Guatemala |
| 8 | Costa Rica |
* 2018 Women's U23 Pan-American Cup champions
* Dominican Republic 4th title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Gaila González (DOM)
* Best scorer
** Uxue Guereca (MEX)
* Best spiker
** Vielka Peralta (DOM)
** Brenda Lobatón (PER)
* Best Middle Blocker
** Jineiry Martínez (DOM)
** Valerin Carabalí (COL)
* Best setter
** Shiamara Almeida (PER)
* Best Opposite
** Gaila González (DOM)
* Best libero
** Esmeralda Sánchez (PER)
* Best digger
** Esmeralda Sánchez (PER)
* Best receiver
** Brenda Lobatón (PER)
* Best server
** Ailama Cese (CUB)