# Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament NORCECA qualification

The NORCECA qualification tournament for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 29 April – 5 May 2012.

## Venue

* High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

## Preliminary round

* All times are Pacific Time Zone (UTC−07:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 271 | 181 | 1.497 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 237 | 165 | 1.436 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 205 | 200 | 1.025 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 225 | 0.258 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 29 Apr | 12:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–5 | 25–5 | 25–7 | | 75–17 | P2P3 |
| 29 Apr | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Canada | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–21 | | 75–53 | P2P3 |
| 30 Apr | 12:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–4 | 25–6 | 25–4 | | 75–14 | P2P3 |
| 30 Apr | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Canada | 25–12 | 27–25 | 21–25 | 25–15 | 98–77 | P2P3 |
| 01 May | 12:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–9 | 25–10 | 25–8 | | 75–27 | P2P3 |
| 01 May | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 22–25 | 26–24 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 98–87 | P2P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 117 | 1.923 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 190 | 199 | 0.955 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 191 | 229 | 0.834 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 240 | 0.746 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 29 Apr | 14:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–15 | 25–7 | 25–12 | | 75–34 | P2P3 |
| 29 Apr | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–14 | | 75–58 | P2P3 |
| 30 Apr | 14:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–22 | 25–15 | 25–6 | | 75–43 | P2P3 |
| 30 Apr | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–14 | 25–19 | 25–23 | | 75–56 | P2P3 |
| 01 May | 14:00 | Costa Rica | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–19 | 25–22 | 15–25 | 25–13 | 90–79 | P2P3 |
| 01 May | 19:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–9 | | 75–40 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Cuba | 3 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | Cuba | 1 |
| | | | | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 3 | | |
| | | Canada | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Mexico | 0 | Canada | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Canada | 3 | | | | |
| Canada | 3 | | | Puerto Rico | 3 |
| | | | | Canada | 2 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| Honduras | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | | |
| Costa Rica | 3 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| | | Mexico | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | Mexico | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | | |
| Mexico | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | Honduras | 0 |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 02 May | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–12 | 25–12 | 25–9 | | | 75–33 | P2P3 |
| 02 May | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Canada | 17–25 | 18–25 | 18–25 | | | 53–75 | P2P3 |

### 5th–8th places

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 04 May | 12:00 | Honduras | 0–3 | Costa Rica | 11–25 | 9–25 | 11–25 | | | 31–75 | P2P3 |
| 04 May | 19:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Mexico | 13–25 | 16–25 | 24–26 | | | 53–76 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 04 May | 14:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–22 | | 98–83 | P2P3 |
| 04 May | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Canada | 25–15 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | | 75–48 | P2P3 |

### 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 May | 12:00 | Honduras | 0–3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10–25 | 15–25 | 23–25 | | | 48–75 | P2P3 |

### 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 May | 14:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico | 15–25 | 21–25 | 22–25 | | | | P2P3 |

### 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 May | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–2 | Canada | 25–20 | 20–25 | 25–14 | 23–25 | 15–11 | 108–95 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 May | 19:00 | Cuba | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 23–25 | 29–27 | 20–25 | | 90–102 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Dominican Republic |
| 2 | Cuba |
| 3 | Puerto Rico |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Costa Rica |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 8 | Honduras |

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
   * Bethania de la Cruz (DOM)
* Best scorer
   * Sarah Pavan (CAN)
* Best spiker
   * Yoana Palacios (CUB)
* Best blocker
   * Annerys Vargas (DOM)
* Best server
   * Yanelis Santos (CUB)
* Best digger
   * Itzel Gaytan (MEX)
* Best setter
   * Vilmarie Mojica (PUR)
* Best receiver
   * Brenda Castillo (DOM)
* Best libero
   * Brenda Castillo (DOM)