# 2012 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by nine countries from August 21–26, 2012 in Managua, Nicaragua. The event served as qualifier to the 2013 Women's Junior World Championship

## Competing Nations

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Antigua and Barbuda  Costa Rica  Nicaragua | Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Mexico | Cuba  Trinidad and Tobago  United States |

## Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria: points ratio and sets ratio

## First round

    All times are CST, Nicaragua Standard Time (UTC -06)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 72 | 2.083 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 122 | 112 | 1.089 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 150 | 0.413 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 7th to 9th qualification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 16:00 | Costa Rica | 3–0 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25–9 | 25–9 | 25–9 | 75–25 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Aug | 20:00 | Nicaragua | 3–0 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25–12 | 25–13 | 25–12 | 75–37 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Aug | 20:00 | Nicaragua | 0–3 | Costa Rica | 10–25 | 23–25 | 14–25 | 47–75 | P2 P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 173 | 109 | 1.587 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 161 | 123 | 1.309 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 150 | 0.320 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 7th to 9th qualification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 20:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–11 | 25–11 | 25–3 | | 75–25 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Aug | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–7 | 25–3 | 25–13 | | 75–23 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Aug | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Mexico | 25–20 | 21–25 | 25–16 | 27–25 | 98–86 | P2 P3 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 169 | 115 | 1.470 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 162 | 129 | 1.256 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 150 | 0.420 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 7th to 9th qualification |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 21 Aug | 16:00 | United States | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–10 | 25–10 | 25–8 | | 75–28 | P2 P3 |
| 22 Aug | 16:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–13 | 25–8 | 25–14 | | 75–35 | P2 P3 |
| 23 Aug | 16:00 | United States | 3–1 | Cuba | 19–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 25–16 | 94–87 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | | | |
| C1 | United States | 3 | C1 | United States | 2 | | | |
| A2 | Nicaragua | 0 | | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Mexico | 1 |
| | | | A1 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| B2 | Mexico | 3 | B2 | Mexico | 3 |
| C2 | Cuba | 2 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | C1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Costa Rica | 0 |

### Classification 7th to 9th places

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 16:00 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0–3 | Guatemala | 8–25 | 8–25 | 13–25 | | | 29–75 | P2 P3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 24 Aug | 18:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Cuba | 25–15 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 14–25 | 15–12 | 100–96 | P2 P3 |
| 24 Aug | 20:00 | United States | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–10 | 25–7 | 25–7 | | | 75–24 | P2 P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 16:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Guatemala | 7–25 | 16–25 | 7–25 | | | 30–75 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Aug | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–2 | United States | 22–25 | 13–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 15–10 | 100–103 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Aug | 20:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico | 16–25 | 19–25 | 19–25 | | | 64–75 | P2 P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 15:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–4 | 25–8 | 25–10 | | | 75–22 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–18 | 25–14 | 25–22 | | | 75–54 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Aug | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Mexico | 25–19 | 25–21 | 24–26 | 25–11 | | 99–77 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Mexico |
| | United States |
| 4 | Costa Rica |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Nicaragua |
| 7 | Guatemala |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 9 | Antigua and Barbuda |
* Qualified for the 2013 World Junior Championship
* 2012 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship
* Dominican Republic 1st title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)
* Best scorer
** Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
* Best spiker
** Sulian Matienzo (CUB)
* Best blocker
** Angélica Hinojosa (DOM)
* Best server
** María Alvarez (GUA)
* Best digger
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)
* Best setter
** Marilyn Pages (CUB)
* Best receiver
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)
* Best libero
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)