# 2012 Men's Junior South American Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior South American Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was determined September, 2012 that Saquarema, Brazil would be the host after Cali, Colombia withdrew. The top three teams will qualify for the 2013 Junior World Championship.

## Competing nations

The following national teams will participate in the tournament, teams were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament:
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Brazil (1st)  Chile (4th)  Colombia (5th) | Argentina (2nd)  Venezuela (3rd)  Uruguay (6th)  Peru (7th) |

## First round

* All times are Brazilian Daylight Saving Time (UTC−02:00)

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 150 | 95 | 1.579 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 178 | 0.893 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 181 | 0.801 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Oct | 14:30 | Chile | 3–2 | Colombia | 25–19 | 25–20 | 25–27 | 16–25 | 15–12 | 106–103 | P2P3 |
| 24 Oct | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–13 | | | 75–42 | P2P3 |
| 25 Oct | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Chile | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | | 75–53 | P2P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 225 | 153 | 1.471 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 230 | 206 | 1.117 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 182 | 207 | 0.879 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 176 | 247 | 0.713 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 23 Oct | 16:30 | Peru | 0–3 | Argentina | 15–25 | 15–25 | 19–25 | | 49–75 | P2P3 |
| 23 Oct | 19:00 | Venezuela | 3–1 | Uruguay | 22–25 | 25–15 | 25–17 | 25–16 | 97–73 | P2P3 |
| 24 Oct | 14:30 | Venezuela | 3–0 | Peru | 27–25 | 25–11 | 25–22 | | 77–58 | P2P3 |
| 24 Oct | 19:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | 75–48 | P2P3 |
| 25 Oct | 14:30 | Argentina | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–14 | 25–21 | 25–21 | | 75–56 | P2P3 |
| 25 Oct | 19:00 | Uruguay | 0–3 | Peru | 23–25 | 17–25 | 15–25 | | 55–75 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### 5th to 8th places bracket

| 5th to 8th Classification | 5th to 8th Classification | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema |
| Peru | |
| Peru | | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema |
| bye | | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema |
| bye | | Peru | 2 |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | | Peru | 2 |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | Colombia | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | Colombia | 3 |
| Uruguay | 1 | | |

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema |
| Venezuela | 0 | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema |
| Venezuela | 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | | Brazil | 3 |
| 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | 2012-10-26 – Saquarema | Argentina | 0 |
| Argentina | 3 | Argentina | 0 |
| Chile | 0 | | |
| Chile | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema | 2012-10-27 – Saquarema |
| | | Venezuela | 3 |
| | | Chile | 0 |

### Classification 5th to 7th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Oct | 11:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Uruguay | 25–18 | 18–25 | 25–15 | 25–21 | | 93–79 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 26 Oct | 14:30 | Argentina | 3–0 | Chile | 25–13 | 25–23 | 25–22 | | | 75–58 | P2P3 |
| 26 Oct | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–21 | 25–19 | 25–19 | | | 75–59 | P2P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Oct | 11:00 | Peru | 2–3 | Colombia | 18–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 25–20 | 12–15 | 98–108 | P2P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Oct | 14:30 | Venezuela | 3–0 | Chile | 25–21 | 25–12 | 25–20 | | | 75–53 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 27 Oct | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–17 | | | 75–48 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Venezuela |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Peru |
| 7 | Uruguay |
* Qualified for the 2013 Junior World Championship
* 2012 Men's Junior South American champions
* Brazil 17th title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** João Ferreira (BRA)
* Best spiker
** Fabián Martínez (VEN)
* Best blocker
** Leandro Santos (BRA)
* Best server
** João Ferreira (BRA)
* Best digger
** Juan Díaz (COL)
* Best setter
** Thiago Veloso (BRA)
* Best receiver
** Luciano Zornetta (ARG)
* Best libero
** Martín Weber (ARG)