# 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2012 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the seventh edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries over July, 2012 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification.
The United States won the tournament for the fifth time after beating Argentina 3–0 in the final.
Dominican Republic earned the right to play in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification finishing third after United States and Argentina who are already qualified to the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Argentina  Canada  Dominican Republic  Trinidad and Tobago | Brazil  Mexico  United States  Venezuela |

## 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

## Preliminary round

* Venue: Palacio del Voleibol, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* All times are Atlantic Time Zone (UTC−04:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 311 | 271 | 1.148 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 258 | 226 | 1.142 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 238 | 241 | 0.988 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 185 | 254 | 0.728 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 5-8th playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 July | 13:00 | Argentina | 3–2 | Canada | 25–20 | 17–25 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 16–14 | 106–103 | Report |
| 9 July | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–13 | 25–19 | 30–28 | | | 80–60 | Report |
| 10 July | 13:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–10 | 25–18 | 24–26 | 25–11 | | 99–65 | Report |
| 10 July | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Canada | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–17 | | | 75–60 | Report |
| 11 July | 15:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–15 | 25–22 | 25–23 | | | 75–60 | Report |
| 11 July | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Argentina | 25–21 | 23–25 | 17–25 | 25–20 | 13–15 | 103–106 | Report |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 247 | 180 | 1.372 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 240 | 194 | 1.237 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 163 | 215 | 0.758 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 225 | 0.729 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 5-8th playoffs |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 9 July | 15:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | 75–46 | Report |
| 9 July | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–17 | 25–19 | 25–12 | | 75–48 | Report |
| 10 July | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–8 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | 75–42 | Report |
| 10 July | 17:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–20 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | 75–51 | Report |
| 11 July | 13:00 | Venezuela | 0–3 | Mexico | 21–25 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 65–75 | Report |
| 11 July | 17:00 | Brazil | 1–3 | United States | 25–22 | 23–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | 90–97 | Report |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | United States | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | A2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Mexico | 1 | | | | B1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Argentina | 0 |
| | | | A1 | Argentina | 3 |
| B2 | Brazil | 3 | B2 | Brazil | 2 |
| A3 | Canada | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Brazil | 2 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–6 | Classification 5–6 | Classification 5–6 |
| A4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | |
| B3 | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| B3 | Mexico | 3 | B3 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | A3 | Canada | 2 |
| B4 | Venezuela | 0 | A3 | Canada | 2 |
| A3 | Canada | 3 | Classification 7–8 | Classification 7–8 | Classification 7–8 |
| | | | A4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 |
| | | | B4 | Venezuela | 3 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 July | 17:00 | Brazil | 3–1 | Canada | 23–25 | 25–16 | 25–18 | 25–13 | | 98–72 | Report |
| 12 July | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Mexico | 23–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 30–28 | | 103–93 | Report |

#### Classification 5–8

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 July | 13:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Mexico | 19–25 | 14–25 | 14–25 | | | 47–75 | Report |
| 13 July | 15:00 | Venezuela | 0–3 | Canada | 18–25 | 26–28 | 20–25 | | | 64–78 | Report |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 13 July | 17:00 | Argentina | 3–2 | Brazil | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–27 | 18–25 | 15–13 | 108–102 | Report |
| 13 July | 19:00 | United States | 3–2 | Dominican Republic | 25–21 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–27 | 15–12 | 113–107 | Report |

#### Classification 7–8

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 July | 13:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–3 | Venezuela | 25–27 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 27–25 | 13–15 | 110–110 | Report |

#### Classification 5–6

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 July | 15:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Canada | 25–17 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 18–25 | 15–13 | 105–102 | Report |

#### Classification 3–4

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 July | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–2 | Brazil | 28–26 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 24–26 | 15–11 | 113–111 | Report |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 14 July | 20:00 | Argentina | 0–3 | United States | 27–29 | 20–25 | 11–25 | | | 58–79 | Report |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Argentina |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Brazil |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Venezuela |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 2012 Men's Pan-American Cup champions
* United States Fifth title
* 12–man roster
* Davis, Rawson, Clark, Muagututia, Troy, DeFault, McDonnell, Ciarelli, Ammerman, Watten, Sander, Shoji
* Head coach
* Patchell
* Dominican Republic qualified for the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League qualification.

## Awards

* MVP: Taylor Sander
* Best scorer: José Miguel Cáceres
* Best spiker: Antonio Ciarelli
* Best blocker: Marc-Anthony Honoré
* Best server: Elvis Contreras
* Best digger: Dustin Watten
* Best setter: Pedro Rangel
* Best receiver: Elvis Contreras
* Best libero: Edwin Peguero