# 2012 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2012 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from September 3–8, 2012 in Callao, Peru.

## Competing Nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Cuba | Canada  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Peru |

## 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 The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the criteria points ratio and sets ratio

## Preliminary round

* Venue: Miguel Grau Colisseum, Callao, Peru
* All times are Peruvian Standard Time (UTC−05:00)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 272 | 212 | 1.283 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 271 | 262 | 1.034 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 219 | 253 | 0.866 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 251 | 287 | 0.875 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 14:30 | Brazil | 3–1 | Colombia | 25–19 | 21–25 | 27–25 | 25–20 | | 98–89 | P2P3 |
| 3 Sep | 16:30 | Cuba | 1–3 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–27 | 14–25 | 15–25 | | 79–99 | P2P3 |
| 4 Sep | 14:30 | Cuba | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–18 | 25–17 | 25–21 | | | 75–56 | P2P3 |
| 4 Sep | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–18 | 25–16 | 26–24 | | | 76–58 | P2P3 |
| 5 Sep | 14:30 | Argentina | 3–2 | Colombia | 23–25 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 19–17 | 114-106 | P2P3 |
| 5 Sep | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–1 | Cuba | 23–25 | 25–15 | 25–8 | 25–17 | | 98–65 | P2P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 243 | 165 | 1.473 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 259 | 205 | 1.263 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 208 | 219 | 0.950 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 225 | 0.462 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 3 Sep | 18:30 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Canada | 25–14 | 25–13 | 25–20 | | 75–47 | P2P3 |
| 3 Sep | 20:30 | Peru | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–8 | 25–10 | 25–8 | | 75–26 | P2P3 |
| 4 Sep | 18:30 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–6 | 25–8 | 25–17 | | 75–31 | P2P3 |
| 4 Sep | 20:30 | Peru | 3–1 | Canada | 25–15 | 21–25 | 26–24 | 25–22 | 97–86 | P2P3 |
| 5 Sep | 18:30 | Canada | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–16 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | 75–47 | P2P3 |
| 5 Sep | 20:30 | Peru | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 23–25 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 87–93 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Argentina | 3 | A2 | Argentina | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Canada | 0 | | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Brazil | 0 |
| | | | A1 | Brazil | 3 |
| B2 | Peru | 3 | B2 | Peru | 0 |
| A3 | Cuba | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Argentina | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Peru | 1 |

### 5th to 8th places bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Colombia | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | | |
| Canada | 3 | Canada | 2 |
| | | Cuba | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Cuba | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | | |
| Cuba | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Colombia | 3 |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 16:30 | Argentina | 3–0 | Canada | 25-19 | 25-19 | 25-16 | | | 75-54 | P2P3 |
| 6 Sep | 20:30 | Peru | 3–1 | Cuba | 15–25 | 25–18 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | 90–85 | P2P3 |

### Classification 5th to 8th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Sep | 14:30 | Colombia | 0–3 | Canada | 23–25 | 23–25 | 20–25 | | | 66–75 | P2P3 |
| 7 Sep | 18:30 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Cuba | 14–25 | 8–25 | 7–25 | | | 29–75 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Sep | 16:30 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Argentina | 25–17 | 25–17 | 26–28 | 25–20 | | 101–82 | P2P3 |
| 7 Sep | 20:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Peru | 26–24 | 25–20 | 25–18 | | | 76–60 | P2P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 13:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–17 | 25–16 | 25–9 | | | 75–42 | P2P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 15:00 | Canada | 2–3 | Cuba | 25–16 | 24–26 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 7–15 | 99–104 | P2P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 19:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Peru | 20–25 | 25–14 | 25–16 | 25–20 | | 95–75 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8 Sep | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–19 | | | 75–54 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | Peru |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Colombia |
| 8 | Costa Rica |
* 2012 Women's U23 Pan-American Cup champions
* Dominican Republic 1st title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Yonkaira Peña (DOM)
* Best scorer
** Lucía Fresco (ARG)
* Best spiker
** Gabriela Guimarães (BRA)
* Best blocker
** Cándida Arias (DOM)
* Best server
** Kelci French (CAN)
* Best digger
** Brenda Castillo (DOM)
* Best setter
** Antonela Curatola (ARG)
* Best receiver
** Juliana Filipeli Paes (BRA)
* Best libero
** Jazmín Molli (ARG)