# 2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from August 27 – September 1, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The top three teams will qualify to the 2013 Men's Junior World Championship.

## Teams

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Honduras  Mexico  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  United States | Canada  Curaçao  Guatemala  Puerto Rico |

## 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 MST, Colorado Standard Time (UTC -07)

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 121 | 1.860 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 207 | 160 | 1.294 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 168 | 199 | 0.844 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 225 | 0.467 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | 13:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–7 | 25–10 | 25–15 | 75–32 | P2P3 |
| 27 Aug | 17:30 | United States | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–12 | 25–12 | 25–16 | 75–40 | P2P3 |
| 28 Aug | 13:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–15 | 25–14 | 25–14 | 75–53 | P2P3 |
| 28 Aug | 17:30 | United States | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–8 | 25–8 | 25–9 | 75–25 | P2P3 |
| 29 Aug | 13:00 | Honduras | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–20 | 75–48 | P2P3 |
| 29 Aug | 17:30 | United States | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–20 | 75–56 | P2P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 253 | 161 | 1.571 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 222 | 223 | 0.996 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 206 | 226 | 0.912 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Curaçao | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 250 | 0.716 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 27 Aug | 11:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Curaçao | 27–25 | 25–13 | 25–23 | | 77–61 | P2P3 |
| 27 Aug | 15:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–15 | 25–13 | 25–21 | | 75–49 | P2P3 |
| 28 Aug | 11:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Curaçao | 25–13 | 25–7 | 25–22 | | 75–42 | P2P3 |
| 28 Aug | 15:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | 75–59 | P2P3 |
| 29 Aug | 11:00 | Guatemala | 3–1 | Curaçao | 25–14 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 25–18 | 98–76 | P2P3 |
| 29 Aug | 15:00 | Canada | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 25–13 | 25–15 | 28–30 | 25–12 | 103–70 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | Canada | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Mexico | 3 | A2 | Mexico | 1 | | | |
| B3 | Guatemala | 0 | | | | B1 | Canada | 1 |
| | | | | | | A1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | A1 | United States | 3 |
| B2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | B2 | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| A3 | Honduras | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Puerto Rico | 0 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| Classification 5/8 | Classification 5/8 | 5th Place Match | 5th Place Match |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 |
| Guatemala | 3 | | |
| Guatemala | 3 | Guatemala | 3 |
| | | Honduras | 2 |
| Curaçao | 1 | Honduras | 2 |
| Honduras | 3 | | |
| Honduras | 3 | 7th Place Match | 7th Place Match |
| | | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 |
| | | Curaçao | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Aug | 15:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Honduras | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–11 | | | 75–43 | P2P3 |
| 30 Aug | 17:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–23 | | | 75–63 | P2P3 |

### 5th to 8th Classification

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 Aug | 11:00 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0–3 | Guatemala | 12-25 | 16-25 | 16-25 | | | 44-75 | P2P3 |
| 31 Aug | 13:00 | Curaçao | 1–3 | Honduras | 27-25 | 19-25 | 25-27 | 19-25 | | 90-102 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 31 Aug | 15:00 | Canada | 3–1 | Mexico | 25–17 | 25–18 | 24–26 | 25–21 | | 99–82 | P2P3 |
| 31 Aug | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–20 | | | 75–51 | P2P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Sep | 11:00 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0–3 | Curaçao | 11–25 | 16–25 | 19–25 | | | 45–75 | P2P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Sep | 13:00 | Guatemala | 3–2 | Honduras | 25–18 | 20–25 | 25–20 | 24–26 | 15–9 | 109–98 | P2P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Sep | 15:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25-12 | 25-21 | 25-16 | | | 75-49 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Sep | 17:00 | Canada | 1–3 | United States | 24-26 | 17-25 | 25-23 | 21-25 | | 87-99 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Guatemala |
| 6 | Honduras |
| 7 | Curaçao |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Benjamin Patch (USA)
* Best scorer
** Gerardo González (GUA)
* Best spiker
** Dany Demyanenko (CAN)
* Best blocker
** Alexander William Russell (CAN)
* Best server
** Gregory Petty (USA)
* Best digger
** José Mendoza (MEX)
* Best setter
** Micah Christenson (USA)
* Best receiver
** Luís Bertrán (PUR)
* Best libero
** José Mendoza (MEX)