# 2014 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2014 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries over June, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico.
The Dominican Republic defeated 3–1 to the United States to win their third competition's gold medal. Among the NORCECA, the USA team was already qualified to the FIVB World Grand Prix as wild cards, while the Dominican Republic qualified to the 2015 group I, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Canada to the group II and Mexico will play the 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix group III. Brazil as wild card was already qualified to the group I while Argentina qualified to the group II and Colombia will play the group III.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Canada  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Peru  Trinidad and Tobago | Argentina  Colombia  Costa Rica  Puerto Rico  United States  Brazil * |
* Brazil withdrew from the competition two days before the start. Their matches were not removed from the competition; rather they were not played and were considered null games.

## Pool standing procedure

Match ending 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match ending 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match ending 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria: points ratio (first criteria) and sets ratio (second criteria)

## Preliminary round

* Team advances to semifinals
* Team advances to quarterfinals

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 419 | 330 | 1.270 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 417 | 385 | 1.083 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 399 | 370 | 1.078 | 10 | 7 | 1.429 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 427 | 462 | 0.924 | 9 | 12 | 0.750 | |
| 5 | Peru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 444 | 455 | 0.976 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 332 | 427 | 0.778 | 3 | 15 | 0.200 | |
Note: Mexico finished with a 3–2 record and 9 points and placed fourth behind Cuba (3–2, 15 points) and in front of Peru (1–4, 10 points).
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 June | 15:00 | Canada | 3–1 | Peru | 25–18 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 25–20 | | 99–87 | P2P3 |
| 11 June | 17:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 12–25 | 11–25 | 16–25 | | | 39–75 | P2P3 |
| 11 June | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Cuba | 19–25 | 17–25 | 21–25 | | | 57–75 | P2P3 |
| 12 June | 15:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Cuba | 24–26 | 25–17 | 25–21 | 25–19 | | 99–83 | P2P3 |
| 12 June | 17:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–23 | 25–14 | 26–24 | | | 75–61 | P2P3 |
| 12 June | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Peru | 25–23 | 16–25 | 28–26 | 21–25 | 15–11 | 105–110 | P2P3 |
| 13 June | 15:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Peru | 24–26 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | | 69–77 | P2P3 |
| 13 June | 17:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | Canada | 22–25 | 23–25 | 21–25 | | | 66–75 | P2P3 |
| 13 June | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | | 75–65 | P2P3 |
| 14 June | 15:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–3 | Cuba | 17–25 | 18–25 | 25–20 | 10–25 | | 70–95 | P2P3 |
| 14 June | 17:00 | Peru | 2–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 25–18 | 12–15 | 101–105 | P2P3 |
| 14 June | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Canada | 27–25 | 27–25 | 13–25 | 14–25 | 15–9 | 96–109 | P2P3 |
| 15 June | 15:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Canada | 25–22 | 25–14 | 25–22 | | | 78–58 | P2P3 |
| 15 June | 17:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Cuba | 26–28 | 25–27 | 18–25 | | | 69–80 | P2P3 |
| 15 June | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 15–8 | 104–93 | P2P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 305 | 201 | 1.517 | 12 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 286 | 243 | 1.177 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 266 | 262 | 1.015 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 264 | 290 | 0.910 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 175 | 300 | 0.583 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 11 June | 17:00 | Colombia | 0–3 | United States | 19–25 | 19–25 | 28–30 | 66–80 | P2P3 |
| 11 June | 19:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–14 | 25–22 | 28–26 | 78–62 | P2P3 |
| 12 June | 15:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–15 | 25–11 | 25–19 | 75–45 | P2P3 |
| 12 June | 19:00 | United States | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–14 | 25–20 | 75–54 | P2P3 |
| 13 June | 15:00 | Puerto Rico | 0–3 | United States | 18–25 | 13–25 | 17–25 | 48–75 | P2P3 |
| 13 June | 17:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Colombia | 16–25 | 18–25 | 16–25 | 50–75 | P2P3 |
| 14 June | 15:00 | Colombia | 0–3 | Argentina | 27–29 | 17–25 | 15–25 | 59–79 | P2P3 |
| 14 June | 19:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | United States | 13–25 | 9–25 | 11–25 | 33–75 | P2P3 |
| 15 June | 15:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–13 | 25–22 | 31–29 | 81–64 | P2P3 |
| 15 June | 17:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–18 | 25–12 | 25–17 | 75–47 | P2P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | United States | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Canada | 0 | B3 | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | |
| B3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | | B1 | United States | 1 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | | A1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Argentina | 3 | B2 | Argentina | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Cuba | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Classification 3–4 | Classification 3–4 | Classification 3–4 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Puerto Rico | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Argentina | 2 |

### 7th to 10th places bracket

| Classification 7–10 | Classification 7–10 | Classification 7–10 | Classification 7–8 | Classification 7–8 | Classification 7–8 |
| A4 | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| B5 | Costa Rica | 0 | | | |
| B5 | Costa Rica | 0 | A4 | Mexico | 2 |
| | | | B4 | Colombia | 3 |
| B4 | Colombia | 3 | B4 | Colombia | 3 |
| A5 | Peru | 0 | Classification 9–10 | Classification 9–10 | Classification 9–10 |
| | | | B5 | Costa Rica | 1 |
| | | | A5 | Peru | 3 |

### Classification 7–10

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 June | 17:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Peru | 25–21 | 25–23 | 25–20 | | | 75–64 | P2P3 |
| 17 June | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–10 | 25–22 | 25–17 | | | 75–49 | P2P3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 June | 18:00 | Canada | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 17–25 | 16–25 | 28–30 | | | 61–80 | P2P3 |
| 17 June | 20:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–23 | 23–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | 98–87 | P2P3 |

### Classification 9–10

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 June | 18:00 | Peru | 3–1 | Costa Rica | 25–12 | 25–12 | 22–25 | 25–14 | | 97–63 | P2P3 |

### Classification 7–8

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 June | 20:00 | Colombia | 3–2 | Mexico | 19–25 | 25–19 | 18–25 | 31–29 | 15–11 | 108–109 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 June | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–15 | 25–21 | 25–17 | | | 75–53 | P2P3 |
| 18 June | 20:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–21 | 25–18 | 26–24 | | | 76–63 | P2P3 |

### Classification 5–6

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 June | 16:00 | Canada | 1–3 | Cuba | 24–26 | 25–23 | 21–25 | 16–25 | | 86–99 | P2P3 |

### Classification 3–4

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 June | 18:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–2 | Argentina | 24–26 | 25–15 | 24–26 | 25–15 | 16–14 | 114–96 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 June | 20:00 | United States | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 18–25 | 25–17 | 21–25 | | 82–92 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | United States |
| | Puerto Rico |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Cuba |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Colombia |
| 8 | Mexico |
| 9 | Peru |
| 10 | Costa Rica |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago |

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
    Brenda Castillo
* Best setter
    María Marín
* Best Outside Hitters
    Bethania de la Cruz
    Margarita Martínez
* Best Middle Blockers
    Cándida Arias
    TeTori Dixon
* Best Opposite
    Andrea Rangel
* Best libero
    Brenda Castillo