# 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 6 to September 11, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The United States won the event over Cuba and qualified for the 2005 Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup, later that year in Japan. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago were the newcomers to this competition. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal and Nancy Metcalf was awarded Most Valuable Player.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Barbados  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago | Canada  Cuba  Mexico  United States |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| 1. | Puerto Rico | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 120 | 1.875 | 9 | 0 | MAX |
| 2. | Dominican R. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 216 | 151 | 1.430 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 |
| 3. | Barbados | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 226 | 0.712 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 |
| 4. | Trinidad and T. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | 248 | 0.577 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 |
* September 6
| Dominican R. | 3 – 0 | Barbados | 25-14 25-12 25-12 |
| Trinidad & T. | 0 – 3 | Puerto Rico | 14-25 09-25 06-25 |
* September 7
| Puerto Rico | 3 – 0 | Barbados | 25-10 25-10 25-05 |
| Trinidad & T. | 0 – 3 | Dominican R. | 25-08 25-20 25-10 |
* September 8
| Dominican R. | 0 – 3 | Puerto Rico | 23-25 21-25 22-25 |
| Barbados | 3 – 1 | Trinidad & T. | 25-22 23-25 25-20 25-09 |

### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| 1. | Cuba | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 164 | 1.372 | 9 | 0 | MAX |
| 2. | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 195 | 1.144 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 |
| 3. | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 226 | 0.929 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 |
| 4. | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 225 | 0.676 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |
* September 6
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25-18 25-18 25-20 |
| United States | 3 – 1 | Canada | 22-25 25-17 25-22 25-14 |
* September 7
| United States | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25-04 25-22 25-16 |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-21 25-18 25-18 |
* September 8
| Canada | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25-17 25-22 25-15 |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | United States | 25-13 25-22 25-16 |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain |
| United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | United States | 3 |
| 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain | | United States | 3 |
| 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-10 – Port of Spain | Cuba | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | Cuba | 2 |
| Cuba | 3 | | |
| Cuba | 3 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain | 2005-09-11 – Port of Spain |
| | | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 3 |

### Quarter-finals

* September 9
| Dominican R. | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-22 25-19 25-14 |
| United States | 3 – 0 | Barbados | 25-16 25-09 25-05 |

### Semi-finals

* September 10
| Puerto Rico | 0 – 3 | United States | 18-25 18-25 18-25 |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Dominican R. | 25-12 25-12 25-18 |

### Finals

* September 9 — Seventh Place Match
| Trinidad & T. | 0 – 3 | Mexico | 10-25 11-25 12-25 |
* September 10 — Fifth Place Match
| Canada | 3 – 0 | Barbados | 25-20 25-10 25-14 |
* September 11 — Bronze Medal Match
| Dominican R. | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25-19 25-19 25-13 |
* September 11 — Gold Medal Match
| Cuba | 2 – 3 | United States | 13-25 25-22 25-27 25-20 10-15 |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Cuba |
| 3. | Dominican Republic |
| 4. | Puerto Rico |
| 5. | Canada |
| 6. | Barbados |
| 7. | Mexico |
| 8. | Trinidad and Tobago |
* 2005 Women's NORCECA winners
* United States Fifth title
* The United States qualified for the 2005 Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup

## Awards

* Most valuable player
** Nancy Metcalf
* Best scorer
** Tayyiba Haneef
* Best setter
** Lindsey Berg
* Best spiker
** Zoila Barros
* Best blocker
** Cindy Rondón
* Best defender
** Annie Levesque
* Best server
** Nancy Carrillo
* Best libero
** Alexandra Caso
* Best receiver
** Aury Cruz