# 2012 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was determined February 26, 2011 the Peru would be the host. The top three teams qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship.

## Competing nations

The following national teams participated in the tournament, teams were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament with host Peru being seeded first:
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Peru (Host & 3rd)  Chile (4th)  Colombia (5th)  Paraguay (8th) | Brazil (1st)  Argentina (2nd)  Venezuela (6th)  Uruguay |

## First round

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

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 127 | 1.772 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 219 | 192 | 1.141 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 199 | 201 | 0.990 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 102 | 225 | 0.453 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 22 Nov | 18:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–6 | 25–11 | 25–21 | | 75–38 |
| 22 Nov | 20:00 | Chile | 3–1 | Colombia | 25–22 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 98–81 |
| 23 Nov | 18:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–14 | 25–21 | 25–8 | | 75–43 |
| 23 Nov | 20:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–11 | 25–14 | 25–11 | | 75–36 |
| 24 Nov | 18:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Chile | 25–15 | 25–9 | 25–22 | | 75–46 |
| 24 Nov | 20:00 | Paraguay | 0–3 | Colombia | 16–25 | 6–25 | 6–25 | | 28–75 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 226 | 176 | 1.284 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 210 | 154 | 1.364 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 169 | 189 | 0.894 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 139 | 225 | 0.618 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 22 Nov | 14:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 75–56 |
| 22 Nov | 16:00 | Venezuela | 0–3 | Argentina | 11–25 | 9–25 | 14–25 | 34–75 |
| 23 Nov | 14:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–12 | 25–18 | 25–15 | 75–45 |
| 23 Nov | 16:00 | Venezuela | 0–3 | Brazil | 18–25 | 18–25 | 24–26 | 60–76 |
| 24 Nov | 14:00 | Uruguay | 0–3 | Venezuela | 13–25 | 10–25 | 15–25 | 38–75 |
| 24 Nov | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–14 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 75–60 |

## Final round
### 5th to 8th places bracket

| 5th to 8th Classification | 5th to 8th Classification | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao |
| Colombia | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| Uruguay | 1 | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| Uruguay | 1 | Colombia | 3 |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao | | Colombia | 3 |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao | Venezuela | 1 |
| Venezuela | 3 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0 | | |
| Paraguay | 0 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| | | Uruguay | 3 |
| | | Paraguay | 0 |

### Championship bracket

| Semifinal | Semifinal | 1st place match | 1st place match |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao |
| Peru | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| Argentina | 2 | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| Argentina | 2 | Peru | 3 |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao | | Peru | 3 |
| 2012-11-25 – Callao | 2012-11-25 – Callao | Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 2 |
| Chile | 0 | | |
| Chile | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 2012-11-26 – Callao | 2012-11-26 – Callao |
| | | Argentina | 3 |
| | | Chile | 0 |

### 5th to 8th classification

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 25 Nov | 14:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Uruguay | 25–16 | 25–21 | 20–25 | 25–11 | | 85–73 |
| 25 Nov | 20:00 | Venezuela | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–46 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 25 Nov | 16:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Chile | 25–12 | 25–12 | 25–17 | | | 75–41 |
| 25 Nov | 18:00 | Peru | 3–2 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–12 | 20–25 | 24–26 | 15–9 | 109–92 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 26 Nov | 12:00 | Uruguay | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–16 | 25–21 | 25–12 | | | 75–49 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 26 Nov | 14:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Venezuela | 25–20 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 25–22 | | 98–89 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 26 Nov | 16:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Chile | 25–10 | 25–11 | 25–14 | | | 75–35 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 26 Nov | 18:00 | Peru | 3–2 | Brazil | 25–18 | 18–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 15–10 | 106–98 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Peru |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Venezuela |
| 7 | Uruguay |
| 8 | Paraguay |
* Qualified for the 2013 Youth World Championship
* 2012 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship
* Peru 3rd title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Ángela Leyva (PER)
* Best spiker
** Ángela Leyva (PER)
* Best blocker
** Rosa Valiente (PER)
* Best server
** Catalina Melo (CHI)
* Best digger
** Laís Vasques (BRA)
* Best setter
** Manuela Vargas (COL)
* Best receiver
** Isis Francesco (VEN)
* Best libero
** Laís Vasques (BRA)