# 2023 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2023 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup is the fifth edition of the Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup, the bi-annual volleyball tournament organized by the Pan-American Volleyball Union (UPV) that brings together the NORCECA and Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) U23 men's national teams. It was held in Havana, Cuba from 11 to 16 July 2023.
Cuba were the defending champions.

## Participating teams

Up to a maximum of 8 national teams could qualify for the tournament as follows: the host nation and the top 7 teams in the Pan-American Volleyball Union U23 Continental Ranking that confirme their participation. Eventually, there were 4 NORCECA teams and 2 CSV teams that confirmed their participation, making a total of 6 teams.
The following were the teams eligible to participate in the tournament (teams that confirmed their participation marked in bold and confederation ranking, if given, shown in brackets):
NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Cuba (2, hosts and holders)
* Mexico (3)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Nicaragua (5)
* Canada (no rank)
* United States (no rank)
CSV (South American Volleyball Confederation)
* Colombia
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Peru
* Venezuela
* Chile

### Squads

Each national team had to register a squad of 12 players. Players born on 1 January 2001 and onwards were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Competition format

In the Pan-American Cups the competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 6 teams, a single round robin pool was formed. The pool standing procedure was as follows:
* Number of matches won;
* Match points;
** Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
** Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser
* Points ratio;
* Sets ratio;
* If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
* If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.
The winners and runners-up advanced to the final, the third and fourth placed teams played the third place match and the fifth and sixth placed teams played the fifth place match.

### Pools composition

The teams conformed a single pool.
* Pool
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Mexico
* Chile
* Nicaragua
* Peru

## Preliminary round

All match times are in CDT (UTC−4).

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 431 | 272 | 1.585 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | Final |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 403 | 283 | 1.424 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | Final |
| 3 | Peru | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 393 | 304 | 1.293 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | 3rd place match |
| 4 | Chile | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 333 | 312 | 1.067 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 3rd place match |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 310 | 324 | 0.957 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 5th place match |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 5th place match |

### Matches

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 July | 10:00 | Chile | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–17 | 26–24 | | 99–87 | P2 P3 |
| 11 July | 12:00 | Peru | 2–3 | Cuba | 19–25 | 25–20 | 12–25 | 25–21 | 7–25 | 88–116 | P2 P3 |
| 11 July | 14:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 0–25 | 0–25 | 0–25 | forfeit | Mexico | 0–75 | P2 P3 |
| 12 July | 10:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Peru | 0–25 | 0–25 | 0–25 | forfeit | Mexico | 0–75 | P2 P3 |
| 12 July | 12:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–14 | | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 12 July | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Chile | 25–18 | 25–17 | 25–20 | | | 75–55 | P2 P3 |
| 13 July | 10:00 | Peru | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 11–25 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 21–25 | | 80–98 | P2 P3 |
| 13 July | 12:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Cuba | 17–25 | 21–25 | 20–25 | | | 58–75 | P2 P3 |
| 13 July | 14:00 | Nicaragua | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | forfeit | Mexico | 75–0 | P2 P3 |
| 14 July | 10:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Chile | 25–12 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 14 July | 12:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | forfeit | Mexico | 75–0 | P2 P3 |
| 14 July | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–16 | 25–14 | 25–18 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 15 July | 10:00 | Nicaragua | 0–3 | Peru | 15–25 | 22–25 | 17–25 | | | 54–75 | P2 P3 |
| 15 July | 12:00 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Cuba | 25–27 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 12–25 | | 80–100 | P2 P3 |
| 15 July | 14:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | forfeit | Mexico | 75–0 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| 5th place match | 5th place match |
| Nicaragua | 3 |
| Mexico (forfeit) | 0 |
| 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Peru | 3 |
| Chile | 0 |
| Final | Final |
| Cuba | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 July | 16:00 | Nicaragua | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–0 | 25–0 | 25–0 | forfeit | Mexico | 75–0 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 July | 18:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Chile | 26–24 | 25–11 | 25–22 | | | 76–57 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 July | 18:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 35–33 | 25–21 | 25–14 | | | 85–68 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Peru |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Nicaragua |
| 6 | Mexico |
* 2023 Women's U23 Pan-American Cup champions
* Cuba 3rd title