# 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from August 6–11, 2012 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The event served as qualifier to the 2013 Girls Youth World Championship

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Costa Rica  Guatemala  Mexico  United States | Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 102 | 2.206 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 193 | 145 | 1.331 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 163 | 250 | 0.652 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 172 | 256 | 0.672 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Aug | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–15 | 25–11 | 25–10 | | | 75–36 | P2 |
| 6 Aug | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–13 | 25–12 | 25–9 | | | 75–34 | P2 |
| 7 Aug | 15:00 | United States | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–6 | 25–5 | 25–12 | | | 75–23 | P2 |
| 7 Aug | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–15 | 25–11 | 25–10 | | | 75–36 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 15:00 | Costa Rica | 2–3 | Guatemala | 21–25 | 25–17 | 26–24 | 17–25 | 11–15 | 100–106 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | United States | 14–25 | 12–25 | 17–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 79 | 1.899 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 135 | 97 | 1.392 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 150 | 0.273 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 6 Aug | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–7 | 25–7 | 25–8 | 75–22 | P2 |
| 7 Aug | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–8 | 25–6 | 25–5 | 75–19 | P2 |
| 8 Aug | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–20 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 75–60 | P2 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | A1 | United States | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | B2 | Puerto Rico | 1 | | | |
| A3 | Guatemala | 0 | | | | A1 | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| | | | B1 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| A2 | Mexico | 3 | A2 | Mexico | 0 |
| B3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Puerto Rico | 2 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9 Aug | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–8 | 25–10 | 25–18 | | | 75–36 | P2 |
| 9 Aug | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–6 | 25–10 | 25–5 | | | 75–21 | P2 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 17:00 | United States | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 26–24 | 25–13 | 19–25 | 25–13 | | 95–75 | P2 |
| 10 Aug | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–22 | 25–22 | 25–12 | | | 75–56 | P2 |

### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10 Aug | 15:00 | Guatemala | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–8 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–32 | P2 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 17:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | Puerto Rico | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 15–13 | 108–103 | P2 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11 Aug | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | United States | 25–21 | 17–25 | 23–25 | 15–25 | | 80–96 | P2 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Mexico |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Guatemala |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 7 | Costa Rica |
* 2012 Girls' Youth NORCECA champions
* United States 7th title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Carli Snyder (USA)
* Best scorer
** Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
* Best spiker
** Brayelin Martínez (DOM)
* Best blocker
** Daniela Vargas (CRC)
* Best server
** Fernanda Bañuelos (MEX)
* Best digger
** Kimberly Gutiérrez (MEX)
* Best setter
** Taylor Tashima (USA)
* Best receiver
** Kimberly Gutiérrez (MEX)
* Best libero
** Kimberly Gutiérrez (MEX)