# 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the tournament, and was held in Winnipeg, Canada from 2 to 7 September 2019. Top four teams which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics or the 2020 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.

## Qualification

The hosts Canada and the top seven ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019 qualified for the tournament. But, Suriname replaced Trinidad and Tobago, who withdrew from the tournament. And, Suriname withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 2nd.
* Canada (Hosts)
* United States (1)
* Cuba (3)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Mexico (5)
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Guatemala (7)
* Trinidad and Tobago (8)
* Suriname (13)

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019. NORCECA reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the NORCECA Ranking.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Canada | United States |
| Puerto Rico | Cuba |
| Mexico | Dominican Republic |
| | Guatemala |

## Venue

* Duckworth Centre, Winnipeg, Canada

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Points ratio
* Sets ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 101 | 1.485 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 120 | 141 | 0.851 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 153 | 0.817 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 2 Sep | 15:07 | Mexico | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 28–26 | 25–18 | 25–22 | 78–66 | P2 P3 |
| 3 Sep | 20:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–10 | 25–17 | 25–15 | 75–42 | P2 P3 |
| 4 Sep | 20:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–21 | 75–59 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 226 | 172 | 1.314 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 222 | 189 | 1.175 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 201 | 241 | 0.834 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 220 | 267 | 0.824 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 6th place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 2 Sep | 13:00 | Guatemala | 0–3 | Cuba | 13–25 | 35–37 | 14–25 | | 62–87 | P2 P3 |
| 2 Sep | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–14 | | 75–45 | P2 P3 |
| 3 Sep | 15:00 | Guatemala | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | 67–76 | P2 P3 |
| 3 Sep | 18:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–20 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 4 Sep | 15:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Guatemala | 29–27 | 25–19 | 25–27 | 25–18 | 104–91 | P2 P3 |
| 4 Sep | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–17 | 25–21 | 25–22 | | 75–60 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | |
| | | Canada | 1 | |
| 5 September | 5 September | | Canada | 1 | |
| 5 September | 5 September | Cuba | 3 | |
| Cuba | 3 | Cuba | 3 | |
| Cuba | 3 | | | | 7 September | 7 September |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | 7 September | 7 September |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | Cuba | 3 |
| | | | | | United States | 1 |
| | | 6 September | 6 September | | | |
| | | United States | 3 | | | |
| 5 September | 5 September | | United States | 3 | | |
| 5 September | 5 September | Mexico | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Mexico | 3 | Mexico | 0 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Mexico | 3 | | | | 7 September | 7 September |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | | | | 7 September | 7 September |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | | | | Canada | 3 |
| | | | | | Mexico | 0 |
| 6th place match | 6th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| | | 6 September | 6 September |
| | | Dominican Republic | 2 |
| 7 September | 7 September | | Dominican Republic | 2 |
| 7 September | 7 September | Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Guatemala | 1 | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 5 Sep | 18:00 | Mexico | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–19 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–17 | | 92–82 | P2 P3 |
| 5 Sep | 20:30 | Cuba | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–21 | 25–22 | 28–26 | | | 78–69 | P2 P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 15:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Puerto Rico | 25–23 | 14–25 | 25–21 | 23–25 | 6–15 | 93–109 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 6 Sep | 18:00 | Canada | 1–3 | Cuba | 25–17 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | | 88–92 | P2 P3 |
| 6 Sep | 20:31 | United States | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | | 75–57 | P2 P3 |

### 6th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Sep | 11:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Guatemala | 28–30 | 25–13 | 28–26 | 25–19 | | 106–88 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Sep | 14:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–14 | 25–18 | 25–12 | | | 75–44 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 7 Sep | 16:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | United States | 25–18 | 21–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | | 96–83 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 | Dominican Republic |
| 7 | Guatemala |
* Qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier
* Already qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier via the 2019 Champions Cup
* Already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics via the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier
* 2019 Men's NORCECA champions
* Cuba 16th title
* 9–man roster
* Masso, Melgarejo, Yant, Concepción, García, Simón, Goide, Alonso (c), López
* Head coach
* Muñoz

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Miguel Ángel López
* Best scorer
    Henry Tapia
* Best server
    Osniel Melgarejo
* Best digger
    Kyle Dagostino
* Best receiver
    Jesús Rangel
* Best setter
    Luis Garcìa
* Best outside spikers
    Torey DeFalco
    Stephen Maar
* Best middle blockers
    Roamy Alonso
    Jeffrey Jendryk
* Best opposite spiker
    Maurice Torres
* Best libero
    Kyle Dagostino