# 2012 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from July 2–7, 2012 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The top two teams other than Mexico qualified to the 2013 Boys Youth World Championship, Mexico had already secured a berth as Host.

## Teams

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Cuba  Costa Rica  Nicaragua Saint Martin | Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States  U.S. Virgin Islands |

## Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria: points ratio and sets ratio

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 98 | 2.296 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 221 | 220 | 1.005 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 218 | 229 | 0.952 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Saint Martin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 225 | 0.480 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 02 Jul | 12:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Saint Martin | 25–8 | 25–11 | 25–7 | | | 75–26 | P2 P3 |
| 02 Jul | 14:00 | Costa Rica | 2–3 | Nicaragua | 19–25 | 27–25 | 25–22 | 19–25 | 14–16 | 104–113 | P2 P3 |
| 03 Jul | 12:00 | Costa Rica | 3–0 | Saint Martin | 25–9 | 25–16 | 25–16 | | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 03 Jul | 14:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–14 | 25–11 | 25–8 | | | 75–33 | P2 P3 |
| 04 Jul | 12:00 | Nicaragua | 3–0 | Saint Martin | 25–10 | 25–22 | 25–9 | | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 04 Jul | 14:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–14 | 25–12 | 25–13 | | | 75–39 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 262 | 198 | 1.323 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 253 | 214 | 1.182 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 191 | 205 | 0.932 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 136 | 225 | 0.604 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 02 Jul | 16:00 | United States | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–23 | 25–23 | 25–18 | | | 75–64 | P2 P3 |
| 02 Jul | 18:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–17 | 25–16 | 25–10 | | | 75–43 | P2 P3 |
| 03 Jul | 16:00 | United States | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–10 | | | 75–38 | P2 P3 |
| 03 Jul | 18:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–15 | 25–20 | 25–17 | | | 75–52 | P2 P3 |
| 04 Jul | 16:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–19 | 25–15 | 25–21 | | | 75–55 | P2 P3 |
| 04 Jul | 18:00 | Mexico | 3–2 | United States | 24–26 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 15–12 | 112–103 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | B1 | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Nicaragua | 0 | B3 | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | |
| B3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | | A1 | Mexico | 0 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Cuba | 3 |
| | | | A1 | Cuba | 3 |
| B2 | United States | 3 | B2 | United States | 1 |
| A3 | Costa Rica | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | B3 | Puerto Rico | 2 |
| | | | | | | B2 | United States | 3 |

### 5th–8th places bracket

| Classification 5/8 | Classification 5/8 | 5th Place Match | 5th Place Match |
| Saint Martin | 0 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | | |
| Nicaragua | 3 | Nicaragua | 3 |
| | | Costa Rica | 2 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | Costa Rica | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | | |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 7th Place Match | 7th Place Match |
| | | Saint Martin | 1 |
| | | U.S. Virgin Islands | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 05 Jul | 17:00 | United States | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–13 | 25–13 | 25–16 | | | 75–42 | P2 P3 |
| 05 Jul | 19:00 | Nicaragua | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 15–25 | 21–25 | 14–25 | | | 50–75 | P2 P3 |

### 5th–8th classification matches

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 06 Jul | 12:00 | Saint Martin | 0–3 | Nicaragua | 10–25 | 19–25 | 14–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 P3 |
| 06 Jul | 14:00 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–3 | Costa Rica | 17–25 | 20–25 | 24–26 | | | 61–76 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 06 Jul | 17:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | United States | 22–25 | 25–16 | 26–24 | 25–19 | | 98–84 | P2 P3 |
| 06 Jul | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–11 | 25–14 | 25–16 | | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Jul | 12:00 | Saint Martin | 1–3 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–19 | 22–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 90–94 | P2 P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Jul | 14:00 | Nicaragua | 3–2 | Costa Rica | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 15–12 | 104–108 | P2 P3 |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Jul | 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 2–3 | United States | 25–22 | 19–25 | 11–25 | 28–26 | 7–15 | 90–113 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 07 Jul | 19:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Cuba | 15–25 | 21–25 | 14–25 | | | 49–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | Mexico |
| | United States |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Nicaragua |
| 6 | Costa Rica |
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 8 | Saint Martin |
* Qualified for the 2013 World Youth Championship
* 2012 Boys' Youth NORCECA champions
* Cuba 3rd title

## Awards

* MVP: Osmany Uriarte
* Best scorer: Osmany Uriarte
* Best spiker: Inover Romero
* Best blocker: Jorge Caraballo
* Best server: Osmany Uriarte
* Best digger: Luis Chavez
* Best setter: Ricardo Calvo
* Best receiver: Entenza Barbaro
* Best libero: Luis Chavez