# 2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was played from 5 to 10 July 2008 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Seven teams competed in this tournament. United States won the tournament for the fifth time defeating Mexico. Dominican Republic joined the United States and Mexico to compete at the 2009 Girls' U18 World Championship.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Mexico  Puerto Rico  Costa Rica | United States  Dominican Republic  Trinidad and Tobago  U.S. Virgin Islands |

## Preliminary round

* All times are in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 36 | 2.083 | Advances to semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | MAX | 75 | 49 | 1.531 | Advances to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 85 | 150 | 0.567 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 5-JULY | 20:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–20 | 25–7 | 25–22 | | 75–49 |
| 6-JULY | 20:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico | 12–25 | 9–25 | 15–25 | | 36–75 |
| 7-JULY | 20:00 | Puerto Rico | 1–3 | Mexico | 15–25 | 10–25 | 25–18 | 16–25 | 66–93 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 81 | 1.852 | Advances to semifinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 129 | 93 | 1.387 | Advances to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 123 | 139 | 0.885 | Advances to quarterfinals |
| 4 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 82 | 171 | 0.480 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 5-JULY | 16:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3–1 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 21–25 | 25–17 | 25–13 | 25–9 | 96–64 |
| 5-JULY | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | United States | 22–25 | 17–25 | 15–25 | | 54–75 |
| 6-JULY | 16:00 | United States | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–8 | 25–11 | 25–8 | | 75–27 |
| 6-JULY | 18:00 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 6–25 | 3–25 | 9–25 | | 18–75 |
| 7-JULY | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–3 | 25–6 | 25–7 | | 75–16 |
| 7-JULY | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–7 | 25–7 | 25–7 | | 75–21 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

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

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 8-JULY | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–13 | | | 75–42 | |
| 8-JULY | 20:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–12 | 25–12 | 25–18 | | | 75–42 | |

### 6/7 classification

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10-JULY | 14:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | | U.S. Virgin Islands | 25–17 | 25–21 | 17–25 | 25–20 | | 92–83 | |

### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9-JULY | 16:00 | Costa Rica | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–13 | 25–9 | 25–16 | | | 75–38 | |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 9-JULY | 18:00 | United States | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–20 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–54 | |
| 9-JULY | 20:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–19 | 26–24 | | 96–89 | |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10-JULY | 20:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 25–12 | 22–25 | 25–14 | 25–23 | | 97–74 | |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 10-JULY | 16:00 | United States | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | | 75–51 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Mexico |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Costa Rica |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
* Qualified for FIVB U18 World Championship
* 2008 Girls' Youth NORCECA Championship
* United States 5th title