# 2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2013 Women's Junior Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the bi-annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from March 18 – 23, 2013 in Havana, Cuba.
This was the last qualifier to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship for American teams, Puerto Rico earned the last berth winning Pool B over hosts Cuba

## Competing Nations

Teams who were able to participate in this tournament are those who took part at their respective continental junior championships, South America and NORCECA. Puerto Rico entered after Argentina declined to participate and Guatemala and Nicaragua failed to apply.
| Pool A (Already Qualified Teams) | Pool B (Non-Qualified Teams) |
| Peru  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Colombia | Cuba  Chile  Costa Rica  Puerto Rico |

## Competition format

The competition format for the 2013 Junior Pan American Volleyball Cup divides the 8 participating teams in 2 groups of 4, a seeded group consisting of countries already qualified to the 2013 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship, and another group of non-qualified countries. Both groups will play a Round-Robyn round after which the best team from Group B will earn the last berth to the World Championship.
The best two teams from Group A will advance to the semifinals, the best two teams from Group B will play the quarterfinals against the worst two teams from Pool A. The worst two from Group B will play the classification matches from 5th to 8th.

### 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
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 252 | 208 | 1.212 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 252 | 218 | 1.156 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 242 | 265 | 0.913 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 195 | 250 | 0.780 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 18 Mar | 16:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–22 | 25–20 | 30–28 | | 80–70 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Mar | 18:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 20–25 | 16–25 | 13–25 | | 49–75 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Mar | 14:00 | Peru | 1–3 | Colombia | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 80–97 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Mar | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Mexico | 25–19 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 19–25 | 82–94 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Mar | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Colombia | 25–10 | 20–25 | 25–17 | 25–23 | 95–75 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Mar | 16:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Peru | 25–18 | 25–12 | 28–26 | | 78–56 | P2 P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 261 | 186 | 1.403 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 210 | 183 | 1.148 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 238 | 229 | 1.039 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 225 | 0.507 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Mar | 14:00 | Chile | 2–3 | Puerto Rico | 25–22 | 26–24 | 21–25 | 16–25 | 13–15 | 101–111 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Mar | 20:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–14 | 25–13 | 25–19 | | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Mar | 18:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–9 | 25–5 | 25–11 | | | 75–25 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Mar | 20:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Chile | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–22 | | | 75–62 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Mar | 18:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Chile | 15–25 | 16–25 | 12–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 P3 |
| 20 Mar | 20:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 23–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | A1 | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| B1 | Puerto Rico | 2 | A4 | Peru | 1 | | | |
| A4 | Peru | 3 | | | | A1 | Mexico | 3 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| | | | A2 | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| B2 | Cuba | 1 | A3 | Colombia | 1 |
| A3 | Colombia | 3 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A4 | Peru | 0 |
| | | | | | | A3 | Colombia | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 21 Mar | 16:00 | Colombia | 3–1 | Cuba | 25–16 | 25–21 | 27–29 | 25–13 | | 102–79 | P2P3 |
| 21 Mar | 18:00 | Puerto Rico | 2–3 | Peru | 25–22 | 21–25 | 15–25 | 25–19 | 13–15 | 99–106 | P2P3 |

### Classification 5/8

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Mar | 14:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Cuba | 18–25 | 19–25 | 13–25 | | | 50–75 | P2P3 |
| 22 Mar | 16:00 | Costa Rica | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 10–25 | 4–25 | 18–25 | | | 32–75 | P2P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 22 Mar | 18:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Colombia | 25–22 | 25–21 | 20–25 | 25–16 | | 95–84 | P2P3 |
| 22 Mar | 20:00 | Mexico | 3–1 | Peru | 23–25 | 25–21 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | 98–87 | P2P3 |

### Seventh place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Mar | 14:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–20 | 26–24 | 25–10 | | | 76–54 | P2P3 |

### Fifth place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Mar | 16:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 24–26 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | | 68–76 | P2P3 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Mar | 18:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Colombia | 22–25 | 16–25 | 21–25 | | | 59–75 | P2P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 23 Mar | 20:00 | Mexico | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–23 | 25–23 | 14–25 | 25–15 | | 89–86 | P2P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Mexico |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Colombia |
| 4 | Peru |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Chile |
| 8 | Costa Rica |

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Alejandra Isiordia (MEX)
* Best scorer
** Alejandra Isiordia (MEX)
* Best spiker
** Melissa Vargas (CUB)
* Best blocker
** Melissa Rangel (COL)
* Best server
** Daly Santana (PUR)
* Best digger
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)
* Best setter
** Shiamara Almeida (PER)
* Best receiver
** Camila Gomez (COL)
* Best libero
** Winifer Fernández (DOM)