# 2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2017 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the twelfth edition of the annual Men's Pan-American volleyball tournament. It was held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, from 25 July to 30 July. Eight teams competed in the tournament. Argentina won the tournament for the first time, Puerto Rico and Cuban won Silver and Bronze. Argentinian Martín Ramos was selected Most Valuable Player.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  United States | Argentina  Canada  Puerto Rico  Venezuela |

## Competition format

The competition format for the 2017 Pan American Volleyball Cup divides the eight participating teams in 2 groups of 4 teams each.
The best team from Group A and Group B will advance to the semifinals, the second and third teams from Group B will play the quarterfinals against the second and third teams from Pool A.

### 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

* All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 279 | 238 | 1.172 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 253 | 224 | 1.129 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 246 | 267 | 0.921 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 215 | 264 | 0.814 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Jul | 16:00 | Cuba | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–17 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 25–22 | | 96–86 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Jul | 18:00 | United States | 3–1 | Mexico | 25–18 | 25–23 | 22–25 | 25–18 | | 97–84 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Jul | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | United States | 25–14 | 25–12 | 25–19 | | | 75–45 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Jul | 18:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–15 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Jul | 14:00 | Mexico | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 23–25 | 25–17 | 17–25 | 18–25 | | 83–92 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Jul | 18:00 | United States | 2–3 | Cuba | 26–24 | 21–25 | 21–25 | 25–19 | 11–15 | 104–108 | P2 P3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 230 | 171 | 1.345 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 234 | 236 | 0.992 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 218 | 233 | 0.936 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 244 | 286 | 0.853 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 25 Jul | 14:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Puerto Rico | 25–20 | 25–14 | 25–17 | | | 75–51 | P2 P3 |
| 25 Jul | 20:00 | Canada | 3–1 | Venezuela | 25–17 | 25–27 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | 100–81 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Jul | 16:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–17 | 25–18 | 28–26 | | | 78–61 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Jul | 20:00 | Canada | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 21–25 | 16–25 | 22–25 | | | 59–75 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Jul | 16:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–2 | Venezuela | 25–19 | 17–25 | 25–17 | 25–27 | 16–14 | 108–102 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Jul | 20:00 | Canada | 0–3 | Argentina | 25–27 | 23–25 | 11–25 | | | 59–77 | P2 P3 |

## Final round
### Championship bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Cuba | 1 | | | |
| B2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | B2 | Puerto Rico | 3 | | | |
| A3 | United States | 1 | | | | B2 | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Argentina | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Argentina | 3 |
| A2 | Dominican Republic | 1 | B3 | Canada | 0 |
| B3 | Canada | 3 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A1 | Cuba | 3 |
| | | | | | | B3 | Canada | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Jul | 17:00 | Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Canada | 20–25 | 25–16 | 21–25 | 23–25 | | 89–91 | P2 P3 |
| 28 Jul | 19:00 | Puerto Rico | 3–1 | United States | 25–21 | 25–22 | 20–25 | 25–14 | | 95–82 | P2 P3 |

### 5th–8th classification

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Jul | 14:00 | Mexico | 1–3 | Dominican Republic | 26–24 | 24–26 | 19–25 | 20–25 | | 89–100 | P2 P3 |
| 29 Jul | 16:00 | Venezuela | 0–3 | United States | 23–25 | 14–25 | 20–25 | | | 57–75 | P2 P3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Jul | 18:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Canada | 25–23 | 25–15 | 25–10 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 29 Jul | 20:00 | Cuba | 1–3 | Puerto Rico | 25–16 | 17–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | 85–91 | P2 P3 |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 11:00 | Mexico | 2–3 | Venezuela | 25–22 | 16–25 | 25–23 | 17–25 | 13–15 | 96–110 | P2 P3 |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 13:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | United States | 25–15 | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–27 | 13–15 | 110–102 | P2 P3 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 15:00 | Canada | 1–3 | Cuba | 18–25 | 21–25 | 25–22 | 23–25 | | 87–97 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Jul | 17:00 | Argentina | 3–1 | Puerto Rico | 25–23 | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–20 | | 98–86 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Puerto Rico |
| | Cuba |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Dominican Republic |
| 7 | Venezuela |
| 8 | Mexico |
* 2017 Men's Pan-American Cup champions
* Argentina First title
* 14–man roster
* Toro, Flores, Cavanna, Fernández, Poglajen, Bruno, Solé, Lima, Darraidou, Crer, De Cecco (c), González, Imhoff, Ramos
* Head coach
* Velasco

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
    Martín Ramos
* Best setter
    Edgardo Goás
* Best Outside Hitters
    Miguel Ángel López
    Wilfrido Hernández
* Best Middle Blockers
    Mitchell Stahl
    Pablo Crer
* Best Opposite
    José Miguel Cáceres
* Best scorer
    Emerson Rodríguez
* Best server
    Edson Valencia
* Best libero
    Héctor Mata
* Best digger
    Héctor Mata
* Best receiver
    Héctor Mata