# 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2017 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the tournament, and was held in Colorado Springs, United States from 26 September to 1 October 2017. The top three teams qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, whereas the fourth and fifth ranked teams qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four.
Originally the 2017 NORCECA Championship was the only competition from the area to offer the 2018 World Championship qualification quota, but due to the pass of hurricanes Irma and Maria for the Caribbean sea, Cuba and Puerto Rico were unable to compete, NORCECA authorities decided to make the 2018 World Championship NORCECA qualification final four tournament - Cuba, Puerto Rico and the 4th and 5th placed teams of the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

## Qualification

The top six ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2016 qualified directly. Other six teams qualified through the zonal qualification.
| Direct Qualification | Direct Qualification | Zonal Qualification | Zonal Qualification |
| NORCECA Ranking | United States | CAZOVA | Trinidad and Tobago |
| NORCECA Ranking | Canada | CAZOVA | Martinique |
| NORCECA Ranking | Cuba withdrew | ECVA | Saint Lucia |
| NORCECA Ranking | Puerto Rico withdrew | ECVA | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| NORCECA Ranking | Mexico | AFECAVOL | Guatemala |
| NORCECA Ranking | Costa Rica | AFECAVOL | Dominican Republic |
* ↑ Cuba had to withdraw from the tournament due to the closure of the US Embassy in Havana, and after Cuba sustained damages during Hurricane Irma.
* ↑ Puerto Rico suffered a devastating hit from Hurricane Maria and their team was unable to participate at the NORCECA competition.

## Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2017. Rankings are shown in brackets.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C |
| United States (1) | Canada (2) | Mexico (4) |
| Dominican Republic (9) | Trinidad and Tobago (8) | Costa Rica (6) |
| Guatemala (10) | Saint Lucia (13) | Martinique (26) |
| | | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (27) |

## Venues

* OTC Sports Center I, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool A, B, 5th–8th semifinals and Final six
* OTC Sports Center II, Colorado Springs, United States – Pool C and 5th–10th places

## 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 Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 84 | 1.786 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 123 | 129 | 0.953 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Guatemala | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 150 | 0.600 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 5th–10th quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 26 Sep | 19:00 | United States | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–12 | 25–14 | 25–10 | 75–36 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Sep | 19:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–16 | 25–20 | 25–18 | 75–54 | P2 P3 |
| 28 Sep | 19:00 | United States | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–17 | 25–21 | 25–10 | 75–48 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 73 | 2.055 | 6 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 118 | 123 | 0.959 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 150 | 0.520 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 5th–10th quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 26 Sep | 17:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | Saint Lucia | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–17 | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Sep | 17:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Saint Lucia | 25–9 | 25–13 | 25–8 | 75–30 | P2 P3 |
| 28 Sep | 17:00 | Canada | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25–21 | 25–12 | 25–10 | 75–43 | P2 P3 |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 225 | 116 | 1.940 | 9 | 0 | MAX | Semifinals |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 218 | 206 | 1.058 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Martinique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 194 | 217 | 0.894 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 5th–10th quarterfinals |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 225 | 0.564 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 5th–10th quarterfinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 26 Sep | 17:00 | Costa Rica | 3–1 | Martinique | 25–19 | 25–16 | 23–25 | 25–21 | 98–81 | P2 P3 |
| 26 Sep | 19:17 | Mexico | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–7 | 25–16 | 25–10 | | 75–33 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Sep | 17:00 | Costa Rica | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–10 | 25–19 | 25–21 | | 75–50 | P2 P3 |
| 27 Sep | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Martinique | 25–11 | 25–15 | 25–12 | | 75–38 | P2 P3 |
| 28 Sep | 17:00 | Martinique | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–10 | 25–14 | 25–20 | | 75–44 | P2 P3 |
| 28 Sep | 19:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–10 | | 75–45 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).

### 5th–10th places

| 5th–10th quarterfinals | 5th–10th quarterfinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 29 September | 29 September | | |
| Martinique | 3 | | |
| Martinique | 3 | 30 September | 30 September | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 30 September | 30 September |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | Martinique | 0 |
| | | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 |
| | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| | | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| 29 September | 29 September | | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| 29 September | 29 September | | | Guatemala | 3 |
| Guatemala | 3 | | | Guatemala | 3 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 30 September | 30 September | | |
| Saint Lucia | 0 | 30 September | 30 September | | |
| Saint Lucia | 0 | Guatemala | 3 | | |
| | | Costa Rica | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| | | | | Martinique | 3 |
| | | | | Costa Rica | 2 |

#### 5th–10th quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 17:00 | Martinique | 3–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25–16 | 25–18 | 25–16 | | | 75–50 | P2 P3 |
| 29 Sep | 19:00 | Guatemala | 3–0 | Saint Lucia | 25–17 | 25–15 | 25–16 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Sep | 15:00 | SC1 | Guatemala | 3–1 | Costa Rica | 20–25 | 25–21 | 25–17 | 25–15 | | 95–78 | P2 P3 |
| 30 Sep | 17:16 | SC2 | Martinique | 0–3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 P3 |

#### 9th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Sep | 15:00 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3–1 | Saint Lucia | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–19 | 25–15 | | 97–79 | P2 P3 |

#### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 14:00 | Martinique | 3–2 | Costa Rica | 10–25 | 25–21 | 24–26 | 25–21 | 15–12 | 99–105 | P2 P3 |

#### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 16:41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Guatemala | 18–25 | 10–25 | 15–25 | | | 43–75 | P2 P3 |

### Final six

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 30 September | 30 September | | |
| | | Mexico | 0 | |
| 29 September | 29 September | | Mexico | 0 | |
| 29 September | 29 September | Dominican Republic | 3 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | Dominican Republic | 3 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | | | | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| | | | | | United States | 3 |
| | | 30 September | 30 September | | | |
| | | Canada | 0 | | | |
| 29 September | 29 September | | Canada | 0 | | |
| 29 September | 29 September | United States | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| United States | 3 | United States | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| United States | 3 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | 1 October | 1 October |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | Mexico | 1 |
| | | | | | Canada | 3 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 17:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 18–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | | 61–75 | P2 P3 |
| 29 Sep | 19:00 | United States | 3–0 | Costa Rica | 25–11 | 25–7 | 25–8 | | | 75–26 | P2 P3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 30 Sep | 17:48 | Mexico | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 20–25 | 23–25 | 23–25 | | | 66–75 | P2 P3 |
| 30 Sep | 19:25 | Canada | 0–3 | United States | 20–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | | | 63–75 | P2 P3 |

#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 15:00 | Mexico | 1–3 | Canada | 25–21 | 13–25 | 25–27 | 18–25 | | 81–98 | P2 P3 |

#### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 1 Oct | 17:32 | Dominican Republic | 0–3 | United States | 17–25 | 10–25 | 12–25 | | | 39–75 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Dominican Republic |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Guatemala |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 7 | Martinique |
| 8 | Costa Rica |
| 9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 10 | Saint Lucia |
* Qualified for the 2018 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2018 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Final four
* 2017 Men's NORCECA champions
* United States 9th title
* 14–man roster
* Anderson, Russell, Sander, Stahl, K. Shoji, Jaeschke, Christenson (c), McDonnell, Patch, Clark, Holt, Smith, Watten, E. Shoji
* Head coach
* Speraw

## Awards

* Most valuable player
    Micah Christenson
* Best scorer
    Alberto Blanco
* Best server
    Joann Breleur
* Best digger
    Luis Chávez
* Best receiver
    Jorge Barajas
* Best setter
    Pedro Rangel
* Best outside spikers
    Aaron Russell
    Stephen Maar
* Best middle blockers
    José Martínez
    Leonel Antonio Aragon
* Best opposite spiker
    Sharone Vernon-Evans
* Best libero
    Luis Chávez