2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Honduras
Dates25 August – 2 September
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions United States (8th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Jessica Mzurik (USA)
Official website
NORCECA

The 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in Tegucigalpa National Gymnasium, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 25 August to 2 September among eight countries. The United States won the tournament and qualified for the 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship along with Canada.[1] United States player Jessica Mzurik won the Most Valuable Player award.[2]

Qualification

A total of 9 teams qualify for the 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship. In addition to Honduras who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 8 teams qualify based on top 5 teams from the NORCECA U 18 Continental Ranking and the 3 Zonal Champions from the AFECAVOL, ECVA and CAZOVA, U-18 Zonal Championships. Mexico withdrew from the tournament and the event continued with only 8 teams.[3]

Pool composition

Group A Group B
 Cuba  United States
 Dominican Republic  Honduras
 Canada  Nicaragua
 Costa Rica  Barbados

Pool standing procedure

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Points ratio
  4. Sets ratio
  5. 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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 15 225 154 1.461 9 0 MAX Semifinals
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 1 10 207 174 1.190 6 3 2.000 Quarterfinals
3  Canada 3 1 2 5 193 194 0.995 3 6 0.500
4  Costa Rica 3 0 3 0 122 225 0.542 0 9 0.000 5th–8th classification
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug16:00Cuba 3–0 Canada25–1925–2025–20  75–59P2 P3
27 Aug18:00Dominican Republic 3–0 Costa Rica25–1225–1525–13  75–40P2 P3
28 Aug16:00Dominican Republic 3–0 Canada25–1925–2125–19  75–59P2 P3
28 Aug18:00Cuba 3–0 Costa Rica25–1125–1525–12  75–38P2 P3
29 Aug14:00Costa Rica 0–3 Canada17–2514–2513–25  44–75P2 P3
29 Aug18:00Cuba 3–0 Dominican Republic25–1925–1925–19  75–57P2 P3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 15 225 97 2.320 9 0 MAX Semifinals
2  Honduras 3 2 1 10 185 176 1.051 6 3 2.000 Quarterfinals
3  Nicaragua 3 1 2 5 152 202 0.752 3 6 0.500
4  Barbados 3 0 3 0 138 225 0.613 0 9 0.000 5th–8th classification
Source:
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Aug14:00United States 3–0 Nicaragua25–625–1125–12  75–29P2 P3
27 Aug20:00Honduras 3–0 Barbados25–1225–1925–22  75–53P2 P3
28 Aug14:00United States 3–0 Barbados25–1025–725–16  75–33P2 P3
28 Aug20:00Honduras 3–0 Nicaragua25–1825–1825–12  75–48P2 P3
29 Aug16:00Barbados 0–3 Nicaragua15–2518–2519–25  52–75P2 P3
29 Aug20:00United States 3–0 Honduras25–1225–1025–13  75–35P2 P3

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 United States 3
 Dominican Republic 3  Dominican Republic 0
 Nicaragua 0  United States 3
 Canada 0
 Cuba 2
 Honduras 0  Canada 3
 Canada 3 Third place
 Dominican Republic 1
 Cuba 3
Consolation semifinals 7th place
    
 Costa Rica 3
 Nicaragua 0
 Nicaragua 3
 Barbados 0
 Barbados 0
 Honduras 3 5th place
 Costa Rica 3
 Honduras 0

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
30 Aug18:00Dominican Republic 3–0 Nicaragua25–625–1125–16  75–33P2 P3
30 Aug20:00Honduras 0–3 Canada15–2516–2516–25  47–75P2 P3

5th–8th Classification

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug14:00Costa Rica 3–0 Nicaragua25–1925–1725–12  75–48P2 P3
31 Aug16:00Barbados 0–3 Honduras14–2516–2516–25  46–75P2 P3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
31 Aug18:00Cuba 2–3 Canada25–1819–2525–2023–2514–16106–104P2 P3
31 Aug20:00United States 3–0 Dominican Republic25–1225–1725–17  75–46P2 P3

7th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep14:00Nicaragua 3–0 Barbados25–1825–2125–14  75–53P2 P3

5th place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep16:00Costa Rica 3–0 Honduras25–2025–1725–16  75–53 

3rd place

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep18:00Cuba 3–1 Dominican Republic19–2525–2028–2625–16 97–87P2 P3

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
1 Sep20:00Canada 0–3 United States13–2512–2523–25  48–75P2 P3

Finals standing

 Qualified to 2019 FIVB Girls' World Championship.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cuba
4  Dominican Republic
5  Costa Rica
6  Honduras
7  Nicaragua
8  Barbados

Individual awards

  • Most valuable player
    •  Jessica Mzurik (USA)
  • Best setter
    •  Kennedi Orr (USA)
  • Best Opposite
    •  Emily Londot (USA)
  • Best Outside Hitters
    •  Jessica Mzurik (USA)
    •  Alison Jacobs (USA)
  • Best Middle Blockers
  • Best libero
    •  Katerina Georgiadis (CAN)
  • Best digger
    •  Hattie Monson (USA)
  • Best receiver
    •  Hattie Monson (USA)
  • Best server
    •  Thainalien Castillo (CUB)
  • Best scorer
    •  Thainalien Castillo (CUB)

References

  1. ↑ Solution, Utech. "United States NORCECA U18 champion by beating Canada". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Solution, Utech. "Jessica Mruzik Most Valuable Player of NORCECA U18". norceca. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Eight teams go for two World Champs tickets". www.norceca.net. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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