2005 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2005 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries in the NORCECA zone, which encompasses North America, Central America and the Caribbean, from September 8 to September 16, 2005 in the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, (Canada).

Competing nations

Pool A	Pool B
Barbados  Mexico  Puerto Rico  United States	Canada  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Panama

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	6	3	3	0				9	0	MAX
2.	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	1				6	4	1.500
3.	Mexico	4	3	1	2				4	6	0.666
4.	Barbados	3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

• Saturday September 10

Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Barbados	25-20 25-23 25-18
United States	3 – 0	Mexico	25-15 25-14 25-12

• Sunday September 11

Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Mexico	27-25 26-24 18-25 25-23
United States	3 – 0	Barbados	25-11 25-12 25-08

• Monday September 12

United States	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25-16 25-16 25-18
Mexico	3 – 0	Barbados	25-17 25-21 25-18

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0				9	2	4.500
2.	Dominican R.	5	3	2	1				8	5	1.600
3.	Canada	4	3	1	2				5	6	0.833
4.	Panama	3	3	0	3				0	9	0.000

• Saturday September 10

Cuba	3 – 2	Dominican R.	25-18 18-25 25-20 17-25 15-10
Canada	3 – 0	Panama	25-12 25-22 25-18

• Sunday September 11

Dominican R.	3 – 2	Canada	19-25 25-19 29-31 26-24 19-17
Cuba	3 – 0	Panama	25-16 25-15 25-10

• Monday September 12

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Panama	25-13 25-17 25-09
Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	25-22 25-23 25-18

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2005-09-14 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
	United States	3
	Dominican Republic	0
					2005-09-15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
					United States	3
					Cuba	1
					3rd place
	2005-09-14 – Winnipeg, Manitoba			2005-09-15 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
	Cuba	3		Dominican Republic	0
	Canada	0			Canada	3

Quarter finals

• Tuesday 2005-09-13

Dominican R.	3 – 1	Mexico	25-22 21-25 28-26 25-23
Canada	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25-15 25-20 25-14

Semi finals

• Wednesday 2005-09-14

United States	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-13 25-17 25-15
Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	25-20 25-20 25-22

Finals

• Thursday 2005-09-15 — Bronze Medal Match

Dominican R.	0 – 3	Canada	22-25 19-25 13-25

• Thursday 2005-09-15 — Gold Medal Match

United States	3 – 1	Cuba	25-22 25-27 25-23 25-22

Final ranking

Place Team 1.  United States 2.  Cuba 3.  Canada 4.  Dominican Republic 5.  Puerto Rico 6.  Mexico 7.  Panama 8.  Barbados

2005 Men's NORCECA Winners  United States Sixth title

• • United States qualified for the 2005 Men's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup

Awards

Most Valuable Player  Raidel Poey (CUB) Best Scorer  Elvis Contreras (DOM) Best Spiker  José Miguel Cáceres (DOM) Best Defender  Amaury Martínez (DOM) Best Blocker  Ryan Millar (USA)

Best Server  Donald Suxho (USA) Best Setter  Scott Koskie (CAN) Best Receiver  Domingo Avila (PAN) Best Libero  Amaury Martínez (DOM)

References

• Results