2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 America's Cup in Brazil, where the top three teams will join the teams from Argentina and Brazil. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.

Competing nations

Group A — Mexicali Group B — Tijuana

 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago

 Cuba
 Panama
 United States

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Canada  3 – 1  Dominican R. 23–25 25–19 25–18 25–18
Mexico  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 26–24 25–20 25–14
Dominican R.  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 26–24 25–16 25–20
Canada  2 – 3  Mexico 21–25 21–25 25–19 25–14 19–21
Canada  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 25–17 25–9 25–19
Mexico  3 – 2  Dominican R. 23–25 25–21 17–25 25–21 15–12

Group B

United States  3 – 0  Panama 25–11 25–9 25-08
Panama  0 – 3  Cuba 10–25 16–25 16–25
Cuba  2 – 3  United States 25–20 18–25 23–25 25–21 09-15

Final round

Semi Finals Final
2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico
  Mexico  0  
  Dominican Republic  3  
 
2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
      Dominican Republic  1
    United States  3
3rd place
2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
  United States  3   Mexico  0
  Canada  0     Canada  3

Quarter finals

Canada  3 – 0  Panama 25–14 25–15 25–19
Cuba  1 – 3  Dominican R. 23–25 26–28 25–21 20–25

Semi finals

Mexico  0 – 3  Dominican R. 24–26 20–25 23–25
United States  3 – 0  Canada 25–23 26–24 25–19

Finals

Trinidad & T.  3 – 1  Panama 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–17
Panama  0 – 3  Cuba 17–25 11–25 17–25
Mexico  0 – 3  Canada 22–25 18–25 22–25
Dominican R.  1 – 3  United States 25–17 20–25 17–25 23–25

Final ranking

Place Team
1.  United States
2.  Dominican Republic
3.  Canada
4.  Mexico
5.  Cuba
6.  Trinidad and Tobago
7.  Panama

 2006 Men's Pan-American Cup Winners 

United States
First title

Awards

  • Best Server
    • Cuba Rolando Junquin

References

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