2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by seven countries from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 America's Cup in 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. Mexico win the event.^[1]

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Canada  Mexico  Puerto Rico	Cuba  Dominican Republic  Panama  Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	0	196	178	1.101	6	2	3.000
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	1	199	210	0.947	4	5	0.800
3.	Canada	2	2	0	2	194	201	0.965	3	6	0.500

• Sunday June 3

Canada	1 – 3	Puerto Rico	17–25 25–17 17–25 26–28

• Monday June 4

Mexico	3 – 2	Canada	19–25 25–23 21–25 25–22 16–14

• Tuesday June 5

Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Mexico	25–23 25–27 26–24 25–19

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	253	205	1.234	9	1	9.000
2.	Dominican R.	5	3	2	1	252	220	1.145	6	4	1.500
3.	Panama	4	3	1	2	215	242	0.888	4	6	0.666
4.	Trinidad & T.	3	3	0	3	215	268	0.802	1	9	0.111

• Sunday June 3

Cuba	3 – 0	Panama	25–14 25–21 25–18
Trinidad & T.	0 – 3	Dominican R.	25–27 13–25 23–25

• Monday June 4

Trinidad & T.	1 – 3	Cuba	25–23 15–25 19–25 28–30
Dominican R.	3 – 1	Panama	25–27 25–20 25–22 25–15

• Tuesday June 5

Panama	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	27–25 25–18 26–24
Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–23 25–22 25–20

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo
	Cuba	1
	Mexico	3
					2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
					Mexico	3
					Puerto Rico	1
					3rd place
	2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo			2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
	Puerto Rico	3		Cuba	3
	Canada	1			Canada	1

Quarter finals

• Wednesday June 6, 2007

Mexico	3 – 0	Panama	25–14 26–24 25–16
Dominican R.	0 – 3	Canada	23–25 15–25 23–25

Classification

• Thursday June 7, 2007 — Fifth Place Match

Panama	0 – 3	Dominican R.	16–25 22–25 23–25

• Thursday June 7, 2007 — Sixth Place Match

Trinidad & T.	3 – 0	Panama	25–20 26–24 25–17

Semi finals

• Thursday June 7, 2007

Cuba	1 – 3	Mexico	21–25 25–20 21–25 22–25
Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Canada	22–25 25–19 27–25 25–20

Finals

• Friday June 8, 2007 — Bronze Medal Match

Cuba	3 – 1	Canada	25–21 25–27 25–21 25–19

• Friday June 8, 2007 — Gold Medal Match

Mexico	3 – 1	Puerto Rico	26–24 25–22 21–25 25–20

Final ranking

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

2007 Men's Pan-American Cup Winners  Mexico First title

• • Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba qualified for the 2008 America's Cup

Awards

Most Valuable Player José Martell[2] Best Spiker Yadier Sánchez Best Scorer Yadier Sánchez Best Defender Ángel Matías

Best Setter Fernando Morales Best Server Mark Dodds Best Libero Amaury Martínez Best Blocker Raidel González

References

1. "Mexico wins the gold medal". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: NORCECA. 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
2. "Lefty Mexican Jose Martell was elected the MVP". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: NORCECA. 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

• Results