2008 Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup

2008 Final Four Women’s Volleyball Cup
Official website
NORCECA.org
Tournament details
Host nation	Brazil
Dates	September 3–7, 2008
Teams	4
Venues	The City Sport Stadium (in Fortaleza host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
MVP	Hélia Souza
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The 2008 Final Four Women’s Volleyball Cup was first edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by four countries from September 3–7, 2008 in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Competing Nations

Group A —
Argentina  Brazil  Cuba  Dominican Republic

Squads

Preliminary round

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	3	0	240	175	1.371	9	1	9.000
2	Dominican Republic	5	3	2	1	250	217	1.152	7	4	1.750
3	Cuba	4	3	1	2	200	232	0.862	4	6	0.667
4	Argentina	3	3	0	3	159	225	0.707	0	9	0.000

• Wednesday September 3, 2008

Cuba	1-3	Dominican Republic	16-25, 25-21, 24-26, 14-25
Brazil	3-0	Argentina	25-19, 25-15, 25-17

• Thursday September 4, 2008

Argentina	0-3	Cuba	20-25, 20-25, 20-25
Brazil	3-1	Dominican Republic	15-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-12

• Friday September 5, 2008

Argentina	0-3	Dominican Republic	12-25, 19-25, 17-25
Brazil	3-0	Cuba	25-18, 25-15, 25-13

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2009-09-06 – Fortaleza
	Dominican Republic	3
	Cuba	0
					2008-09-07 – Fortaleza
					Dominican Republic	0
					Brazil	3
					3rd place
	2008-09-06 – Fortaleza			2008-09-07 – Fortaleza
	Brazil	3		Cuba	1
	Argentina	0			Argentina	3

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Semifinals

• Friday September 6, 2008

Dominican Republic	3-0	Cuba	25-17, 25-18, 25-20
Brazil	3-0	Argentina	25-15, 25-12, 25-12

Finals

• Saturday September 7, 2008

Cuba	1-3	Argentina	24-26, 19-25, 25-16, 22-25
Dominican Republic	0-3	Brazil	21-25, 17-25, 18-25

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Final ranking

Place Team 1.  Brazil 2.  Dominican Republic 3.  Argentina 4.  Cuba

2008 Final Four Women’s Volleyball Cup Winners  Brazil First title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player  Hélia Souza (BRA) Best Scorer  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM) Best Spiker  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM) Best Blocker  Fabiana Claudino (BRA) Best Server  Yanelis Santos (CUB)

Best Digger  Lucia Gaido (ARG) Best Setter  Hélia Souza (BRA) Best Receiver  Fabiana de Oliveira (BRA) Best Libero  Fabiana de Oliveira (BRA) Rising Star  Brenda Castillo (DOM)

References

• NORCECA Results