2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	USA
Dates	September 16–21
Teams	9
Venues	Ralston Arena (in Omaha host cities)
Champions	United States (7th title)
MVP	Kelly Murphy (USA)
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The 2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament. Nine countries competed from September 16 to September 21, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Team USA qualified for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup in Japan, after winning the Continental Championship 3-1 to the Dominican Republic.^[1] American Kelly Murphy won the MVP Award.^[2]

Competing nations

The following national teams have qualified:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C
Dominican Republic	United States	Puerto Rico
Costa Rica	Cuba	Canada
Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Saint Lucia

Squads

Pool standing procedure

To establish the ranking of teams after Preliminary Round, the ranking of the teams will be determined as follows:
1. By the results of matches won and lost.
2. In case of equality in the number of matches won and lost, among two or more teams of the same group, the final ranking of the teams will be determined by the number of points gained among teams of the same group during the Preliminary Round.
3. The following points will be awarded to each team per match, according to the number of sets won/lost:

• Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
• Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
• Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser

In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio.^[3][4]

First round

Advance to Semifinals

Advance to Quarterfinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Dominican Republic	10	2	0	150	85	1.765	6	0	MAX
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	1	156	177	0.881	3	5	0.600
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	141	185	0.762	2	6	0.333

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Costa Rica	25–13	25–6	25–20			75–39	P2P3
17 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	2–3	Trinidad and Tobago	14–25	25–22	25–21	25–27	13–15	102–110	P2P3
18 Sep	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–13	25–20	25–13			75–46	P2P3

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	2	0	150	66	2.273	6	0	MAX
2	Mexico	3	1	1	144	182	0.791	3	5	0.600
3	Cuba	2	0	2	141	187	0.754	2	6	0.333

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–9	25–12	25–11			75–32	P2P3
17 Sep	20:00	Mexico	3–2	Cuba	25–18	25–23	23–25	21–25	18–16	112–107	P2P3
18 Sep	20:00	Cuba	0–3	United States	9–25	13–25	12–25			34–75	P2P3

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Puerto Rico	8	2	0	175	143	1.224	6	2	3.000
2	Canada	7	1	1	182	137	1.328	5	3	1.667
3	Saint Lucia	0	0	2	73	150	0.487	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
16 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–9	25–15	25–12			75–36	P2P3
17 Sep	18:00	Saint Lucia	0–3	Canada	14–25	9–25	14–25			37–75	P2P3
18 Sep	18:00	Canada	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–19	26–28	23–25	25–13	8–15	107–100	P2P3

Final bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					20 Sep
					Dominican Republic	3
	19 Sep
					Puerto Rico	1
	Puerto Rico	3
									21 Sep
	Mexico	0
									Dominican Republic	1
									United States	3
					20 Sep
					United States	3			3rd place
	19 Sep
					Canada	0			21 Sep
	Canada	3
									Puerto Rico	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
									Canada	0

8th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	16:00	Cuba	3–0	Saint Lucia	25–16	25–15	25–6			75–37	P2P3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Sep	18:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	27–25	25–11	25–22			77–58	P2P3
19 Sep	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Mexico	25–16	25–22	25–19			75–57	P2P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–18	26–24	19–25	25–21		95–88	P2P3
20 Sep	20:00	United States	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–14	25-15			75-51	P2P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Sep	16:00	Costa Rica	1–3	Cuba	24–26	25–23	15–25	22–25		86–99	P2P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	16:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Mexico	23–25	19–25	22–25			64–75	P2P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–23	25–16	25–16			75–55	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Sep	20:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	19–25	24–26	25–21	19–25		87–97	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  United States  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico 4  Canada 5  Mexico 6  Trinidad and Tobago 7  Cuba 8  Costa Rica 9  Saint Lucia

2013 Women's NORCECA Champions  United States 7th title

Individual awards

• MVP:  Kelly Murphy (USA)^[2]
• Best Scorer:  Karina Ocasio (PUR)
• Best Spiker:  Kelly Murphy (USA)
• Best Blocker:  Sinead Jack (TRI)
• Best Server:  Jordan Larson (USA)
• Best Digger:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best Setter:  Alisha Glass (USA)
• Best Receiver:  Debora Seilhamer (PUR)
• Best Libero:  Janie Guimond (CAN)

All-Star team

Most Valuable Player  Kelly Murphy (USA)[2] Best Setter  Alisha Glass (USA) Best Opposite  Kelly Murphy (USA) Best Outside Hitters  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM)  Aurea Cruz (PUR)

Best Middle Blockers  Sinead Jack (TRI)  Candida Arias (DOM) Best Libero  Janie Guimond (CAN)

References

1. "Americans down D. Republic". Ralston, Nebraska: ESPN. AP. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
2. "Kelly Murphy Named NORCECA Women’s Championship MVP". Omaha, Nebraska: NORCECA. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
3. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
4. "Standings and final Ranking". Retrieved 2013-09-19.

External links

• Official website