2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from October 10 to October 14, 2001 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Dominican Republic
Dates	October 10 - 14 2001
Teams	6
Venue(s)	(in Santo Domingo host cities)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Tara Cross-Battle
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The United States won the gold medal, after defeated Cuba and qualified for the 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup; the Dominican Republic was third after winning over the Mexican team.^[1][2] Puerto Rico withdrawed and was replaced by Costa Rica; Canada and Jamaica cancelled their participation because of the recent flying problems derived by the September 11 attacks.^[3][4] Tara Cross-Battle of the United States won Most valuable player award.

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Mexico	Cuba  El Salvador  United States

Squads

Further information: 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Dominican R.	4	2	2	0				6	0	MAX
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	1				3	4	0.750
3.	Costa Rica	2	2	0	2				1	6	0.166

• October 10

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25-12 25-09 25-15 [5]

• October 11

Mexico	3 – 1	Costa Rica	25-14 25-17 22-25 25-18

• October 12

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Mexico	25-16 25-14 25-17

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	4	2	2	0				6	2	3.000
2.	Cuba	3	2	1	1				5	3	1.666
3.	El Salvador	2	2	0	2				0	6	0.000

• October 10

United States	3 – 0	El Salvador	25-06 25-02 25-03 [5]

• October 11

Cuba	3 – 0	El Salvador	25-10 25-13 25-10

• October 12

United States	3 – 2	Cuba	27-29 28-26 24-26 25-19 15-12

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	2001-10-13 – Santo Domingo
	United States	3
					2001-10-14 – Santo Domingo
	Mexico	1
					Cuba	0
	2001-10-13 – Santo Domingo
					United States	3
	Dominican Republic	2
	Cuba	3
					3rd place
					2001-10-14 – Santo Domingo
					Dominican Republic	3
					Mexico	1

Semi-finals

• October 13

United States	3 – 1	Mexico	25-18 25-18 22-25 25-23
Dominican R.	2 – 3	Cuba	25-17 25-22 20-25 23-25 09-15

Finals

• October 14 — Fifth Place Match

Costa Rica	3 – ??	El Salvador

• October 14 — Bronze Medal Match

Dominican R.	3 – 1	Mexico	25-17 22-25 25-16 25-17

• October 14 — Gold Medal Match

United States	3 – 1	Cuba	20-25 25-22 25-18 27-25

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Final ranking

Place Team  United States  Cuba  Dominican Republic 4.  Mexico 5.  Costa Rica 6.  El Salvador

2001 Women's NORCECA winners  United States Third title

Individual awards

Most valuable player  Tara Cross-Battle (USA) Best spiker  Heather Bown (USA) Best blocker  Sarah Noriega (USA) Best server   (25x17px) Best digger   (25x17px)

Best setter  Robyn Ah Mow (USA) Best receiver  Stacy Sykora (USA) Best libero   (25x17px) Best coach   (25x17px)