2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from August 27 – September 1, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.^[1] The top three teams will qualify to the 2013 Men's Junior World Championship.

2012 Men's Junior NORCECA Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
Dates	August 27 – September 1
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in Colorado Springs host cities)
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Benjamin Patch (USA)
Official website
NORCECA.net
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Teams

Pool A	Pool B
Honduras  Mexico  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  United States	Canada  Curaçao  Guatemala  Puerto Rico

Pool standing procedure

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

First round

All times are MST, Colorado Standard Time (UTC -07)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	225	121	1.860	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	2	1	10	207	160	1.294	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Honduras	3	1	2	5	168	199	0.844	3	6	0.500
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	3	0	105	225	0.467	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	13:00	Mexico	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–7	25–10	25–15			75–32	P2P3
27 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Honduras	25–12	25–12	25–16			75–40	P2P3
28 Aug	13:00	Mexico	3–0	Honduras	25–15	25–14	25–14			75–53	P2P3
28 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–8	25–8	25–9			75–25	P2P3
29 Aug	13:00	Honduras	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–17	25–11	25–20			75–48	P2P3
29 Aug	17:30	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–18	25–20			75–56	P2P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	14	253	161	1.571	9	1	9.000	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	11	222	223	0.996	7	3	2.333	Quarterfinals
3	Guatemala	3	1	2	4	206	226	0.912	3	7	0.429
4	Curaçao	3	0	3	1	179	250	0.716	1	9	0.111

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	11:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Curaçao	27–25	25–13	25–23			77–61	P2P3
27 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–0	Guatemala	25–15	25–13	25–21			75–49	P2P3
28 Aug	11:00	Canada	3–0	Curaçao	25–13	25–7	25–22			75–42	P2P3
28 Aug	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Guatemala	25–20	25–19	25–20			75–59	P2P3
29 Aug	11:00	Guatemala	3–1	Curaçao	25–14	23–25	25–19	25–18		98–76	P2P3
29 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–13	25–15	28–30	25–12		103–70	P2P3

Final round

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

B1

Canada

3

A2

Mexico

3

A2

Mexico

1

B3

Guatemala

0

B1

Canada

1

A1

United States

3

A1

United States

3

B2

Puerto Rico

3

B2

Puerto Rico

0

A3

Honduras

0

Third place

A2

Mexico

3

B2

Puerto Rico

0

5th–8th places bracket

	Classification 5/8				5th Place Match
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
	Guatemala	3
					Guatemala	3
					Honduras	2
	Curaçao	1
	Honduras	3
					7th Place Match
					Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
					Curaçao	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Aug	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Honduras	25–16	25–16	25–11			75–43	P2P3
30 Aug	17:00	Mexico	3–0	Guatemala	25–23	25–17	25–23			75–63	P2P3

5th to 8th Classification

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	11:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Guatemala	12-25	16-25	16-25			44-75	P2P3
31 Aug	13:00	Curaçao	1–3	Honduras	27-25	19-25	25-27	19-25		90-102	P2P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Aug	15:00	Canada	3–1	Mexico	25–17	25–18	24–26	25–21		99–82	P2P3
31 Aug	17:00	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	25–16	25–20			75–51	P2P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	11:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Curaçao	11–25	16–25	19–25			45–75	P2P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	13:00	Guatemala	3–2	Honduras	25–18	20–25	25–20	24–26	15–9	109–98	P2P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Mexico	3–0	Puerto Rico	25-12	25-21	25-16			75-49	P2P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Sep	17:00	Canada	1–3	United States	24-26	17-25	25-23	21-25		87-99	P2P3

Final standing

Rank Team  United States Canada  Mexico 4  Puerto Rico 5  Guatemala 6  Honduras 7  Curaçao 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Individual awards

• Most valuable player^[2]
  •  Benjamin Patch (USA)
• Best scorer
  •  Gerardo González (GUA)
• Best spiker
  •  Dany Demyanenko (CAN)
• Best blocker
  •  Alexander William Russell (CAN)
• Best server
  •  Gregory Petty (USA)
• Best digger
  •  José Mendoza (MEX)
• Best setter
  •  Micah Christenson (USA)
• Best receiver
  •  Luís Bertrán (PUR)
• Best libero
  •  José Mendoza (MEX)