2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the tournament, and was held in Winnipeg, Canada from 2 to 7 September 2019. Top four teams which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics or the 2020 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[1]

2019 Men's NORCECA Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
City	Winnipeg
Dates	2–7 September
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Cuba (16th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament awards
MVP	Miguel Ángel López
Best Setter	Luis Garcìa
Best OH	Torey Defalco Stephen Maar
Best MB	Roamy Alonso Jeffrey Jendryk
Best OPP	Maurice Torres
Best Libero	Kyle Dagostino
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Best scorer	Henry Tapia (107 points)
Best server	Osniel Melgarejo (0.80 Avg)
Best digger	Kyle Dagostino (1.00 Avg)
Best receiver	Jesús Rangel (53.09%)
Official website
NORCECA
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Qualification

The hosts Canada and the top seven ranked teams from the NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019^[2] qualified for the tournament. But, Suriname replaced Trinidad and Tobago, who withdrew from the tournament. And, Suriname withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 2nd.

•  Canada (Hosts)
•  United States (1)
•  Cuba (3)
•  Puerto Rico (4)
•  Mexico (5)
•  Dominican Republic (6)
•  Guatemala (7)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (8)
•  Suriname (13)

Pools composition

Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their NORCECA Ranking as of 1 January 2019.^[2] NORCECA reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the NORCECA Ranking.

Pool A	Pool B
Canada	United States
Puerto Rico	Cuba
Mexico	Dominican Republic
	Guatemala

Squads

Main article: 2019 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads

Venue

• Duckworth Centre, Winnipeg, Canada

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Points ratio
4. Sets ratio
5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

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

Preliminary round

• All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	10	150	101	1.485	6	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	5	120	141	0.851	3	3	1.000	Quarterfinals
3	Puerto Rico	2	0	2	0	125	153	0.817	0	6	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	15:07	Mexico	3–0	Puerto Rico	28–26	25–18	25–22			78–66	P2 P3
3 Sep	20:00	Canada	3–0	Mexico	25–10	25–17	25–15			75–42	P2 P3
4 Sep	20:00	Canada	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–20	25–18	25–21			75–59	P2 P3

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	226	172	1.314	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	10	222	189	1.175	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	4	201	241	0.834	3	7	0.429
4	Guatemala	3	0	3	1	220	267	0.824	1	9	0.111	6th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Sep	13:00	Guatemala	0–3	Cuba	13–25	35–37	14–25			62–87	P2 P3
2 Sep	18:00	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–14	25–17	25–14			75–45	P2 P3
3 Sep	15:00	Guatemala	0–3	United States	22–25	21–25	24–26			67–76	P2 P3
3 Sep	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–20	25–17	25–15			75–52	P2 P3
4 Sep	15:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Guatemala	29–27	25–19	25–27	25–18		104–91	P2 P3
4 Sep	18:00	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–17	25–21	25–22			75–60	P2 P3

Final round

• All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					6 September
					Canada	1
	5 September
					Cuba	3
	Cuba	3
									7 September
	Puerto Rico	0
									Cuba	3
									United States	1
					6 September
					United States	3
	5 September
					Mexico	0			3rd place match
	Mexico	3
									7 September
	Dominican Republic	1
									Canada	3
									Mexico	0

	6th place match				5th place match
					6 September
					Dominican Republic	2
	7 September
					Puerto Rico	3
	Dominican Republic	3
	Guatemala	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	18:00	Mexico	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–21	17–25	25–17		92–82	P2 P3
5 Sep	20:30	Cuba	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–21	25–22	28–26			78–69	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	15:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Puerto Rico	25–23	14–25	25–21	23–25	6–15	93–109	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Sep	18:00	Canada	1–3	Cuba	25–17	22–25	22–25	19–25		88–92	P2 P3
6 Sep	20:31	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–16	25–23			75–57	P2 P3

6th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	11:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Guatemala	28–30	25–13	28–26	25–19		106–88	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	14:00	Canada	3–0	Mexico	25–14	25–18	25–12			75–44	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Sep	16:00	Cuba	3–1	United States	25–18	21–25	25–20	25–20		96–83	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Cuba  United States  Canada 4  Mexico 5  Puerto Rico 6  Dominican Republic 7  Guatemala Qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier Already qualified for the 2020 North American Olympic Qualifier via the 2019 Champions Cup Already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics via the 2019 Intercontinental Olympic Qualifier

2019 Men's NORCECA champions  Cuba 16th title 9–man roster Masso, Melgarejo, Yant, Concepción, García, Simón, Goide, Alonso (c), López Head coach Muñoz

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Miguel Ángel López

• Best scorer

  Henry Tapia

• Best server

  Osniel Melgarejo

• Best digger

  Kyle Dagostino

• Best receiver

  Jesús Rangel

• Best setter

  Luis Garcìa

• Best outside spikers

  Torey DeFalco

  Stephen Maar

• Best middle blockers

  Roamy Alonso

  Jeffrey Jendryk

• Best opposite spiker

  Maurice Torres

• Best libero

  Kyle Dagostino

See also

• 2019 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship