2023 Girls' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2023 Girls' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship, officially named 2023 NORCECA Girls' U17 Continental Championship, was the 1st edition of the Girls' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) for the girls' under-17 national teams of North, Central America and Caribbean. It was held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 21 to 26 November 2023.^[1]

2023 Girls' U17 NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Honduras
City	Tegucigalpa
Dates	21–26 November 2023
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Dominican Republic
Tournament awards
MVP	Dibanhi Barrera
Best Setter	Megan Hunter
Best OH	Sara Lozano Aitana Rettke
Best MB	Caroline Rodriguez Keyling Olivas
Best OPP	Yliana Zuñiga
Best Libero	Dibanhi Barrera
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Best scorer	Salet Castillo
Best server	Gabriela Garza
Best digger	Dibanhi Barrera
Best receiver	Dibanhi Barrera
Official website
2023 U17 Girls NORCECA Continental Championship
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The tournament acted as the NORCECA qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship.^[2] The top three teams qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship in Peru as the NORCECA representatives.^[3]

Mexico won the title after beating Puerto Rico 3–2 in the final.^[4] Canada defeated Dominican Republic 3–1 in the third place match to take the bronce medal.^[5] Champions Mexico, runners-up Puerto Rico and the third place Canada qualified for the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U17 World Championship.

Participating teams

A maximum of 8 national teams could qualify for the tournament as follows: the host nation and the top 7 teams according to the NORCECA U19 Continental Ranking as of 1 January 2023 (as reference, considering that there was no U17 ranking) that confirmed their participation.^[2]

The following were the teams invited and eligible to participate in the tournament (teams that confirmed their participation marked in bold and U19 Continental Ranking is shown in brackets):^[6]

•  United States (1)
•  Dominican Republic (2)
•  Canada (3)
•  Puerto Rico (4)
•  Mexico (5)
•  Cuba (6)

•  Costa Rica (7)
•  Honduras (8, hosts)
•  Nicaragua (9)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (10)
•  Barbados (11)
•  Suriname (12)

Squads

Each national team had to register a squad of 12 players. Players born on 1 January 2008 and onwards were eligible to compete in the tournament.^[2]

Competition format

In the NORCECA Volleyball Championships the competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 8 teams, two pools of four teams each were formed. The pool standing procedure were as follows:^[2]

1. Number of matches won;
2. Match points;
   • 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
3. Points ratio;
4. Sets ratio;
5. If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
6. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

The winners of each pool advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Groups composition

Teams were distributed into two groups of four teams. As hosts, Honduras had the right to choose the group in which to be placed and were assigned to the head of its group (Group A). The remaining teams were distributed into the groups according to their position in the NORCECA U19 Continental Ranking as of 1 January 2023 (as reference, considering that there was no U17 ranking) and following the serpentine system, starting with the highest-ranked team as head of the remaining group (Group B)^[2]

Group A	Group B
Honduras	Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico	Canada
Mexico	Cuba
Nicaragua	Costa Rica

Preliminary round

All match times are local times, GTT (UTC−6), as listed by NORCECA.^[1]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	15	9	0	MAX	226	152	1.487	Semi-finals
2	Mexico	3	2	1	10	6	3	2.000	214	144	1.486	Quarter-finals
3	Nicaragua	3	1	2	5	3	6	0.500	168	188	0.894
4	Honduras	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	101	225	0.449	5th–8th semifinals

Source: NORCECA

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Nov	18:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Mexico	26–24	25–21	25–19			76–64	P2 P3
21 Nov	20:00	Honduras	0–3	Nicaragua	17–25	7–25	14–25			38–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	18:00	Nicaragua	0–3	Puerto Rico	15–25	18–25	17–25			50–75	P2 P3
22 Nov	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Honduras	25–9	25–10	25–6			75–25	P2 P3
23 Nov	18:00	Nicaragua	0–3	Mexico	13–25	17–25	13–25			43–75	P2 P3
23 Nov	20:00	Honduras	0–3	Puerto Rico	12–25	11–25	15–25			38–75	P2 P3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	11	9	4	2.250	297	250	1.188	Semi-finals
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	11	7	3	2.333	233	213	1.094	Quarter-finals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	5	5	8	0.625	250	292	0.856
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	248	273	0.908	5th–8th semifinals

Source: NORCECA

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Nov	14:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Costa Rica	25–22	25–22	25–18			75–62	P2 P3
21 Nov	16:00	Canada	3–2	Cuba	26–28	25–18	16–25	25–11	15–9	107–91	P2 P3
22 Nov	14:00	Costa Rica	1–3	Canada	19–25	18–25	25–21	16–25		78–96	P2 P3
22 Nov	16:00	Cuba	0–3	Dominican Republic	25–27	17–25	15–25			57–77	P2 P3
23 Nov	14:00	Costa Rica	2–3	Cuba	25–14	25–20	22–25	20–25	16–18	108–102	P2 P3
23 Nov	16:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Canada	16–25	19–25	25–19	21–25		81–94	P2 P3

Final round

Bracket

5th place match

5th–8th semi-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

4A

Honduras

0

1B

Canada

1

3B

Cuba

3

2A

Mexico

3

2A

Mexico

3

3B

Cuba

0

Costa Rica

3

Mexico

3

Cuba

2

Puerto Rico

2

7th place match

4B

Costa Rica

3

1A

Puerto Rico

3

3rd place match

3A

Nicaragua

0

2B

Dominican Republic

1

Nicaragua

0

2B

Dominican Republic

3

Canada

3

Honduras

3

3A

Nicaragua

0

Dominican Republic

1

Quarter-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	16:00	Dominican Republic	3–0	Nicaragua	25–18	25–20	25–14			75–52	P2 P3
24 Nov	18:00	Mexico	3–0	Cuba	25–10	25–17	25–19			75–46	P2 P3

5th–8th Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	14:00	Costa Rica	3–0	Nicaragua	25–21	25–21	25–22			75–64	P2 P3
25 Nov	16:00	Honduras	0–3	Cuba	16–25	8–25	7–25			31–75	P2 P3

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	18:00	Canada	1–3	Mexico	20–25	23–25	25–22	16–25		84–97	P2 P3
25 Nov	20:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–19	18–25	29–27		97–93	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	11:00	Nicaragua	3–0	Honduras	25–11	25–18	25–20			75–49	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	13:00	Costa Rica	3–2	Cuba	15–25	21–25	25–19	25–20	15–11	101–100	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	15:00	Canada	3–1	Dominican Republic	28–30	28–26	25–23	28–26		109–105	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Nov	17:00	Mexico	3–2	Puerto Rico	23–25	23–25	27–25	25–21	15–5	113–101	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank Team  Mexico  Puerto Rico  Canada 4  Dominican Republic 5  Costa Rica 6  Cuba 7  Nicaragua 8  Honduras   Qualified for 2024 FIVB Girls' U17 World Championship   Qualified for the 2024 Girls' U17 World Championship via FIVB World Ranking

2023 Girls' U17 NORCECA champions  Mexico First title Team Roster: Kimberly Rosales, Brenda Esquivel, Kenia Martínez, Ana Paula Moreno, Yliana Zúñiga, Dibanhi Barrera (L), Gabriela Garza, Aitana Rettke (c), Kiara Ramírez, Fátima Salcedo, Cyntia Palomo, Sophya Garcia Head coach: Ignacio Sánchez Palmeros

Individual awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.^[7]

• Most valuable player

   Dibanhi Barrera (MEX)

• Best setter

   Megan Hunter (CAN)

• Best outside hitters

   Sara Lozano (PUR)

   Aitana Rettke (MEX)

• Best middle blockers

   Caroline Rodriguez (DOM)

   Keyling Olivas (NCA)

• Best opposite

   Yliana Zuñiga (MEX)

• Best scorer

   Salet Castillo (CUB)

• Best server

   Gabriela Garza (MEX)

• Best libero

   Dibanhi Barrera (MEX)

• Best digger

   Dibanhi Barrera (MEX)

• Best receiver

   Dibanhi Barrera (MEX)