2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 America's Cup in Brazil, where the top three teams will join the teams from Argentina and Brazil. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.

Competing nations

Group A — Mexicali Group B — Tijuana

 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago

 Cuba
 Panama
 United States

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

  • Monday June 5
Canada  3 – 1  Dominican R. 23–25 25–19 25–18 25–18
Mexico  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 26–24 25–20 25–14
  • Tuesday June 6
Dominican R.  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 26–24 25–16 25–20
Canada  2 – 3  Mexico 21–25 21–25 25–19 25–14 19–21
  • Wednesday June 7
Canada  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 25–17 25–9 25–19
Mexico  3 – 2  Dominican R. 23–25 25–21 17–25 25–21 15–12

Group B

  • Monday June 5
United States  3 – 0  Panama 25–11 25–9 25-08
  • Tuesday June 6
Panama  0 – 3  Cuba 10–25 16–25 16–25
  • Wednesday June 7
Cuba  2 – 3  United States 25–20 18–25 23–25 25–21 09-15

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico
 
 
 Mexico0
 
2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Canada0
 
3rd place
 
 
2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico
 
 
 Mexico0
 
 
 Canada3

Quarterfinals

  • Friday June 9, 2006
Canada  3 – 0  Panama 25–14 25–15 25–19
Cuba  1 – 3  Dominican R. 23–25 26–28 25–21 20–25

Semi-finals

  • Saturday June 10, 2006
Mexico  0 – 3  Dominican R. 24–26 20–25 23–25
United States  3 – 0  Canada 25–23 26–24 25–19

Finals

  • Sunday June 11, 2006 — Seventh Place Match
Trinidad & T.  3 – 1  Panama 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–17
  • Saturday June 10, 2006 — Fifth Place Match
Panama  0 – 3  Cuba 17–25 11–25 17–25
  • Sunday June 11, 2006 — Bronze Medal Match
Mexico  0 – 3  Canada 22–25 18–25 22–25
  • Sunday June 11, 2006 — Gold Medal Match
Dominican R.  1 – 3  United States 25–17 20–25 17–25 23–25

Final ranking

Awards

References