Volleyball at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

The volleyball competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia at the Humberto Perea Coliseum. The women's tournament was held from the 20 to 25 July, whilst the men's tournament was held from the 28 July to 2 August.

Volleyball at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Humberto Perea Coliseum
Location	Barranquilla
Dates	20 July – 2 August
Nations	9
Teams	8 (men) 8 (women)
Champions
Men	Puerto Rico
Women	Dominican Republic

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men[1]	Puerto Rico	Colombia	Mexico
Women[2]	Dominican Republic	Colombia	Puerto Rico

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	1	2
2	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
3	Colombia (COL)*	0	2	0	2
4	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Men's tournament

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	11 June 2014	1	Colombia
NORCECA Ranking[3]	31 December 2017	6	Cuba  Puerto Rico  Mexico  Dominican Republic  Guatemala  Trinidad and Tobago
Invitation		1	Venezuela
Total		8

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Cuba (16)	Colombia (41)
Dominican Republic (38)	Guatemala (41)
Mexico (19)	Puerto Rico (29)
Venezuela (22)	Trinidad and Tobago (50)

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 local (UTC–5).

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 5–8th place semifinals

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	3	0	15	227	174	1.305	9	0	MAX
2	Mexico	2	1	9	228	216	1.056	6	4	1.500
3	Venezuela	1	2	4	258	272	0.949	4	8	0.500
4	Dominican Republic	0	3	2	207	258	0.802	2	9	0.222

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	17:00	Cuba	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	27–25	25–21			77–67	P2 P3
28 Jul	19:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Mexico	24–26	20–25	13–25			57–76	P2 P3
29 Jul	17:00	Venezuela	3–2	Dominican Republic	18–25	25–17	25–23	24–26	15–11	107–102	P2 P3
29 Jul	19:45	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–23	25–18	25–18			75–59	P2 P3
30 Jul	17:25	Mexico	3–1	Venezuela	25–19	18–25	25–22	25–18		93–84	P2 P3
30 Jul	19:50	Dominican Republic	0–3	Cuba	22–25	12–25	14–25			48–75	P2 P3

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Puerto Rico	3	0	15	226	156	1.449	9	0	MAX
2	Colombia	2	1	8	243	234	1.038	6	5	1.200
3	Guatemala	1	2	4	206	237	0.869	3	7	0.429
4	Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	3	230	278	0.827	3	9	0.333

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Jul	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–0	Guatemala	25–14	25–16	25–17			75–47	P2 P3
28 Jul	21:00	Colombia	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago	19–25	25–19	22–25	25–19	15–8	106–96	P2 P3
29 Jul	15:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Puerto Rico	11–25	18–25	19–25			48–75	P2 P3
29 Jul	21:45	Colombia	3–0	Guatemala	25–17	25–21	26–24			76–62	P2 P3
30 Jul	15:00	Guatemala	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago	25–22	25–17	22–25	25–22		97–86	P2 P3
30 Jul	21:30	Colombia	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	24–26	20–25			61–76	P2 P3

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	31 July
	Mexico	3
					1 August
	Guatemala	0
					Mexico	1
					Puerto Rico	3
									2 August
									Puerto Rico	3
	31 July
									Colombia	0
	Colombia	3
					1 August
	Venezuela	2
					Colombia	3
					Cuba	2			Third place
									2 August
									Mexico	3
									Cuba	2

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	1 August
	Venezuela	3
					2 August
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
					Venezuela	3
	1 August
					Dominican Republic	0
	Guatemala	0
	Dominican Republic	3
					7th place
					2 August
					Trinidad and Tobago	1
					Guatemala	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 Jul	19:00	Mexico	3–0	Guatemala	25–12	25–15	25–11			75–38	P2 P3
31 Jul	21:00	Colombia	3–2	Venezuela	23–25	25–22	26–28	26–24	15–13	115–112	P2 P3

5–8th place semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	15:00	Venezuela	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–16	25–16	25–17			75–49	P2 P3
1 Aug	17:00	Guatemala	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	19–25	20–25			58–75	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	12:00	Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	Guatemala	22–25	25–27	25–23	17–25		89–100	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	14:30	Venezuela	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–20	25–11			75–48	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Aug	19:00	Mexico	1–3	Puerto Rico	29–27	23–25	15–25	22–25		89–102	P2 P3
1 Aug	21:45	Colombia	3–2	Cuba	20–25	25–11	20–25	30–28	23–21	118–110	P2 P3

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	16:05	Mexico	3–2	Cuba	22–25	20–25	25–23	25–22	15–8	107–103	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
2 Aug	19:10	Puerto Rico	3–0	Colombia	25–14	25–21	25–14			75–49	P2 P3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Puerto Rico
	Colombia
	Mexico
4	Cuba
5	Venezuela
6	Dominican Republic
7	Guatemala
8	Trinidad and Tobago

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player[4]  Sequiel Sánchez (PUR) Best Scorer  Liberman Agámez (COL) Best Setter  Pedro Rangel (MEX) Best Outside Hitters  Manuel López (CUB)  Sequiel Sánchez (PUR) Best Opposite  Maurice Torres (PUR)

Best Server  Maurice Torres (PUR) Best Middle Blockers  Marc-Anthony Honoré (TTO)  Liván Osoria (CUB) Best Libero  Yonder García (CUB) Best Digger  Yonder García (CUB) Best Receiver  Arnel Cabrera (PUR)

Women's tournament

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country	11 June 2014	1	Colombia
NORCECA Ranking[3]	31 December 2017	6	Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Cuba  Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago  Costa Rica
Invitation		1	Venezuela
Total		8

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B
Cuba (25)	Colombia (28)
Dominican Republic (9)	Costa Rica (39)
Mexico (26)	Puerto Rico (13)
Venezuela (113)	Trinidad and Tobago (34)

Preliminary round

• All times are local (UTC–5).

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the 5–8th place semifinals

Pool A

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Dominican Republic	3	0	13	271	203	1.335	9	2	4.500
2	Mexico	2	1	9	258	250	1.032	7	5	1.400
3	Venezuela	1	2	3	205	268	0.765	3	8	0.375
4	Cuba	0	3	5	290	303	0.957	5	9	0.556

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	17:30	Dominican Republic	3–0	Venezuela	25–11	29–27	25–11			79–49	P2 P3
20 Jul	21:10	Cuba	2–3	Mexico	22–25	25–21	25–20	19–25	8–15	99–106	P2 P3
21 Jul	15:00	Venezuela	0–3	Mexico	20–25	18–25	16–25			54–75	P2 P3
21 Jul	19:00	Dominican Republic	3–1	Cuba	25–18	25–17	20–25	25–17		95–77	P2 P3
22 Jul	17:00	Cuba	2–3	Venezuela	28–30	25–18	21–25	25–12	15–17	114–102	P2 P3
22 Jul	19:40	Mexico	1–3	Dominican Republic	25–22	16–25	19–25	17–25		77–97	P2 P3

Pool B

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Colombia	3	0	15	229	159	1.440	9	0	MAX
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	9	237	208	1.139	6	4	1.500
3	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	6	214	226	0.947	4	6	0.667
4	Costa Rica	0	3	0	138	225	0.613	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Jul	15:00	Puerto Rico	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago	19–25	25–17	25–16	25–20		94–78	P2 P3
20 Jul	19:30	Colombia	3–0	Costa Rica	25–14	25–9	25–7			75–30	P2 P3
21 Jul	17:00	Costa Rica	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	14–25	20–25			51–75	P2 P3
21 Jul	21:25	Colombia	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–22	25–19	25–20			75–61	P2 P3
22 Jul	15:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Costa Rica	25–18	25–23	25–16			75–57	P2 P3
22 Jul	22:15	Puerto Rico	0–3	Colombia	20–25	27–29	21–25			68–79	P2 P3

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	23 July
	Mexico	3
					24 July
	Trinidad and Tobago	1
					Mexico	1
					Colombia	3
									25 July
									Colombia	0
	23 July
									Dominican Republic	3
	Puerto Rico	3
					24 July
	Venezuela	0
					Puerto Rico	0
					Dominican Republic	3			Third place
									25 July
									Mexico	2
									Puerto Rico	3

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	24 July
	Venezuela	3
					25 July
	Costa Rica	0
					Venezuela	0
	24 July
					Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	3
	Cuba	0
					7th place
					25 July
					Costa Rica	1
					Cuba	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jul	19:00	Mexico	3–1	Trinidad and Tobago	20–25	25–22	25–22	25–17		95–86	P2 P3
23 Jul	21:35	Puerto Rico	3–0	Venezuela	25–15	25–14	25–16			75–45	P2 P3

5–8th place semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	15:00	Venezuela	3–0	Costa Rica	25–15	25–12	25–13			75–40	P2 P3
24 Jul	17:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–16	25–22			75–57	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	15:00	Costa Rica	1–3	Cuba	19–25	13–25	25–23	12–25		69–98	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	17:10	Venezuela	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago	24–26	19–25	20–25			63–76	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Jul	19:00	Mexico	1–3	Colombia	14–25	25–23	18–25	20–25		77–98	P2 P3
24 Jul	21:40	Puerto Rico	0–3	Dominican Republic	22–25	15–25	19–25			56–75	P2 P3

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	19:10	Mexico	2–3	Puerto Rico	24–26	25–15	19–25	29–27	12–15	109–108	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jul	22:30	Colombia	0–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	17–25	19–25			55–75	P2 P3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Dominican Republic
	Colombia
	Puerto Rico
4	Mexico
5	Trinidad and Tobago
6	Venezuela
7	Cuba
8	Costa Rica

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player[5]  Prisilla Rivera (DOM) Best Scorer  Andrea Rangel (MEX) Best Setter  María Marín (COL) Best Outside Hitters  Channon Thompson (TTO)  Amanda Coneo (COL) Best Opposite  Gaila González (DOM)

Best Server  Krystle Esdelle (TTO) Best Middle Blockers  Sinead Jack (TTO)  Lisvel Elisa Eve (DOM) Best Libero  Brenda Castillo (DOM) Best Digger  Brenda Castillo (DOM) Best Receiver  Amanda Coneo (COL)

References

1. Volleyball Men Medallists
2. Volleyball Women Medallists
3. "NORCECA Rankings 2017". NORCECA. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
4. "Sequiel Sanchez of Puerto Rico with MVP Award at CACG Barranquilla". NORCECA. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
5. "Dominican Prisilla Rivera the MVP at CACG Barranquilla". NORCECA. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links

• 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Volleyball