PONCE, Puerto Rico, July 31, 2023.- Twelve teams are ready to compete at the twentieth Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup running from August 6-13 at the Juan “Pachín” Vicéns Auditorium in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
The tournament will grant two berths for NORCECA teams to the XIX Pan American Games of Santiago 2023 to be held from October 20 to November 5. These two will complete the list of four representatives from the NORCECA Confederation in the Pan American Games, Dominican Republic and Mexico are already qualified.
Reigning champion Dominican Republic winner of the past two editions (2021, 2022) with an overall of six titles, along with Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname and United States represent the NORCECA Volleyball Confederation, while Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru are the teams representing the South American Volleyball Confederation.
In the history of the event, the United States has won the event on seven occasions, followed by Dominican Republic with six gold medals, Cuba with four and Brazil with three.
Teams are divided in two groups, with Group A consisting of Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, United States and Suriname, and in Group B of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and host Puerto Rico.
First place of each group will advance directly into semifinals, second and third places will play in the quarterfinal round.
The preliminary round runs from August 6-10 with six daily matches; quarterfinals, classification round for positions 7-10 and final classification for positions 11-12 will be played on August 11. The semifinals, classification round for positions 5-8 and final classification for positions 9-10 on August 12. The final day of competition on August 13 will start with the final classification for positions 7-10 and 5-6, followed by the bronze and gold medal matches.
Competition Schedule
Sunday August 6
10:00 United States v Suriname
12:00 Mexico v Argentina
14:00 Colombia v Peru
16:00 Cuba v Canada
18:00 Puerto Rico v Costa Rica
20:00 Dominican Republic v Chile
Monday August 7
10:00 Peru v Suriname
12:00 Costa Rica v Dominican Republic
14:00 Chile v Argentina
16:00 United States v Cuba
18:00 Mexico v Puerto Rico
20:00 Canada v Colombia
Tuesday August 8
10:00 Cuba v Suriname
12:00 Costa Rica v Chile
14:00 Peru v Canada
16:00 Colombia v United States
18:00 Dominican Republic v Mexico
20:00 Puerto Rico v Argentina
Wednesday August 9
10:00 Suriname v Canada
12:00 Mexico v Costa Rica
14:00 Cuba v Colombia
16:00 United States v Peru
18:00 Argentina v Dominican Republic
20:00 Chile v Puerto Rico
Thursday August 10
10:00 Colombia v Suriname
12:00 Costa Rica v Argentina
14:00 Mexico v Chile
16:00 Peru v Cuba
18:00 Canada v United States
20:00 Puerto Rico v Dominican Republic
Friday August 11
12:00 Classificatiion 7/10
14:00 Classificatiion 7/10
16:00 Position 11-12
18:00 Quarterfinals
20:00 Quarterfinals
Saturday August 12
12:00 Classificatiion 5/8
14:00 Classificatiion 5/8
16:00 Position 9-10
18:00 Semifinals
20:00 Semifinals
Sunday August 13
12:00 Position 7-8
14:00 Position 5-6
16:00 Bronze Medal Match
18:00 Gold Medal Match
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