Tag: 2025 U21 NORCECA Mens Panamerican Cup

Calgary, Canada, Aug. 05, 2025:  Canada impressed its home audience today as the team beat Barbados 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-19) at the 2025 NORCECA U21 Men’s Pan American Cup at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Canada dominated in attack points (41-14) and also led in blocks (3-1) and aces (10-2). Errors were in favor of Barbados (30-21).

Canada’s Owen Harris led scoring with 12 points, including five from ace serves. Teammate Dawson Pratt followed with 10 points. Isaiah Francis of Barbados was his team’s top scorer with 8 points.

Canada’s Head Coach Chris Voth said post-match: “It was difficult today, as this was our first match of the summer, and so there’s still a lot of uncertainties with the team. But it was really great to get everyone in and get the feeling of playing their first match today. And I hope we can keep building throughout the whole tournament. For sure I would like to see the consistency improve and we’ll hopefully see that tomorrow.”

Canada plays Puerto Rico next on August 06.

Calgary, Canada, Aug. 05, 2025:  USA swept Chile 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-15) today at the 2025 NORCECA U21 Men’s Pan American Cup at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre near Calgary, Alberta.

It was the opening match for both teams in the six-team tournament.

USA led in attack points (33-23) and dominated in blocking (12-1) and aces (10-1). USA made one less error than Chile (20-19).

Outside hitter Sebastiano Sani of the U.S. led scoring with 12 points ( 6 kills, 4 blocks and 2 aces). Joaquin Alejandro Valjalo and Felipe Emilio Rodríguez led Team Chile with 8 points each.

USA Head Coach John Hawks remarked: “I felt happy we got everybody in this match…  We were efficient in serving; attacking we were smooth – we misfired on a couple of plays, which was some miscommunication. Overall, it was a really nice way to start and I’m proud of the guys. I’m looking forward to seeing how we progress as we go forward. These guys have fun together and they are in it for each other, which is pretty nice.”

The six-team tournament continues through to August 10.

Calgary, Canada, Aug. 05, 2025:  Puerto Rico won the opening match of the 2025 NORCECA U21 Men’s Pan American Cup at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre in Calgary, Alberta, from August 5 to 10.

In a closely matched contest that was decided in the tie-break set, Puerto Rico defeated Mexico 3-2 (25-22, 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-10).

Puerto Rico led in attack points (51-48), blocks (15-10), and aces (5-4).  Mexico did, however, make fewer errors (32-39).

Puerto Rico’s opposite Dylan Velazquez led all scoring with 25 points (23 kills, 2 blocks). Brandon Antonio Ramirez led Mexico’s efforts with 20 points (16 kills, 3 blocks, and an ace).

Gerardo De Jesús Sánchez, head coach of team Puerto Rico, said after the match: “Every time we play Mexico they prove to be a great team, it’s usually four or five sets.  For this tournament, I have a lot of new players in our team this year. It’s good for a first game for our team.”

Six teams are participating in the tournament, which is serving as a warm-up for the upcoming FIVB U21 World Championship.

Calgary, Canada, Aug. 04, 2025:  Head coaches are looking forward to the 2025 NORCECA U21 Men’s Pan American Cup at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre in Calgary, Alberta, from August 5 to 10.

Erick Eduardo Hernández, Mexico Head Coach: “We’re very excited to be here in Canada participating in this tournament and we have high expectations. We hope the boys perform well, develop their best, and give their all on the court. We also hope they strive to give their all to improve match after match.”

John Stuart, Barbados, Head Coach: “We’re expecting the guys to keep improving after every match because this level (of tournament) is a step up for us.  So I just want the guys to do their best and keep improving as the tournament goes on. This competition prepares us for our regional tournament.”

Gerardo De Jesús Sánchez, Puerto Rico, Head Coach, “We are preparing for the World Championship in China in less than two weeks. I have some new faces in this team, so it’s important to give them experience playing together. I also have some players who are injured, so that’s another challenge for our team.”

Alvaro Del Campo Guzmán, Chile, Head Coach, “We’re very happy to be participating in this version of the U21 Pan American Cup. We had some difficulties before coming, but the important thing is that we were able to make it anyway. We’re looking forward to gaining experience in this important international competition, so we hope it’s a good competition for us and a great competition overall.”

Chris Voth, Canada, Head Coach: “We have a really strong group coming into the tournament, and a bunch of new guys who haven’t played for the National Team before, so it will be a really good experience for them to represent Canada and show us what they can do on the world stage.

I hope we can take some energy from the crowd and that the players’ families can come watch. It’s great to be playing at home.”

John Hawks, USA, Head Coach: “Our expectation is to come here and win. … We are preparing our best here for the World Championship team and rounding out our roster. We have six guys that are already at the Worlds, and we are picking six more guys from this tournament.

We’re fortunate to be here and thank you to Volleyball Canada for hosting us.”

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, August 3, 2025.- A key showcase for the next generation of volleyball stars, the 2025 NORCECA U21 Men’s Pan American Cup is set to take center stage at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre in Calgary, Alberta, from August 5 to 10.

Six national teams will battle for the title: Barbados, host Canada, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States.

Participating NORCECA National Teams are eligible and qualified to participate in the 2026 NORCECA Continental Championship.

The last U21 Pan Am Cup was held in Cuba in 2023, and Cuba won that tournament over the USA for the gold. Canada was bronze medalist after beating Puerto Rico in the final for third place.

Action begins August 5 with a round-robin preliminary stage running through August 9. The top two squads will fight for gold, while the third and fourth seeds clash for bronze. The remaining teams will face off to determine the final standings.

Competition Schedule
August 5th  
2:30pm Mexico vs Puerto Rico
4:30pm United States vs Chile
7:00pm Canda vs Barbados

August 6th  
2:30pm United States vs Barbados
4:30pm Chile vs Mexico
7:00pm Canada vs Puerto Rico

August 7th  
2:30pm Mexico vs Barbados
4:30pm Puerto Rico vs Chile  
7:00pm Canada vs United States

August 8th 
2:30pm Puerto Rico vs Barbados
4:30pm United States vs Mexico
7:00pm Canada vs Chile

August 9th  
2:30pm Chile vs Barbados
4:30pm United States vs Puerto Rico
7:00pm Canada vs Mexico

August 10th – Finals 
12:00pm  5th place match 
2:00pm     Bronze medal match  
4:30pm    Gold medal match 

HISTORIC MEDALS MEN’S U21 PAN AMERICAN CUP

YEAR	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
2011	VEN	CAN	CHI
2015	BRA	USA	CAN
2017	BRA	CUB	CAN
2019	CUB	CAN	PUR
2022	USA	MEX	CAN
2023	CUB	USA	CAN

MEDAL COMPOSITION

COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
CUB	2	1	0	3
BRA	2	0	0	2
USA	1	1	0	2
VEN	1	0	0	1
CAN	0	2	4	6
MEX	0	1	0	1
CHI	0	0	1	1
PUR	0	0	1	1