LEON & IRAPUATO, Mexico, August 14, 2024.- The cities of León and Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico will host the twenty first edition of the NORCECA Senior Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup from August 18 through 26.
The Women’s Pan American Cup that provides FIVB World Ranking points, is the qualification competition to the 2025 Women Pan American Cup, the 2025 NORCECA Women Continental Championship and the 2027 Pan American Games.
The competition will consist of twelve teams, split in two pools.
Pool A of Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname and host Mexico will be staged at Domo de la Feria in León.
Contenders in Pool B, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Puerto Rico and United States will compete at Inforum Irapuato in Irapuato.
After the round-robin pool round is completed, the first teams ranked in each group will advance to compete in the semifinal round. The second and third places will play in the quarterfinal round. Fourth and fifth places will play the classification round for positions 7 to 10, while the bottom placed teams will compete for positions 11 and 12.
Argentina is the current reigning champion, winning their first gold medal in last year’s edition in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
The United States is the top winner in Women’s Pan American Cup since its inception in 2002, earning a total of seven gold medals, followed by the Dominican Republic with five, Cuba with four and Brazil with three.
The preliminary round runs from August 18-22 with six daily matches. The quarterfinals, classification round for positions 7 to 10 and final classification for positions 11/12 will be played on August 23. The semifinals, classification round for positions 5 to 8 and final classification for positions 9/10 on August 24. Medal matches will be held on the last day of competition, August 25, as well as the final classification for positions 5/6 and 7/8.
HISTORIC MEDALS WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN CUP
YEAR | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
2002 | CUB | DOM | CAN |
2003 | USA | DOM | CUB |
2004 | CUB | USA | DOM |
2005 | CUB | DOM | BRA |
2006 | BRA | CUB | DOM |
2007 | CUB | BRA | DOM |
2008 | DOM | BRA | ARG |
2009 | BRA | DOM | PUR |
2010 | DOM | PER | USA |
2011 | BRA | DOM | USA |
2012 | USA | BRA | CUB |
2013 | USA | DOM | ARG |
2014 | DOM | USA | PUR |
2015 | USA | DOM | ARG |
2016 | DOM | PUR | USA |
2017 | USA | DOM | PUR |
2018 | USA | DOM | CAN |
2019 | USA | DOM | COL |
2022 | DOM | COL | USA |
2023 | ARG | PUR | USA |
MEDAL COMPOSITION
COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
USA | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
DOM | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
CUB | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
BRA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
ARG | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
PUR | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
COL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
PER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |