2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven teams from North American countries from June 1 to June 9, 2007 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The event served as a qualifier for the 2008 America's Cup in 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. Mexico win the event.

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Canada Mexico Puerto Rico	Cuba Dominican Republic Panama Trinidad and Tobago

Squads

Further information: 2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	0	196	178	1.101	6	2	3.000
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	1	199	210	0.947	4	5	0.800
3.	Canada	2	2	0	2	194	201	0.965	3	6	0.500

• Sunday June 3

Canada	1 – 3	Puerto Rico	17–25 25–17 17–25 26–28

• Monday June 4

Mexico	3 – 2	Canada	19–25 25–23 21–25 25–22 16–14

• Tuesday June 5

Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Mexico	25–23 25–27 26–24 25–19

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	253	205	1.234	9	1	9.000
2.	Dominican R.	5	3	2	1	252	220	1.145	6	4	1.500
3.	Panama	4	3	1	2	215	242	0.888	4	6	0.666
4.	Trinidad & T.	3	3	0	3	215	268	0.802	1	9	0.111

• Sunday June 3

Cuba	3 – 0	Panama	25–14 25–21 25–18
Trinidad & T.	0 – 3	Dominican R.	25–27 13–25 23–25

• Monday June 4

Trinidad & T.	1 – 3	Cuba	25–23 15–25 19–25 28–30
Dominican R.	3 – 1	Panama	25–27 25–20 25–22 25–15

• Tuesday June 5

Panama	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	27–25 25–18 26–24
Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25–23 25–22 25–20

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo
	Cuba	1
					2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
	Mexico	3
					Mexico	3
	2007-06-07 – Santo Domingo
					Puerto Rico	1
	Puerto Rico	3
	Canada	1
					3rd place
					2007-06-08 – Santo Domingo
					Cuba	3
					Canada	1

Quarterfinals

• Wednesday June 6, 2007

Mexico	3 – 0	Panama	25–14 26–24 25–16
Dominican R.	0 – 3	Canada	23–25 15–25 23–25

Classification

• Thursday June 7, 2007 — Fifth Place Match

Panama	0 – 3	Dominican R.	16–25 22–25 23–25

• Thursday June 7, 2007 — Sixth Place Match

Trinidad & T.	3 – 0	Panama	25–20 26–24 25–17

Semi-finals

• Thursday June 7, 2007

Cuba	1 – 3	Mexico	21–25 25–20 21–25 22–25
Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Canada	22–25 25–19 27–25 25–20

Finals

• Friday June 8, 2007 — Bronze Medal Match

Cuba	3 – 1	Canada	25–21 25–27 25–21 25–19

• Friday June 8, 2007 — Gold Medal Match

Mexico	3 – 1	Puerto Rico	26–24 25–22 21–25 25–20

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Mexico
2.	Puerto Rico
3.	Cuba
4.	Canada
5.	Dominican Republic
6.	Trinidad and Tobago
7.	Panama

2007 Men's Pan-American Cup winners
Mexico First title

• • Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba qualified for the 2008 America's Cup

Awards

• Most valuable player
  • José Martell
• Best spiker
  • Yadier Sánchez
• Best scorer
  • Yadier Sánchez
• Best defender
  • Ángel Matías
• Best setter
  • Fernando Morales
• Best server
  • Mark Dodds
• Best libero
  • Amaury Martínez
• Best blocker
  • Raidel González

References

• Results Archived 2012-12-21 at the Wayback Machine