2007 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 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 |

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