2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2002 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from Wednesday June 26 to Sunday June 30, 2002 in Tijuana, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Canada  Cuba  Puerto Rico  United States | Argentina  Dominican Republic  Mexico |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Cuba | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 211 | 1.208 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 |
| 2. | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 199 | 1.050 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 |
| 3. | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 270 | 0.951 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 |
| 4. | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 251 | 0.836 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 |

* Wednesday June 26, 2002

| Canada | 3 – 0 | United States | 25–18 25–20 25–21 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–23 25–18 25–14 |

* Thursday June 27, 2002

| United States | 3 – 1 | Puerto Rico | 25–22 27–25 24–26 25–17 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–19 25–22 25–18 |

* Friday June 28, 2002

| Canada | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–22 25–21 25–22 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 2 | United States | 25–18 22–25 25–17 18–25 15–12 |

### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Dominican R. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 119 | 1.260 | 6 | 0 | 6.000 |
| 2. | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 149 | 0.986 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 |
| 3. | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 165 | 0.824 | 1 | 6 | 0.166 |

* Wednesday June 26, 2002

| Mexico | 3 – 1 | Argentina | 15–25 25–16 25–18 25–15 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Thursday June 27, 2002

| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25–14 25–21 25–22 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Friday June 28, 2002

| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Argentina | 25–23 25–22 25–17 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2002-06-29 – Tijuana | 2002-06-29 – Tijuana |
| Cuba | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | 2002-06-30 – Tijuana | 2002-06-30 – Tijuana |
| Mexico | 0 | 2002-06-30 – Tijuana | 2002-06-30 – Tijuana |
| Mexico | 0 | Cuba | 3 |
| 2002-06-29 – Tijuana | 2002-06-29 – Tijuana | | Cuba | 3 |
| 2002-06-29 – Tijuana | 2002-06-29 – Tijuana | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2003-06-30 – Tijuana | 2003-06-30 – Tijuana |
| | | Mexico | 0 |
| | | Canada | 3 |

* Saturday June 29, 2002
   * Classification Match

| Argentina | 3 – 1 | Puerto Rico | 26–24 10–25 25–13 26–24 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Semi-finals

| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25–20 25–15 25–20 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–15 25–20 25–13 |

* Sunday June 30, 2002
   * Fifth Place Match

| Argentina | 3 – 0 | United States | 25–23 25–20 25–16 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Bronze Medal Match

| Mexico | 0 – 3 | Canada | 21–25 22–25 16–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Gold Medal Match

| Cuba | 3 – 1 | Dominican Republic | 25–23 25–22 24–26 25–16 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| - | - |
| 1. | Cuba |
| 2. | Dominican Republic |
| 3. | Canada |
| 4. | Mexico |
| 5. | Argentina |
| 6. | United States |
| 7. | Puerto Rico |

* 2002 Women's Pan-American Cup winners
* Cuba First title
   * Cuba and Dominican Republic qualified for the 2003 World Grand Prix. The Dominican Republic withdrew because of the 2003 Pan-American Games, Canada replace them.

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
   * Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)
* Best spiker
   * Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
* Best blocker
   * Bibiana Candelas (MEX)
* Best digger
   * Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)
* Best receiver
   * Yumilka Ruíz (CUB)
* Best libero
   * Evelyn Carrera (DOM)
* Best server
   * Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
* Best setter
   * Francia Jackson (DOM)
