2001 Volleyball America's Cup
# 2001 Volleyball America's Cup

The 2001 Volleyball America's Cup was the fourth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from September 28 to October 7, 2001, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Main round

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Cuba | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 461 | 393 | 1.173 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 |
| 2. | Brazil | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 443 | 353 | 1.255 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 |
| 3. | United States | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 403 | 404 | 0.997 | 8 | 10 | 0.800 |
| 4. | Argentina | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 351 | 376 | 0.933 | 7 | 9 | 0.777 |
| 5. | Venezuela | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 354 | 409 | 0.865 | 5 | 12 | 0.416 |
| 6. | Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 312 | 389 | 0.802 | 3 | 13 | 0.230 |

* Friday September 28

| Cuba | 3 – 1 | United States | 16-25 25-21 25-14 27-25 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-20 25-15 25-16 |

* Saturday September 29

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Venezuela | 25-20 25-15 25-16 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Argentina | 25-22 25-21 25-18 |

* Sunday September 30

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-17 25-14 25-13 |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 – 1 | Argentina | 23-25 25-23 25-21 25-15 |

* Monday October 1

| Cuba | 3 – 2 | Brazil | 25-27 25-22 21-25 25-23 25-23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 3 – 0 | United States | 25-20 25-21 27-25 |

* Tuesday October 2

| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-15 25-16 25-22 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 3 – 0 | Venezuela | 25-23 25-22 25-16 |

* Wednesday October 3

| Canada | 3 – 1 | Venezuela | 25-21 21-25 25-20 25-23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 – 1 | United States | 22-25 25-16 25-14 26-24 |

* Thursday October 4

| United States | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25-18 25-17 25-17 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 1 | Venezuela | 25-17 25-15 22-25 25-19 |
| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Argentina | 25-20 25-19 25-19 |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires |
| United States | 0 | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires |
| United States | 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires | | Brazil | 3 |
| 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires | Cuba | 0 |
| Cuba | 3 | Cuba | 0 |
| Argentina | 2 | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires | 2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires |
| | | United States | 2 |
| | | Argentina | 3 |

### Semi-finals

* Saturday 2001-10-06

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | United States | 25-22 25-20 25-18 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 2 | Argentina | 25-17 18-25 19-25 25-14 15-13 |

### Finals

* Sunday 2001-10-07 — Bronze-medal match

| United States | 2 – 3 | Argentina | 20-25 22-25 25-22 25-23 10-15 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Sunday 2001-10-07 — Gold-medal match

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Cuba | 25-20 25-19 25-23 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| - | - |
| 1. | Brazil |
| 2. | Cuba |
| 3. | Argentina |
| 4. | United States |
| 5. | Venezuela |
| 6. | Canada |

* 2001 Men's America's Cup winners
* Brazil Third title

## Awards

* Most valuable player
   * Angel Dennis (CUB)
* Best spiker
   * Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)
* Best receiver
   * Nalbert Bitencourt (BRA)
* Best blocker
   * Pavel Pimienta (CUB)
* Best digger
   * Sérgio Dutra Santos (BRA)
* Best server
   * Gustavo Endres (BRA)
* Best setter
   * Alain Roca (CUB)
