2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 America's Cup in Brazil, where the top three teams will join the teams from Argentina and 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.

## Competing nations

| Group A — Mexicali | Group B — Tijuana |
| - | - |
| Canada  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago | Cuba  Panama  United States |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

* Monday June 5

| Canada | 3 – 1 | Dominican R. | 23–25 25–19 25–18 25–18 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. | 26–24 25–20 25–14 |

* Tuesday June 6

| Dominican R. | 3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. | 26–24 25–16 25–20 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 2 – 3 | Mexico | 21–25 21–25 25–19 25–14 19–21 |

* Wednesday June 7

| Canada | 3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. | 25–17 25–9 25–19 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3 – 2 | Dominican R. | 23–25 25–21 17–25 25–21 15–12 |

### Group B

* Monday June 5

| United States | 3 – 0 | Panama | 25–11 25–9 25-08 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Tuesday June 6

| Panama | 0 – 3 | Cuba | 10–25 16–25 16–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Wednesday June 7

| Cuba | 2 – 3 | United States | 25–20 18–25 23–25 25–21 09-15 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico |
| Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico | | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-10 – Mexicali, Mexico | United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 3 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico | 2006-06-11 – Mexicali, Mexico |
| | | Mexico | 0 |
| | | Canada | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

* Friday June 9, 2006

| Canada | 3 – 0 | Panama | 25–14 25–15 25–19 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 1 – 3 | Dominican R. | 23–25 26–28 25–21 20–25 |

### Semi-finals

* Saturday June 10, 2006

| Mexico | 0 – 3 | Dominican R. | 24–26 20–25 23–25 |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–23 26–24 25–19 |

### Finals

* Sunday June 11, 2006 — Seventh Place Match

| Trinidad & T. | 3 – 1 | Panama | 25–23 25–17 23–25 25–17 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Saturday June 10, 2006 — Fifth Place Match

| Panama | 0 – 3 | Cuba | 17–25 11–25 17–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Sunday June 11, 2006 — Bronze Medal Match

| Mexico | 0 – 3 | Canada | 22–25 18–25 22–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

* Sunday June 11, 2006 — Gold Medal Match

| Dominican R. | 1 – 3 | United States | 25–17 20–25 17–25 23–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| - | - |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Dominican Republic |
| 3. | Canada |
| 4. | Mexico |
| 5. | Cuba |
| 6. | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 7. | Panama |

* 2006 Men's Pan-American Cup winners
* United States First title
   * United States, Dominican Republic and Canada qualified for the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup

## Awards

* Most valuable player
   * Elvis Contreras
* Best spiker
   * José Martell
* Best scorer
   * Elvis Contreras
* Best defender
   * Richard Lambourne
* Best setter
   * Cristian Cruz
* Best server
   * Rolando Junquin
* Best libero
   * Carlos Velásquez
* Best blocker
   * Murray Grapentine
