2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fourth edition of the bi-annual men's volleyball tournament, played by five countries from 15 to 20 October at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

## Competing nations

* Teams
* Cuba
* Guatemala
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Peru

## Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria: points ratio and sets ratio

## Competition format

The competition format for the 2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup consists of two phases, the first is a round robin round between all five competing nations. After the round robin finishes, 3rd and 4th place nations according to ranking will play for the bronze and 1st and 2nd place nations according to ranking will play for the gold.

## Round robin

* All times are Central Time Zone (UTC−06:00)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 305 | 200 | 1.525 | 12 | 0 | MAX | Final |
| 2 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 285 | 273 | 1.044 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | Final |
| 3 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 296 | 295 | 1.003 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | Third place match |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 280 | 326 | 0.859 | 3 | 11 | 0.273 | Third place match |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 286 | 358 | 0.799 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Oct | 15:00 | Cuba | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–17 | 25–14 | 25–13 | | | 75–44 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Oct | 17:00 | Guatemala | 3–1 | Peru | 25–15 | 19–25 | 25–17 | 27–25 | | 96–82 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 15:00 | Peru | 0–3 | Cuba | 19–25 | 10–25 | 13–25 | | | 42–75 | P2 P3 |
| 16 Oct | 17:00 | Guatemala | 0–3 | Mexico | 23–25 | 24–26 | 23–25 | | | 70–76 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 15:00 | Peru | 2–3 | Nicaragua | 25–23 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 26–24 | 10–15 | 101–112 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Oct | 18:00 | Mexico | 0–3 | Cuba | 26–28 | 17–25 | 16–25 | | | 59–78 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 15:00 | Mexico | 3–0 | Peru | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–18 | | | 75–61 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Oct | 17:00 | Guatemala | 3–0 | Nicaragua | 25–21 | 25–18 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Oct | 15:00 | Nicaragua | 0–3 | Mexico | 22–25 | 20–25 | 22–25 | | | 64–75 | P2 P3 |
| 19 Oct | 17:00 | Guatemala | 0–3 | Cuba | 14–25 | 16–25 | 25–27 | | | 55–77 | P2 P3 |

## Finals

### Third place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 Oct | 14:00 | Guatemala | 3–1 | Nicaragua | 28–26 | 27–25 | 22–25 | 25–16 | | 102–92 | P2 P3 |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 Oct | 17:05 | Cuba | 3–0 | Mexico | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–12 | | | 75–44 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Cuba |
| | Mexico |
| | Guatemala |
| 4 | Nicaragua |
| 5 | Peru |

* 2018 Men's U23 Pan-American Cup champions
* Cuba 2nd title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
   * Roamy Alonso (CUB)
* Best scorer
   * Carlos López (GUA)
* Best Spikers
   * Osniel Melgarejo (CUB)
   * Miguel López (CUB)
* Best Middle Blocker
   * Josué López (MEX)
   * José Masso (CUB)
* Best setter
   * Adán Ruano (GUA)
* Best Opposite
   * Miguel Gutiérrez (CUB)
* Best libero
   * Jonathan Nakamatsu (PER)
* Best digger
   * Miguel Castillo (NCA)
* Best receiver
   * Jonathan Nakamatsu (PER)
* Best server
   * Osniel Melgarejo (CUB)
