2009 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 2009 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2009 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fourth edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from June 15 to June 20, 2009, in Chiapas, Mexico. 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 | Group B |
| - | - |
| United States  Dominican Republic  Canada | Puerto Rico  Panama  Mexico  Guatemala |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Rk | Team | Points | W | L | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 |

June 15, 2009

| Dominican Republic | 1–3 | Canada | 25–15, 21–25, 20–25, 18–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

June 16, 2009

| United States | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 31–29, 25–19, 25–20 |
| - | - | - | - |

June 17, 2009

| Canada | 2–3 | United States | 22–25, 25–22, 21–25, 26–25, 13–15 |
| - | - | - | - |

### Group B

| Rk | Team | Points | W | L | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | MAX |
| 2 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 |
| 3 | Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0.333 |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |

June 15, 2009

| Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Panama | 25–17, 25–14, 25–22 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–16, 25–23, 25–17 |

June 16, 2009

| Panama | 0–3 | Guatemala | 22–25, 22–25, 18–25 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 31–33, 23–25, 21–25 |

June 17, 2009

| Guatemala | 0–3 | Puerto Rico | 14–25 17–25 18–25 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 3–0 | Panama | 25–13, 25–18, 26–24 |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2008-06-19 – Chiapas | 2008-06-19 – Chiapas |
| United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | United States | 3 |
| 2008-06-19 – Chiapas | 2008-06-19 – Chiapas | | United States | 3 |
| 2008-06-19 – Chiapas | 2008-06-19 – Chiapas | Canada | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | Canada | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | | |
| Canada | 3 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas | 2008-06-20 – Chiapas |
| | | Dominican Republic | 3 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 2 |

### Quarterfinals

* Thursday June 18, 2009

| Canada | 3–0 | Guatemala | 25–14, 25–16, 25–19 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 21–25, 19–25, 23–25 |

### Classification 5–6

* Friday June 19, 2009

| Guatemala | 1–3 | Mexico | 18–25, 19–25, 25–17, 15–25 |
| - | - | - | - |

### Semifinals

* Friday June 19, 2009

| United States | 3–0 | Dominican Republic | 25–21, 25–23, 25–14 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Puerto Rico | 1–3 | Canada | 18–25 27–25 20–25 24–26 |

### Classification 6–7

* Saturday June 7, 2008

| Panama | 2–3 | Guatemala | 25–21, 16–25, 25–23, 17–25, 9–15 |
| - | - | - | - |

### Championship Round

* Saturday June 20, 2009

| Dominican Republic | 3–2 | Puerto Rico | 25–20, 20–25, 25–20, 21–25, 15–10 |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3–2 | Canada | 32–30, 16–25, 24–26, 25–17, 15–12 |

## Final ranking

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

* 2009 Men's Pan-American Cup winners
* United States Third title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
   * Dean Bittner (USA)
* Best scorer
   * Gavin Schmitt (CAN)
* Best spiker
   * Juan Figueroa (PUR)
* Best blocker
   * Adam Simac (CAN)
* Best server
   * Iván Pérez (PUR)
* Best digger
   * Mario Becerra (MEX)
* Best setter
   * Fernando Morales (PUR)
* Best receiver
   * Luis Maclao (PAN)
* Best libero
   * Mario Becerra (MEX)
* Rising Star
   * Jeyson Nery Flores (GUA)
