2008 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
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The 2008 Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a Continental Cup organized by NORCECA with teams from North- and Central America, and the Caribbean, to qualify for the America's Cup. The women have their own equivalent of the tournament, the Women's Pan-American Cup....

was the third edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, played by seven countries from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event served as a qualifier for the 2009 America's Cup in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. 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

















Group A

Rk Team Points W L SW SL Ratio
1 4 2 0 6 0 MAX
2 3 1 1 3 3 0.500
3 2 0 2 0 6 0.000


June 2, 2008
0-3 15-25, 18-25, 17-25


June 3, 2008
3-0 25-20, 25-11, 25-16


June 4, 2008
0-3 19-25, 27-29, 17-25



Group B

Rk Team Points W L SW SL Ratio
1 6 3 0 9 0 MAX
2 5 |2 1 6 4 0.600
3 4 1 2 4 8 0.333
4 3 0 3 2 9 0.182


June 2, 2008
1-3 20-25, 19-25, 25-22, 21-25
3-0 25-12, 25-13, 25-13


June 3, 2008
3-0 25-14, 25-15, 25-13
3-0 25-17, 25-22, 27-25


June 4, 2008
3-2 20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-14, 15-13
3-0 25-19, 25-20, 25-22

Final round

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Quarterfinals

  • Thursday June 5, 2008
    3-0 25-22, 25-22, 25-19
    3-0 25-21, 28-26, 25-15

Classification 5-6

  • Friday June 6, 2008
    1-3 23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25

Semifinals

  • Friday June 6, 2008
    3-1 25-22, 32-30, 22-25, 25-23
    3-1 18-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-18

Classification 6-7

  • Saturday June 7, 2008
    3-1 25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23

Championship Round

  • Saturday June 7, 2008
    3-2 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 15-12
    3-1 25-22, 27-29, 25-22, 25-22

Final ranking

Place Team
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    • United States, Canada, and Dominican Republic qualified for the 2009 America's Cup

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player

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  • Best Scorer

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  • Best Spiker

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  • Best Blocker

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  • Best Server

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  • Best Digger

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  • Best Setter

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