2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	June 27 – July 8, 2005
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Coliseo Roberto Clemente (in San Juan host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mari Steinbrecher

The 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the fifth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries from June 27 to July 8, 2006 in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 World Grand Prix in Ningbo, PR China. 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
Brazil Canada Costa Rica Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico	Argentina Barbados Cuba Peru United States Venezuela

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Brazil	9	5	4	1	14	4	3.500
2.	Dominican R.	9	5	4	1	13	4	3.250
3.	Puerto Rico	9	5	4	1	12	7	1.714
4.	Canada	7	5	2	3	8	9	0.888
5.	Mexico	6	5	1	4	4	13	0.307
5.	Costa Rica	5	5	0	5	1	15	0.066

Thursday June 29


Brazil	3 – 1	Dominican R.	25–21 24–26 25–15 25–19
Canada	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25–15 25–20 25-06
Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Mexico	18–25 25–14 25–18 25–19

Friday June 30


Brazil	3 – 0	Mexico	25–8 25–12 25–19
Dominican R.	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25–12 25–11 25–19
Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Canada	23–25 25–14 25–20 25–20

Saturday July 1


Dominican R.	3 – 1	Canada	26–24 18–25 25–13 25–22
Mexico	3 – 1	Costa Rica	22–25 25–21 25–18 25–16
Brazil	2 – 3	Puerto Rico	25–19 20–25 22–25 25–18 13–15

Sunday July 2


Brazil	3 – 0	Canada	25–22 25–21 25–12
Dominican R.	3 – 0	Mexico	25–17 25–16 27–25
Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25–14 25–20 25–11

Monday July 3


Canada	3 – 0	Mexico	25–14 25–19 25–16
Brazil	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25–13 25–13 25–16
Puerto Rico	0 – 3	Dominican R.	19–25 27–29 20–25

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	10	5	5	0	15	1	15.000
2.	United States	9	5	4	1	13	3	4.333
3.	Peru	8	5	3	2	9	8	1.125
4.	Venezuela	7	5	2	3	4	12	0.333
5.	Argentina	6	5	1	4	6	12	0.500
5.	Barbados	5	5	0	5	0	15	0.000

Thursday June 29


Venezuela	3 – 0	Barbados	25–10 25–20 25-07
United States	3 – 0	Peru	25–18 25–17 25–20
Cuba	3 – 0	Argentina	25–19 25–12 25–16

Friday June 30


Cuba	3 – 0	Barbados	25-07 25–22 25-09
Peru	3 – 1	Venezuela	25–23 23–25 25–23 25–21
United States	3 – 0	Argentina	25-09 25–14 25–12

Saturday July 1


United States	3 – 0	Barbados	25-08 25–17 25–11
Peru	3 – 1	Argentina	25–20 25–18 29–31 25–21
Cuba	3 – 0	Venezuela	25–16 25–17 25–21

Sunday July 2


Peru	3 – 0	Barbados	25–18 25–17 25–21
Argentina	2 – 3	Venezuela	25–22 21–25 15–25 25–23 11–15
Cuba	3 – 1	United States	27–25 25–22 20–25 26–24

Monday July 3


Argentina	3 – 0	Barbados	25–13 25-06 25–19
United States	3 – 0	Venezuela	26–24 25–20 25–14
Cuba	3 – 0	Peru	25–15 25–20 25–19

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

2006-07-06 – San Juan, Puerto Rico

Brazil	3
		2006-07-07 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
United States	1
		Brazil	3
2006-07-06 – San Juan, Puerto Rico
		Cuba	1
Cuba	3

Dominican Republic	1
		3rd place

		2006-07-07 – San Juan, Puerto Rico

		United States	0

		Dominican Republic	3

Quarterfinals

Wednesday July 5, 2006


Dominican R.	3 – 0	Peru	25–21 25–18 25–13
United States	3 – 2	Puerto Rico	23–25 22–25 25–22 25–21 15-08

Semi-finals

Thursday July 6, 2006


Brazil	3 – 1	United States	21–25 25–22 25–17 25–10
Cuba	3 – 1	Dominican R.	25–23 25–22 14–25 25–13

Finals

Wednesday July 5, 2006 — Eleventh Place Match


Costa Rica	3 – 0	Barbados	25–19 25–16 25–15

Wednesday July 5, 2006 — Ninth Place Match


Mexico	3 – 1	Argentina	25–18 23–25 25–21 25–14

Thursday July 6, 2006 — Seventh Place Match


Canada	3 – 2	Venezuela	25–17 25–21 21–25 20–25 19–17

Thursday July 6, 2006 — Fifth Place Match


Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Peru	25–14 25–22 25–22

Friday July 7, 2006 — Bronze Medal Match


United States	0 – 3	Dominican R.	18–25 22–25 20–25

Friday July 7, 2006 — Gold Medal Match


Brazil	3 – 1	Cuba	25–14 21–25 25–22 25–11

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Brazil
2.	Cuba
3.	Dominican Republic
4.	United States
5.	Puerto Rico
6.	Peru
7.	Canada
8.	Venezuela
9.	Mexico
10.	Argentina
11.	Costa Rica
12.	Barbados

2006 Women's Pan-American Cup winners
Brazil First title

Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic and the United States qualified for the 2007 World Grand Prix

Awards

Most valuable player
- Mari Steinbrecher

Best attacker
- Mari Steinbrecher

Best scorer
- Aury Cruz

Best defender
- Yarleen Santiago

Best setter
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
Best server
- Aury Cruz

Best receiver
- Stacey Gordon

Best libero
- Arlene Xavier

Best blocker
- Fabiana Claudino

Best coach
- José Roberto Guimarães

References

Results

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