2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	5–10 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Centre Sportif de Gatineau (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Joshua Tuaniga (USA)
Official website
NORCECA U-21 Continental Cup

The 2016 Men's Junior Continental Championship is the tenth edition of the bi-annual tournament. It is played from 5–10 July on Gatineau, Quebec. The tournament will consist of seven teams. The top finisher at the final standing will qualify to 2017 U-21 World Championship.

Pool composition

Teams are distributed using the Serpentine system according NORCECA U-21 Ranking as of January 1, 2016

Pool A	Pool B
United States (2) Barbados (6) Saint Vincent (8)	Canada (Host - 1) Cuba (3) Guatemala (12) Trinidad and Tobago (14)

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
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio.

Preliminary round

	Team advances to semifinals
	Team advances to quarterfinals

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time–(UTC-04:00)

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	16:00	United States	3–0	Barbados	25–15	25–15	25–16			75–46	P2 P3
6 Jul	16:00	Barbados	3–0	Saint Vincent	25–23	25–19	25–17			75–59	P2 P3
7 Jul	16:00	Saint Vincent	0–3	United States	11–25	12–25	10–25			33–75	P2 P3

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Jul	18:00	Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Cuba	15–25	6–25	16–25			37–75	P2 P3
5 Jul	20:00	Canada	3–0	Guatemala	25–12	25–18	25–15			75–45	P2 P3
6 Jul	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Guatemala	25–17	25–17	25–10			75–44	P2 P3
6 Jul	20:00	Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–19	25–9	25–18			75–46	P2 P3
7 Jul	18:00	Guatemala	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–21	25–12	25–17			75–50	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:00	Canada	0–3	Cuba	17–25	18–25	16–25			51–75	P2 P3

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

3

B2

Canada

3

B2

Canada

0

A3

Saint Vincent

0

A1

United States

3

B1

Cuba

1

B1

Cuba

3

A2

Barbados

1

B3

Guatemala

0

B3

Guatemala

3

5th place

3rd place

A3

Saint Vincent

1

B2

Canada

3

A2

Barbados

3

B3

Guatemala

0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Jul	18:00	Canada	3–0	Saint Vincent	25–13	25–14	25–10			75–37	P2 P3
8 Jul	20:00	Barbados	1–3	Guatemala	21–25	25–19	21–25	23–25		90–94	P2 P3

Classification - 5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	16:00	Saint Vincent	1–3	Barbados	17–25	24–26	25–23	18–25		84–99	P2 P3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	18:00	Cuba	3–0	Guatemala	25–15	25–15	25–17			75–47	P2 P3
9 Jul	20:00	United States	3–0	Canada	25–9	26–24	25–21			76–54	P2 P3

6th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	16:00	Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	Saint Vincent	26–24	19–25	19–25	21–25		85–99	P2 P3

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	18:00	Guatemala	0–3	Canada	13–25	12–25	19–25			44–75	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Jul	20:00	Cuba	1–3	United States	17–25	27–29	25–19	22–25		91–98	P2 P3

Final Standing

Qualified to 2017 U-21 World Championship

Rank	Team
	United States
	Cuba
	Canada
4	Guatemala
5	Barbados
6	Saint Vincent
7	Trinidad and Tobago

2016 Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Champions
United States 3rd title

12-man roster:
K. Ensing, R. Devilbiss, J. Cole, G. Huhmann, S. Stadick, J. Tuaniga, A. Matauia, M. Wexter, J. Worsley, M. Douglas, E. Jordan, D. Missry
Head Coach:
Jay Hosack

All-Star Team

• Most Valuable Player
  • Joshua Tuaniga (USA)
• Best Setter
  • Joshua Tuaniga (USA)
• Best Opposite
  • Erik Flores (GUA)
• Best Outside Hitters
  • Jordan Ewert (USA)
  • Miguel Gutiérrez (CUB)

• Best Middle Blockers
  • Marcus Thomas (VCT)
  • Roamy Alonso (CUB)
• Best Libero
  • Jordan Pereira (CAN)

See also

• 2016 Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship