Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's North American qualification

The North American Qualification Tournament for the 2020 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was a volleyball tournament for men's national teams held in Vancouver, Canada from 10 to 12 January 2020. Four teams played in the tournament and the winners Canada qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

2020 Men's North American Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host nation Canada
CityVancouver
Dates10–12 January
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Puerto Rico
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament awards
MVPCanada Blair Bann
Best SetterCanada Jay Blankenau
Best OHCanada Stephen Maar
Canada John Gordon Perrin
Best MBCanada Arthur Szwarc
Cuba Liván Osoria
Best OPPPuerto Rico Maurice Torres
Best LiberoPuerto Rico Arnel Cabrera
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Best scorerCanada Stephen Maar (44 points)
Best serverCuba Miguel Ángel López (0.67 Avg)
Best diggerMexico Jesús Rangel (1.20 Avg)
Best receiverCanada Blair Bann (63.41%)
Official website
FIVB

Qualification edit

The 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup champions which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics[2] and the top three teams from the 2019 NORCECA Championship which had not yet qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics or the tournament[3] qualified for the tournament. Final standings of the 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup or 2019 NORCECA Championship are shown in brackets.

  •   Cuba (2019 NORCECA Champions Cup Champions)
  •   Canada (2019 NORCECA Championship 3rd place)
  •   Mexico (2019 NORCECA Championship 4th place)
  •   Puerto Rico (2019 NORCECA Championship 5th place)

Venue edit

All matches
  Vancouver, Canada
Pacific Coliseum
Capacity: 16,281
 

Pool standing procedure edit

  1. Number of matches won
  2. Match points
  3. Points ratio
  4. Sets ratio
  5. Result of the last match between the tied teams

Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Round robin edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR
1   Canada 3 3 0 13 259 190 1.363 9 2 4.500
2   Cuba 3 2 1 11 268 249 1.076 8 4 2.000
3   Puerto Rico 3 1 2 5 178 220 0.809 3 6 0.500
4   Mexico 3 0 3 1 206 252 0.817 1 9 0.111
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 Jan 18:30 Canada   3–0   Mexico 25–16 25–14 25–17     75–47 P2 P3
10 Jan 20:45 Cuba   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–18 25–14 25–19     75–51 P2 P3
11 Jan 15:30 Puerto Rico   3–0   Mexico 26–24 25–23 25–23     76–70 P2 P3
11 Jan 18:05 Canada   3–2   Cuba 22–25 22–25 25–12 25–21 15–9 109–92 P2 P3
12 Jan 14:00 Cuba   3–1   Mexico 26–28 25–20 25–20 25–21   101–89 P2 P3
12 Jan 16:45 Canada   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–21 25–15 25–15     75–51 P2 P3

Final standing edit

Rank Team
1   Canada
2   Cuba
3   Puerto Rico
4   Mexico
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qualifying team for Summer Olympics edit

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics[a]
  Canada 12 January 2020 4 (1976, 1984, 1992, 2016)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Last stop on Road to Tokyo 2020 all set up". FIVB. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "International Volleyball for Free in Colorado Springs". NORCECA. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Winnipeg Welcomes NORCECA Men's Continental Championship". NORCECA. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

External links edit