2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, there eight countries competed from September 22 to September 27, 2009, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The top finisher qualified for the 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup in Japan.

2009 NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	September 22–27, 2009
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (in Bayamón host cities)
Champions	Dominican Republic (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Prisilla Rivera (DOM)
Official website
norceca.org/norceca21

Competing Nations

Group A	Group B
Canada Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba Costa Rica Mexico United States

Squads

Further information: 2009 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dominican Republic	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	253	180	1.406	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	239	219	1.091	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	203	205	0.990
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	134	225	0.596	5th-8th place

Source:

• Tuesday September 22, 2009

Canada	0–3	Dominican Republic	20–25, 22–25, 20–25
Puerto Rico	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–18, 25–15, 25–17

• Wednesday September 23, 2009

Dominican Republic	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–12, 25–10, 25–7
Canada	0–3	Puerto Rico	22–25, 23–25, 21–25

• Thursday September 24, 2009

Canada	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	25–20, 25–16, 25–19
Puerto Rico	1–3	Dominican Republic	21–25, 30–28, 16–25, 22–25

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	275	213	1.291	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	252	173	1.457	Quarterfinals
3	Mexico	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	184	239	0.770
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	187	273	0.685	5th-8th place

Source:

• Tuesday September 22, 2009

United States	3–0	Mexico	25–18, 25–10, 25–13
Cuba	3–1	Costa Rica	25–14, 25–10, 22–25, 25–20

• Wednesday September 23, 2009

Costa Rica	1–3	Mexico	26–28, 25–23, 19–25, 19–25
United States	2–3	Cuba	25–19, 25–16, 16–25, 26–28, 10–15

• Thursday September 24, 2009

Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–15, 25–13, 25–14
United States	3–0	Costa Rica	25–7, 25–10, 25–13

Final round

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2009-09-26 – Bayamón
	Dominican Republic	3
					2009-09-27 – Bayamón
	United States	2
					Dominican Republic	3
	2009-09-26 – Bayamón
					Puerto Rico	2
	Cuba	2
	Puerto Rico	3
					3rd place
					2009-09-27 – Bayamón
					United States	2
					Cuba	3

5th-8th bracket

	5-8 Places				5th Place
	2009-09-26 – Bayamón
	Trinidad and Tobago	0
					2009-09-27 – Bayamón
	Mexico	3
					Mexico	0
	2009-09-26 – Bayamón
					Canada	3
	Costa Rica	2
	Canada	3
					7th place
					2009-09-27 – Bayamón
					Trinidad and Tobago	0
					Costa Rica	3

Quarterfinals

• Friday September 25

United States	3 – 1	Canada	17–25, 25–10, 25–23, 25–21
Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Mexico	25–11, 25–15, 25–15

Semifinals

• Saturday September 26 — 5th/8th place

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Mexico	20–25, 16–25, 16–25
Costa Rica	0 – 3	Canada	17–25, 16–25, 22–25

• Saturday September 26 — 1st/4th place

Dominican Republic	3 – 2	United States	21–25, 26–24, 10–25, 25–20, 21–19
Cuba	2 – 3	Puerto Rico	25–21, 23–25, 17–25, 25–20, 19–21

Finals

• Sunday September 27 — Seventh Place Match

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Costa Rica	18–25, 22–25, 23–25

• Sunday September 27 — Fifth Place Match

Mexico	0 – 3	Canada	22–25, 21–25, 19–25

• Sunday September 27 — Bronze Medal Match

United States	2 – 3	Cuba	25–17, 25–16, 26–28, 16–25, 11–15

• Sunday September 27 — Gold Medal Match

Dominican Republic	3 – 2	Puerto Rico	19–25, 25–23, 16–25, 32–30, 15–8

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Dominican Republic
2.	Puerto Rico
3.	Cuba
4.	United States
5.	Canada
6.	Mexico
7.	Costa Rica
8.	Trinidad and Tobago

2009 Women's NORCECA winners
Dominican Republic 1st title

• • Dominican Republic qualified for the 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup

Individual awards

Winners:

• Most valuable player
  • Prisilla Rivera (DOM)
• Best scorer
  • Áurea Cruz (PUR)
• Best spiker
  • Nancy Metcalf (USA)
• Best blocker
  • Nancy Carrillo (CUB)
• Best server
  • Yanelis Santos (CUB)
• Best digger
  • Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best setter
  • Vilmarie Mojica (PUR)
• Best receiver
  • Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best libero
  • Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Rising Star
  • Wilma Salas (CUB)

External links

• Fixtures and results Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine