2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 16 to September 21, 2007 in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, United States.

2023 Men's NORCECA Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	United States
City	Anaheim
Dates	16–21 September 2007
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (7th title)
Runners-up	Puerto Rico
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament awards
MVP	Lloy Ball
Best Setter	Lloy Ball
Best OH	Victor Rivera
Best MB	Murray Grapentine
Best Libero	Amaury Martínez
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Attendance	16,700 (795 per match)
Best scorer	Héctor Soto
Best server	Clay Stanley
Best digger	Chris Wolfenden
Best receiver	Elvis Contreras
Official website
Official website

Competing nations

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

Squads

Main article: 2007 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	6	3	3	0	227	164	1.384	9	0	MAX
2.	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	1	212	153	1.385	6	3	2.000
3.	Mexico	4	3	1	2	192	229	0.838	3	7	0.428
4.	Barbados	3	3	0	3	158	243	0.650	1	9	0.111

• Sunday September 16

Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Barbados	25-16 25-17 25-16
United States	3 – 0	Mexico	25-11 25-15 25-20

• Monday September 17

Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Mexico	25-15 25-18 25-20
United States	3 – 0	Barbados	25-13 25-13 25-04

• Tuesday September 18

Mexico	3 – 1	Barbados	25-14 25-18 18-25 25-22
United States	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25-19 27-25 25-18

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	247	190	1.300	9	1	9.000
2.	Canada	5	3	2	1	238	192	1.239	7	3	2.333
3.	Dominican R.	4	3	1	2	186	201	0.925	3	6	0.500
4.	Trinidad & T.	3	3	0	3	137	225	0.608	0	9	0.000

• Sunday September 16

Cuba	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	25-13 25-16 25-19
Canada	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-21 25-23 25-20

• Monday September 17

Canada	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	25-14 25-14 25-10
Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-13 25-17 25-17

• Tuesday September 18

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Trinidad & T.	25-15 25-20 25-16
Cuba	3 – 1	Canada	25-22 22-25 25-23 25-18

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	2007-09-20 – Anaheim, California
	Puerto Rico	3
					2007-09-21 – Anaheim, California
	Cuba	2
					Puerto Rico	1
	2007-09-20 – Anaheim, California
					United States	3
	United States	3
	Canada	1
					3rd place
					2007-09-21 – Anaheim, California
					Cuba	3
					Canada	0

Quarter-finals

• Wednesday 2007-09-19

Puerto Rico	3 – 0	Dominican R.	25-18 25-19 25-15
Canada	3 – 0	Mexico	25-19 25-17 25-21

Semi-finals

• Thursday 2007-09-20 — 5th/8th place

Dominican R.	3 – 1	Trinidad & T.	21-25 25-14 25-21 25-19
Mexico	2 – 3	Barbados	25-23 22-25 19-25 25-18 15-17

• Thursday 2007-09-20 — 1st/4th place

Puerto Rico	3 – 2	Cuba	26-24 11-25 22-25 26-24 15-11
United States	3 – 1	Canada	32-30 19-25 25-19 26-24

Finals

• Friday 2007-09-21 — Seventh Place Match

Trinidad & T.	0 – 3	Mexico	22-25 16-25 25-27

• Friday 2007-09-21 — Fifth Place Match

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Barbados	25-13 25-18 25-16

• Friday 2007-09-21 — Bronze Medal Match

Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	38-36 25-21 25-22

• Friday 2007-09-21 — Gold Medal Match

Puerto Rico	1 – 3	United States	20-25 25-23 22-25 23-25

Final ranking

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

2007 Men's NORCECA winners
United States Seventh title

• • USA and Puerto Rico qualified for the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup

Awards

• Most valuable player
  • Lloy Ball

• Best scorer
  • Héctor Soto

• Best spiker
  • Victor Rivera

• Best blocker
  • Murray Grapentine

• Best server
  • Clay Stanley

• Best digger
  • Chris Wolfenden

• Best setter
  • Lloy Ball

• Best receiver
  • Elvis Contreras

• Best libero
  • Amaury Martínez

• Best Coach ("Jim E. Coleman Award")
  • Hugh McCutcheon

References

• Results Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine