2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from October 10 to October 14, 2001 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United States won the gold medal over Cuba and qualified for the 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup; the Dominican Republic was third after winning over the Mexican team.[1][2] Puerto Rico withdrawed and was replaced by Costa Rica; Canada and Jamaica cancelled their participation because of the recent flying problems derived by the September 11 attacks.[3][4]

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Mexico	Cuba  El Salvador  United States

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Dominican R.	4	2	2	0				6	0	MAX
2.	Mexico	3	2	1	1				3	4	0.750
3.	Costa Rica	2	2	0	2				1	6	0.166

• October 10

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Costa Rica	25-12 25-09 25-15 [5]

• October 11

Mexico	3 – 1	Costa Rica	25-14 25-17 22-25 25-18

• October 12

Dominican R.	3 – 0	Mexico	25-16 25-14 25-17

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	4	2	2	0				6	2	3.000
2.	Cuba	3	2	1	1				5	3	1.666
3.	El Salvador	2	2	0	2				0	6	0.000

• October 10

United States	3 – 0	El Salvador	25-06 25-02 25-03 [5]

• October 11

Cuba	3 – 0	El Salvador	25-10 25-13 25-10

• October 12

United States	3 – 2	Cuba	27-29 28-26 24-26 25-19 15-12

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2001-10-13 – Santo Domingo
	United States	3
					2001-10-14 – Santo Domingo
	Mexico	1
					Cuba	0
	2001-10-13 – Santo Domingo
					United States	3
	Dominican Republic	2
	Cuba	3
					3rd place
					2001-10-14 – Santo Domingo
					Dominican Republic	3
					Mexico	1

Semi finals

• October 13

United States	3 – 1	Mexico	25-18 25-18 22-25 25-23
Dominican R.	2 – 3	Cuba	25-17 25-22 20-25 23-25 09-15

Finals

• October 14 — Fifth Place Match

Costa Rica	3 – ??	El Salvador

• October 14 — Bronze Medal Match

Dominican R.	3 – 1	Mexico	25-17 22-25 25-16 25-17

• October 14 — Gold Medal Match

United States	3 – 1	Cuba	20-25 25-22 25-18 27-25

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Final ranking

Place Team 1.  United States 2.  Cuba 3.  Dominican Republic 4.  Mexico 5.  Costa Rica 6.  El Salvador

2001 Women's NORCECA Winners  United States Third title

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player  Tara Cross-Battle (USA) Best Spiker  Heather Bown (USA) Best Blocker  Sarah Noriega (USA) Best Server   () Best Digger   ()

Best Setter  Robyn Ah Mow (USA) Best Receiver  Stacy Sykora (USA) Best Libero   () Best Coach   ()

References

1. "Estados Unidos ganó el NORCECA de voli (f)" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Granma. PL. 2001-10-15. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
2. "Brasil parte como favorita" (in Spanish). Madrid: El Dia. EFE. 2001-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
3. "telescopio" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Granma. 2001-10-10. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
4. Vides, Carlos (2001-10-18). "Pura experiencia" (in Spanish). elsalavador.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
5. Nacianceno, Alfonso (2001-10-12). "Al pie del cañón" (in Spanish). Granma. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-16.

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