2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification (NORCECA)

The NORCECA qualification for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will see member nations compete for five places at the finals in Italy and Bulgaria.^[1] The top five teams from the 2017 NORCECA Championship will qualify for the 2018 World Championship. Therefore, the first two rounds of the 2018 World Championship qualification will also act as qualifiers for the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Pools composition

41 NORCECA national teams entered qualification. But, Bonaire and Saba later withdrew. The top six ranked teams in the NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2016^[2] (United States, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Costa Rica) automatically qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

CAZOVA

CAZOVA had 14 teams. But, Bonaire later withdrew. Teams ranked 3–14 in CAZOVA were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their position in the NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2016.^[2] Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. The top two ranked teams in CAZOVA did not compete in the first round and automatically qualified for the second round. Rankings are shown in brackets.

First round

CAZOVA Pool A	CAZOVA Pool B	CAZOVA Pool C
Bahamas (14)	Suriname (16)	Curaçao (20)
Aruba (27)	Jamaica (23)	Haiti (24)
Martinique (28)	Guadeloupe (29)	U.S. Virgin Islands (34)
Bonaire (40)	Turks and Caicos Islands (39)	Cayman Islands (36)

Second round

CAZOVA Pool D	CAZOVA Pool E
Trinidad and Tobago (7)	Barbados (11)
Ranked 4th in CAZOVA	Ranked 3rd in CAZOVA
Ranked 5th in CAZOVA	Ranked 6th in CAZOVA
Ranked 8th in CAZOVA	Ranked 7th in CAZOVA

ECVA

ECVA had 14 teams. But, Saba later withdrew. Teams ranked 3–14 in ECVA were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their position in the NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2016.^[2] Pools composition was determined by taking into consideration – as far as possible – the geographical location of the various countries. The top two ranked teams in ECVA did not compete in the first round and automatically qualified for the second round. Rankings are shown in brackets.

First round

ECVA Pool A	ECVA Pool B	ECVA Pool C
Antigua and Barbuda (19)	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (18)	Saint Martin (22)
Anguilla (31)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (30)	Sint Maarten (25)
Sint Eustatius (37)	Grenada (33)	British Virgin Islands (32)
Montserrat (38)	Bermuda (35)	Saba (41)

Second round

ECVA Pool D	ECVA Pool E
Saint Lucia (12)	Dominica (15)
Ranked 4th in ECVA	Ranked 3rd in ECVA
Ranked 5th in ECVA	Ranked 6th in ECVA
Ranked 8th in ECVA	Ranked 7th in ECVA

AFECAVOL

AFECAVOL had 7 teams. One round was held with a Round-robin tournament of all 7 teams. NORCECA Senior Men's Confederation Rankings as of 1 January 2016 are shown in brackets.

First round

AFECAVOL
Honduras (8)
Dominican Republic (9)
Guatemala (10)
Panama (13)
Nicaragua (17)
El Salvador (21)
Belize (26)

First round

• The top two teams in each CAZOVA and ECVA pool qualified for the second round, whereas the top two teams from AFECAVOL qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

	Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship
	Qualified for the Second round
	Qualified for the Pool final
	Qualified for the Pool 3rd place match

CAZOVA Pool A

• Venue: Palais des Sports de Rivière-Salée, Rivière-Salée, Martinique
• Dates: 22–23 October 2016
• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bahamas	2	0	8	189	160	1.181	6	2	3.000
2	Martinique	1	1	7	188	176	1.068	5	3	1.667
3	Aruba	0	2	0	109	150	0.727	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Oct	17:35	Martinique	2–3	Bahamas	23–25	25–21	27–25	22–25	16–18	113–114	P2 P3
23 Oct	10:25	Bahamas	3–0	Aruba	25–20	25–12	25–15			75–47	P2 P3
23 Oct	19:00	Martinique	3–0	Aruba	25–19	25–22	25–21			75–62	P2 P3

CAZOVA Pool B

• Venue: Anthony Nesty Sporthal, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Dates: 30–31 October 2016
• All times are Suriname Time (UTC−03:00).

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Jamaica	3	0	14	244	161	1.516	9	1	9.000
2	Suriname	2	1	9	262	231	1.134	7	5	1.400
3	Guadeloupe	1	2	7	239	236	1.013	5	6	0.833
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	3	0	108	225	0.480	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Oct	09:00	Suriname	1–3	Jamaica	25–19	16–25	18–25	17–25		76–94	P2 P3
30 Oct	11:00	Turks and Caicos Islands	0–3	Guadeloupe	12–25	21–25	17–25			50–75	P2 P3
30 Oct	18:00	Jamaica	3–0	Guadeloupe	25–23	25–17	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
30 Oct	20:30	Suriname	3–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	25–11	25–12	25–11			75–34	P2 P3
31 Oct	18:00	Jamaica	3–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	25–6	25–7	25–11			75–24	P2 P3
31 Oct	20:00	Suriname	3–2	Guadeloupe	23–25	25–23	25–19	23–25	15–11	111–103	P2 P3

CAZOVA Pool C

• Venue: Gymnasium Vincent, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Dates: 9–10 July 2016
• All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Haiti	3	0	15	227	159	1.428	9	0	MAX
2	Curaçao	2	1	10	216	197	1.096	6	3	2.000
3	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	2	5	187	209	0.895	3	6	0.500
4	Cayman Islands	0	3	0	160	225	0.711	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	17:00	Curaçao	3–0	U.S. Virgin Islands	25–21	25–16	26–24			76–61	P2 P3
9 Jul	19:30	Haiti	3–0	Cayman Islands	25–10	25–17	25–16			75–43	P2 P3
10 Jul	09:00	Curaçao	3–0	Cayman Islands	25–18	25–21	25–20			75–59	P2 P3
10 Jul	11:17	Haiti	3–0	U.S. Virgin Islands	25–16	25–19	25–16			75–51	P2 P3
10 Jul	16:56	U.S. Virgin Islands	3–0	Cayman Islands	25–19	25–19	25–20			75–58	P2 P3
10 Jul	19:38	Haiti	3–0	Curaçao	27–25	25–21	25–19			77–65	P2 P3

ECVA Pool A

• Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
• Dates: 9–11 September 2016
• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Preliminary round

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	14	242	155	1.561	9	1	9.000
2	Anguilla	2	1	11	232	185	1.254	7	3	2.333
3	Sint Eustatius	1	2	4	181	239	0.757	3	7	0.429
4	Montserrat	0	3	1	174	250	0.696	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sep	10:08	Anguilla	3–0	Sint Eustatius	25–8	25–15	25–22			75–45	P2 P3
9 Sep	12:06	Antigua and Barbuda	3–0	Montserrat	25–16	25–13	25–8			75–37	P2 P3
9 Sep	22:00	Antigua and Barbuda	3–0	Sint Eustatius	25–6	25–16	25–14			75–36	P2 P3
10 Sep	11:20	Sint Eustatius	3–1	Montserrat	27–25	23–25	25–18	25–21		100–89	P2 P3
10 Sep	21:32	Antigua and Barbuda	3–1	Anguilla	25–21	17–25	25–13	25–23		92–82	P2 P3
11 Sep	09:00	Anguilla	3–0	Montserrat	25–15	25–15	25–18			75–48	P2 P3

Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	17:00	Sint Eustatius	3–0	Montserrat	25–14	25–14	25–16			75–44	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 Sep	21:00	Antigua and Barbuda	3–1	Anguilla	25–18	22–25	33–31	25–13		105–87	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Antigua and Barbuda
2	Anguilla
3	Sint Eustatius
4	Montserrat

ECVA Pool B

• Venue: The La Borie Indoor Facility, St. George's, Grenada
• Dates: 20–21 August 2016
• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Preliminary round

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	13	269	240	1.121	9	2	4.500
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	6	276	273	1.011	5	7	0.714
3	Bermuda	1	2	6	261	279	0.935	5	7	0.714
4	Grenada	1	2	5	253	267	0.948	4	7	0.571

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Aug	10:03	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25–21	20–25	27–25	25–21		97–92	P2 P3
20 Aug	12:44	Grenada	3–1	Bermuda	18–25	25–18	25–23	29–27		97–93	P2 P3
20 Aug	19:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3–1	Bermuda	25–23	25–16	19–25	25–15		94–79	P2 P3
20 Aug	22:28	Grenada	1–3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18–25	22–25	25–21	22–25		87–96	P2 P3
21 Aug	09:27	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–3	Bermuda	25–14	19–25	21–25	23–25		88–89	P2 P3
21 Aug	12:01	Grenada	0–3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23–25	20–25	26–28			69–78	P2 P3

Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	19:09	Grenada	3–0	Bermuda	25–23	25–19	28–26			78–68	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	21:09	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19–25	22–25	22–25			63–75	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3	Grenada
4	Bermuda

ECVA Pool C

• Venue: Matthew Francois Sports Auditorium, Marigot, Saint Martin
• Dates: 27–28 August 2016
• All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

Preliminary round

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Saint Martin	2	0	9	167	136	1.228	6	1	6.000
2	Sint Maarten	1	1	6	163	136	1.199	4	3	1.333
3	British Virgin Islands	0	2	0	92	150	0.613	0	6	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Aug	10:11	Sint Maarten	3–0	British Virgin Islands	25–14	25–15	25–15			75–44	P2 P3
27 Aug	18:58	Saint Martin	3–1	Sint Maarten	16–25	26–24	25–20	25–19		92–88	P2 P3
28 Aug	10:00	Saint Martin	3–0	British Virgin Islands	25–19	25–16	25–13			75–48	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	19:14	Saint Martin	2–3	Sint Maarten	13–25	25–22	25–22	24–26	10–15	97–110	P2 P3

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Sint Maarten
2	Saint Martin
3	British Virgin Islands

AFECAVOL

• Venue: SCA Multipurpose Mercy Center, Belize City, Belize
• Dates: 24–30 September 2016
• All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Guatemala	6	0	29	469	368	1.274	18	1	18.000
2	Dominican Republic	5	1	24	498	374	1.332	16	5	3.200
3	Belize	4	2	18	517	509	1.016	14	10	1.400
4	El Salvador	3	3	15	475	476	0.998	11	11	1.000
5	Panama	2	4	8	443	504	0.879	7	15	0.467
6	Honduras	1	5	8	426	503	0.847	6	15	0.400
7	Nicaragua	0	6	3	426	520	0.819	3	18	0.167

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	15:15	Panama	0–3	Dominican Republic	18–25	16–25	16–25			50–75	P2 P3
24 Sep	17:24	Nicaragua	0–3	Honduras	24–26	25–27	22–25			71–78	P2 P3
24 Sep	20:27	El Salvador	2–3	Belize	13–25	25–18	25–27	25–18	14–16	102–104	P2 P3
25 Sep	15:00	Honduras	0–3	Dominican Republic	17–25	15–25	17–25			49–75	P2 P3
25 Sep	17:00	El Salvador	3–0	Panama	25–15	25–19	25–20			75–54	P2 P3
25 Sep	19:30	Belize	0–3	Guatemala	15–25	18–25	20–25			53–75	P2 P3
26 Sep	15:00	Nicaragua	0–3	El Salvador	29–31	12–25	21–25			62–81	P2 P3
26 Sep	17:15	Guatemala	3–0	Honduras	25–15	25–18	25–16			75–49	P2 P3
26 Sep	19:30	Panama	1–3	Belize	21–25	12–25	25–20	17–25		75–95	P2 P3
27 Sep	15:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Guatemala	25–18	23–25	21–25	21–25		90–93	P2 P3
27 Sep	17:47	Honduras	1–3	Panama	18–25	25–18	22–25	25–27		90–95	P2 P3
27 Sep	20:28	Belize	3–1	Nicaragua	29–27	21–25	25–22	25–20		100–94	P2 P3
28 Sep	15:00	Guatemala	3–0	El Salvador	26–24	25–22	25–20			76–66	P2 P3
28 Sep	17:10	Panama	3–2	Nicaragua	25–19	23–25	23–25	25–18	15–7	111–94	P2 P3
28 Sep	20:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Belize	25–17	21–25	25–10	22–25	15–12	108–89	P2 P3
29 Sep	15:00	Honduras	2–3	El Salvador	26–24	23–25	18–25	25–22	13–15	105–111	P2 P3
29 Sep	17:58	Dominican Republic	3–0	Nicaragua	25–13	25–22	25–18			75–53	P2 P3
29 Sep	19:53	Guatemala	3–0	Panama	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	P2 P3
30 Sep	15:00	Nicaragua	0–3	Guatemala	16–25	14–25	22–25			52–75	P2 P3
30 Sep	17:00	El Salvador	0–3	Dominican Republic	15–25	13–25	12–25			40–75	P2 P3
30 Sep	19:30	Belize	3–0	Honduras	25–16	26–24	25–15			76–55	P2 P3

Second round

• The winners in each pool will qualify for the 2017 NORCECA Championship.

Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

CAZOVA Pool D

• Venue: TBD
• Dates: TBD, 2017

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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CAZOVA Pool E

• Venue: TBD
• Dates: TBD, 2017

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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ECVA Pool D

• Venue: TBD, Saint Lucia
• Dates: TBD, 2017

Preliminary round

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Saint Martin	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Final standing

Rank	Team
1
2
3
4

ECVA Pool E

• Venue: TBD
• Dates: TBD, 2017

Preliminary round

		Matches		Pts	Points			Sets
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Sint Maarten	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	MAX	0	0	MAX

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
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Final standing

Rank	Team
1
2
3
4

NORCECA Championship

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

References

1. "World Championships qualification process to be confirmed by Confederations". FIVB. 2 February 2016.
2. "2015 NORCECA Senior Men's Ranking". NORCECA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

• Official website of the First Round