The 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament, played by seven countries from June 3 to June 12, 2006 in

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. The event served as a qualifier for the 2007 America's Cup in

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, where the top three teams will join the teams from Argentina and Brazil. The winner of each pool automatically advanced to the semi-finals and the teams placed in second and third met in crossed matches in the quarterfinals round.

Competing nations

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

*Monday June 5 *Tuesday June 6 *Wednesday June 7

Group B

*Monday June 5 *Tuesday June 6 *Wednesday June 7

Final round

Quarterfinals

*Friday June 9, 2006

Semi-finals

*Saturday June 10, 2006

Finals

*Sunday June 11, 2006 — Seventh Place Match *Saturday June 10, 2006 — Fifth Place Match *Sunday June 11, 2006 — Bronze Medal Match *Sunday June 11, 2006 — Gold Medal Match

Final ranking

**''United States, Dominican Republic and Canada qualified for the 2007 Volleyball America's Cup''

Awards

*Most valuable player **

Elvis Contreras Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos (born 20 July 1979, in Tamayo), also known as Elvis Contreras, is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with the Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team ...

*Best spiker **

José Martell José Luis Martell (born ) is a retired Mexican male volleyball player. He was part of the Mexico men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held in ...

*Best scorer **

*Best defender **

Richard Lambourne Richard Edward "Rich" Lambourne (born May 6, 1975) is an American indoor volleyball player. He joined the U.S. men's national team in 2000 as the designated libero. He has recently played for Delecta Bydgoszcz. Lambourne made his Olympic debut ...

*Best setter ** Cristian Cruz *Best server **

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*Best libero **

Carlos Velásquez Carlos Iván Velásquez (born August 4, 1984, in Cataño, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former boxer best known for winning the featherweight title at the 20.Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 in Cartagena. He is the twin brother of Ju ...

*Best blocker **

Murray Grapentine Murray Grapentine (born August 24, 1977 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta) is a volleyball player from Canada, who competes for the Men's National Team. Playing as a middle-blocker he was named ''Best Blocker'' at the 2003 and the 2007 NORCECA Championsh ...

References

Results
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Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a men's volleyball tournament organized by NORCECA. Initially, only NORCECA teams participated, but CSV teams have been invited since 2010. The event served as a qualifier for World League and the America's ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...