The NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national

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teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, organized by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (

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). Since its introduction in 1969 the tournaments have been awarded every two years. The competition has been dominated by

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and

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, which won together 21 of the 26 editions of the tournament.

History

Medals summary

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by edition

* 1969 – 1999 – Unknown * 2001 – Tara Cross-Battle * 2003 –

Yumilka Ruíz Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces (born 8 May 1978 in Camagüey) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba, who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice won a gold medal with the national team in 1 ...

* 2005 –

Nancy Metcalf Nancy Jean Metcalf (née Meendering; born November 12, 1978) is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Te ...

* 2007 –

Nancy Carrillo Nancy Carillo de la Paz (born January 11, 1986 in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won the bronze medal with the national team in the women's ...

* 2009 –

Prisilla Rivera Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens (born December 29, 1984, in Santo Domingo) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. Career 2000-2001 Rivera debuted in 2000 at the Nacional District Superior Tournament with Los Prados, being elected ...

* 2011 – Bethania de la Cruz *

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* 2015 –

Nicole Fawcett Nicole Marie Fawcett (born December 16, 1986) is an American indoor volleyball player who won the 2014 World Championship and 2015 Pan American Games gold medal with the United States national team. Fawcett played for Penn State University f ...

* 2019 –

Brayelin Martínez Brayelin Elizabeth Martínez (born September 11, 1996, in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican volleyball player who won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Dominican Republic national team. She played in the 2014 Senior ...

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Gaila González Gaila Ceneida González López (born 25 June 1997) is a Dominican Republic volleyball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to ...

All-time team records

(Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts)

Notes

References

External links

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{{North American Championships V Volleyball competitions in North America Volleyball in Central America Volleyball in the Caribbean International volleyball competitions International women's volleyball competitions North American international sports competitions Biennial sporting events