The 2012

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was the first edition of the bi-annual men's

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tournament, played by five countries from September 25 – 30, 2012 at the

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in Langley,

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Competing nations

Pool standing procedure

Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser
The first criterion is the number of matches won, second criterion is points gained by the team
In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria:
points ratio and sets ratio

Competition format

The competition format for the first Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup consists of two phases, the first is a Round-Robin round between all five competing nations. After the Round-Robin finishes, 3rd and 4th place nations according to ranking will play for the bronze and 1st and 2nd place nations according to ranking will play for the gold.

Round robin

* ''Venue:

, Langley,

'' * ''All times are

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( UTC−08:00)''

Finals

3rd place match

Final

Final standing

Individual awards

*Most valuable player ** *Best scorer ** *Best spiker ** *Best blocker ** *Best server ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best receiver ** *Best libero **

References

{{Pan-American Volleyball Cup Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

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