The 2016

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was the 15th edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in

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from 2 July to 10 July. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, won by the Dominican Republic when they defeated 3–2 to Puerto Rico. The United States claimed the bronze medal and Dominican Republic athlete

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was awarded Most Valuable Player.

Pools composition

Venue

*Ricardo Arias Gymnasium,

*San Carlos Pavilion,

Pool standing procedure

# Number of matches won # Match points # Points ratio # Sets ratio # Result of the last match between the tied teams Match won 3–0: 5 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–1: 4 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Match won 3–2: 3 match points for the winner, 2 match points for the loser

Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC−04:00)

Group A

Group B

Final round

Championship bracket

5th–10th places bracket

11th place

5th-10th Classification

Quarterfinals

9th place

5th-8th Classification

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Individual awards

*Most valuable player *:

*Best setter *: Alexandra Muñoz *Best Outside Hitters *: Madison Kingdon *:

*Best Middle Blockers *:

Annerys Vargas Annerys Victoria Vargas Valdez (born August 7, 1981) is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic who won four consecutive gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games. Career 2003 Vargas won gold medal with the ...

Rhamat Alhassan Rhamat Alhassan (born September 7, 1996) is a volleyball player who played collegiately for the University of Florida. Early life Alhassan grew up in Glenarden, Maryland. She started playing basketball in seventh grade, and did not play voll ...

*Best Opposite *:

Karina Ocasio Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player who plays for Puerto Rico national team. Club career * Conquistadoras de Guaynabo (2000–2003) * Despar Sirio Perugia (2003–2004) * Caoduro Cavazzale (2004–2005) * ...

*Best scorer *:

Kenny Moreno Kenny Moreno Pino (born January 6, 1979, in Turbo, Antioquia) is a volleyball player and coach from Colombia, who won with her team the bronze medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games. Personal life Moreno is tall , born on January 6, 1979, in Turbo ...

*Best server *:

Micha Hancock Micha Danielle Hancock ( ; born November 10, 1992) is an American indoor volleyball player for the United States women's national volleyball team. Hancock played setter for the Penn State women's volleyball team, and won back-to-back national ...

*Best libero *:

Brenda Castillo Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero. She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, while ...

*Best digger *:

*Best receiver *:

References

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