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

The NORCECA qualification for the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship will see member nations compete for six places at the finals in Japan. USA has directly qualified to 2018 World Championship as the 2014 World Champion.^[1]

Pool compositions

34 NORCECA member nations would enter qualification. Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica directly qualify to the 2017 NORCECA Continental Championship.^[1]

CAZOVA and ECVA will have two rounds of qualification. The two highest seeded teams from each zone according to the January 1, 2016 NORCECA Continental Women's Senior Ranking directly qualifies to the second zonal round. The first zonal round will have three groups of four teams.

AFECAVOL zonal qualification will have single round-robin tournament. The top two teams will qualify to the 2017 NORCECA Continental Championship.

CAZOVA Zone

NORCECA Continental Women's Senior Ranking as of 1 January 2016 is shown in bracket.^[1]

First round

Group A	Group B	Group C
Barbados (13)	Suriname (20)	Guadeloupe (21)
U.S. Virgin Islands (26)	Haiti (25)	Bahamas (24)
Curaçao (27)	Aruba (34)	Bonaire (36)
Turks and Caicos Islands (41)	Martinique (38)	Cayman Islands (37)

Second round

Group D	Group E
Trinidad and Tobago (8)	Jamaica (11)
Bahamas	Guadeloupe
Suriname (20)	Martinique (38)
U.S. Virgin Islands	Curaçao

ECVA Zone

First round

Group D	Group E	Group F
British Virgin Islands (23)	Antigua and Barbuda (19)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (18)
Sint Maarten (30)	Saint Vincent (31)	Sint Eustatius (28)
Bermuda (35)	Grenada (33)	Saint Martin (29)
Anguilla (32)	Montserrat (39)	Saba (40)

Second round

Group D	Group E
Saint Lucia (15)	Dominica (17)
2nd Highest Rank of First round	1st Highest Rank of First round
3rd Highest Rank of First round	4th Highest Rank of First round
6th Highest Rank of First round	5th Highest Rank of First round

St. Lucia was advanced to Final Round by NORCECA when the schedule for the NORCECA Continental Championships Group B schedule was released.^[2] St. Lucia was the highest ranking team and therefore was advanced to the Final Round of qualifying.

AFECAVOL Zone

Single round-robin tournament

Group K
Guatemala (12)
El Salvador (16)
Honduras (14)
Nicaragua (9)
Panama (10)
Belize (22)

First round

Group A

Venue: Ronald Charles Arena, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Dates: 6–7 August 2016
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Curaçao	3	3	0	15	225	129	1.744	9	0	MAX	Second round
2	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	2	1	10	213	148	1.439	6	3	2.000	Second round
3	Barbados	3	1	2	5	171	177	0.966	3	6	0.500
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	0	3	0	70	225	0.311	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
6 Aug	17:00	Curaçao	3–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	25–9	25–4	25–7	75–20	P2 P3
6 Aug	19:00	U.S. Virgin Islands	3–0	Barbados	25–14	25–21	25–15	75–50	P2 P3
7 Aug	09:00	Barbados	0–3	Curaçao	11–25	21–25	14–25	46–75	P2 P3
7 Aug	11:00	U.S. Virgin Islands	3–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	25–3	25–11	25–9	75–23	P2 P3
7 Aug	17:00	Barbados	3–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	25–14	25–5	25–8	75–27	P2 P3
7 Aug	19:00	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–3	Curaçao	22–25	20–25	21–25	63–75	P2 P3

Group B

Venue: Centro Deportivo Betico Croes, Oranjestad, Aruba
Dates: 26–27 November 2016
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Suriname	3	3	0	14	246	192	1.281	9	1	9.000	Second round
2	Martinique	3	2	1	7	261	267	0.978	6	6	1.000	Second round
3	Haiti	3	1	2	7	239	239	1.000	5	6	0.833
4	Aruba	3	0	3	0	220	268	0.821	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Nov	17:00	Suriname	3–0	Haiti	25–21	25–16	25–20			75–57
26 Nov	19:00	Aruba	1–3	Martinique	19–25	25–20	24–26	18–25		86–96
27 Nov	09:00	Suriname	3–0	Martinique	25–18	25–22	25–19			75–59
27 Nov	11:00	Aruba	0–3	Haiti	16–25	18–25	24–26			58–76
27 Nov	17:00	Martinique	3–2	Haiti	17–25	25–19	25–23	23–25	16–14	106–106
27 Nov	19:00	Aruba	1–3	Suriname	19–25	25–21	13–25	19–25		76–96

Group C

Venue: Clifton Hunter High School Sports Center, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Dates: 12–13 November 2016
All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC−05:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Guadeloupe	3	3	0	15	226	131	1.725	9	0	MAX	Second round
2	Bahamas	3	2	1	10	206	149	1.383	6	3	2.000	Second round
3	Bonaire	3	1	2	5	150	198	0.758	3	6	0.500
4	Cayman Islands	3	0	3	0	121	225	0.538	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
12 Nov	17:00	Guadeloupe	3–0	Bahamas	25–21	25–11	26–24	76–56	P2 P3
12 Nov	19:00	Cayman Islands	0–3	Bonaire	12–25	15–25	21–25	48–75	P2 P3
13 Nov	09:00	Guadeloupe	3–0	Bonaire	25–14	25–14	25–10	75–38	P2 P3
13 Nov	11:00	Cayman Islands	0–3	Bahamas	10–25	12–25	14–25	36–75	P2 P3
13 Nov	17:00	Bonaire	0–3	Bahamas	16–25	10–25	11–25	37–75	P2 P3
13 Nov	19:00	Cayman Islands	0–3	Guadeloupe	14–25	7–25	16–25	37–75	P2 P3

Group D

Venue: L.B. Scot Sports Auditorium, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Dates: 6–7 August 2016
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	Sint Maarten	3	3	0	11	302	273	1.106	9	4	2.250
2	Bermuda	3	2	1	10	265	214	1.238	7	4	1.750
3	Anguilla	3	1	2	8	264	255	1.035	6	6	1.000
4	British Virgin Islands	2	0	2	1	159	248	0.641	1	6	0.167

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Aug	09:00	Sint Maarten	3–2	Anguilla	23–25	23–25	26–24	27–25	15–11	114–110	P2 P3
6 Aug	11:00	British Virgin Islands	0–3	Bermuda	8–25	17–25	20–25			45–75	P2 P3
6 Aug	18:00	Sint Maarten	3–1	Bermuda	25–22	15–25	25–22	25–23		90–92	P2 P3
6 Aug	20:00	British Virgin Islands	0–3	Anguilla	12–25	20–25	11–25			43–75	P2 P3
7 Aug	09:00	Anguilla	1–3	Bermuda	25–23	18–25	20–25	16–25		79–98	P2 P3
7 Aug	11:00	Sint Maarten	3–1	British Virgin Islands	25–19	25–17	23–25	25–10		98–71	P2 P3

Play off
Third placed match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	18:00	Anguilla	3–1	British Virgin Islands	25–11	28–30	25–11	25–12		103–64	P2 P3

First placed match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Aug	20:00	Sint Maarten	1–3	Bermuda	25–21	13–25	16–25	18–25		72–96	P2 P3

Standing

Rank	Team
1	Bermuda
2	Sint Maarten
3	Anguilla
4	British Virgin Islands

Group E

Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Dates: 9–10 September 2016
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	Antigua and Barbuda	2	2	0	9	174	138	1.261	6	1	6.000
2	Grenada	2	1	1	6	162	153	1.059	4	3	1.333
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	0	2	0	105	150	0.700	0	6	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
9 Sep	09:00	Antigua and Barbuda	3–1	Grenada	24–26	25–21	21–19	25–21	95–87	P2 P3
9 Sep	11:00	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Grenada	16–25	19–25	19–25		54–75	P2 P3
10 Sep	18:00	Antigua and Barbuda	3–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	25–19	25–11	25–21		75–51	P2 P3

Play off
First placed match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sep	20:00	Antigua and Barbuda	3–0	Grenada	25–13	25–13	27–25			77–51	P2 P3

Standing

Rank	Team
1	Antigua and Barbuda
2	Grenada
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Group F

Venue: Matthew François Sports Auditorium, Marigot, Saint Martin
Dates: 22–23 October 2016
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR
1	Saint Martin	3	3	0	14	245	171	1.433	9	1	9.000
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	2	1	11	231	154	1.500	7	3	2.333
3	Sint Eustatius	3	1	2	5	181	189	0.958	3	6	0.500
4	Saba	3	0	3	0	82	225	0.364	0	9	0.000

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
22 Oct	09:00	Saint Martin	3–0	Saba	25–10	25–6	25–14		75–30	P2 P3
22 Oct	11:00	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	Sint Eustatius	25–20	25–18	25–8		75–46	P2 P3
22 Oct	19:00	Saba	0–3	Sint Eustatius	10–25	15–25	14–25		39–75	P2 P3
22 Oct	21:00	Saint Martin	3–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25–18	20–25	25–19	25–19	95–81	P2 P3
23 Oct	09:00	Saba	0–3	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5–25	5–25	3–25		13–75	P2 P3
23 Oct	11:00	Saint Martin	3–0	Sint Eustatius	25–22	25–18	25–20		75–60	P2 P3

Play off
Third placed match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Oct	19:00	Saba	0–3	Sint Eustatius	14–25	11–25	6–25			31–75	P2 P3

First placed match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Oct	21:00	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–3	Saint Martin	22–25	23–25	24–26			69–76	P2 P3

Standing

Rank	Team
1	Saint Martin
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis
3	Sint Eustatius
4	Saba

Group K

Venue: ^{[to be determined]}, Nicaragua
Dates: 30 November–4 December 2016
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Nicaragua	4	4	0	19	322	247	1.304	12	1	12.000	2017 NORCECA Continental Championship
2	Guatemala	4	3	1	13	309	283	1.092	9	5	1.800	2017 NORCECA Continental Championship
3	Panama	4	2	2	10	316	323	0.978	7	7	1.000
4	El Salvador	4	1	3	3	288	323	0.892	3	11	0.273
5	Honduras	4	0	4	5	335	394	0.850	5	12	0.417

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Nov	17:00	Panama	3–0	El Salvador	25–23	25–21	25–23			75–67	P2 P3
30 Nov	19:30	Guatemala	3–2	Honduras	21–25	22–25	25–21	25–17	15–9	108–97	P2 P3
1 Dec	17:00	El Salvador	0–3	Guatemala	17–25	21–25	20–25			58–75	P2 P3
1 Dec	19:30	Nicaragua	3–1	Panama	25–20	20–25	27–25	25–16		97–86	P2 P3
2 Dec	17:00	Panama	0–3	Guatemala	17–25	13–25	23–25			53–75	P2 P3
2 Dec	19:30	Nicaragua	3–0	Honduras	25–18	25–22	25–16			75–56	P2 P3
3 Dec	17:00	Honduras	2–3	El Salvador	25–20	21–25	26–24	18–25	8–15	98–109	P2 P3
3 Dec	19:30	Guatemala	0–3	Nicaragua	22–25	15–25	14–25			51–75	P2 P3
4 Dec	17:00	Honduras	1–3	Panama	29–27	13–25	19–25	23–25		84–102	P2 P3
4 Dec	19:30	El Salvador	0–3	Nicaragua	10–25	22–25	22–25			54–75	P2 P3

Second round

2017 CAZOVA Championship

Preliminary round

CAZOVA Pool D

Venue: TBD, Jamaica
Dates: 26–28 July 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	15	225	133	1.692	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Martinique	3	2	1	10	203	177	1.147	6	3	2.000	Quarterfinals
3	Guadeloupe	3	1	2	5	169	202	0.837	3	6	0.500	Quarterfinals
4	Bahamas	3	0	3	0	140	225	0.622	0	9	0.000	7th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
26 July	13:00	Martinique	3–0	Bahamas	25–15	25–19	25–13	75–47	^[3]
26 July	18:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Guadeloupe	25–8	25–17	25–14	75–39	^[4]
27 July	13:00	Guadeloupe	0–3	Martinique	23–25	19–25	13–25	55–75	^[5]
27 July	18:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Bahamas	25–14	25–9	25–18	75–41	^[6]
28 July	13:00	Bahamas	0–3	Guadeloupe	22–25	11–25	19–25	52–75	^[7]
28 July	18:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Martinique	25–11	25–23	25–19	75–53	^[8]

CAZOVA Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Jamaica	3	3	0	14	249	202	1.233	9	1	9.000	Semifinals
2	Curaçao	3	2	1	6	286	278	1.029	6	7	0.857	Quarterfinals
3	Suriname	3	1	2	8	264	262	1.008	6	6	1.000	Quarterfinals
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	0	3	2	209	266	0.786	2	9	0.222	7th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 July	15:00	Suriname	2–3	Curaçao	25–19	19–25	25–21	19–25	11–15	99–105	^[9]
26 July	20:00	Jamaica	3–0	U.S. Virgin Islands	25–16	25–18	25–17			75–51	^[10]
27 July	15:00	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–3	Suriname	23–25	9–25	22–25			54–75	^[11]
27 July	20:00	Jamaica	3–0	Curaçao	25–20	25–20	25–21			75–61	^[12]
28 July	15:00	Curaçao	3–2	U.S. Virgin Islands	25–15	32–34	19–25	25–21	15–9	116–104	^[13]
28 July	20:00	Jamaica	3–1	Suriname	25–21	23–25	26–24	25–20		99–90	^[14]

Final round

7th–8th places

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 July	15:00	Bahamas	1–3	U.S. Virgin Islands	25–20	13–25	16–25	18–25		72–95

Final six

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		30 July

		Suriname	1
29 July
		Trinidad and Tobago	3
Martinique	1
				31 July
Suriname	3
				Trinidad and Tobago	3

				Jamaica	0

		30 July

		Guadeloupe	0
29 July
		Jamaica	3	3rd place match
Curaçao	2
				31 July
Guadeloupe	3
				Suriname	3

				Guadeloupe	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 July	18:00	Martinique	1–3	Suriname	22–25	23–25	33–31	21–25		99–106
29 July	20:00	Curaçao	2–3	Guadeloupe	25–15	18–25	25–21	22–25	12–15	102–101

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 July	18:00	Suriname	1–3	Trinidad and Tobago	25–21	17–25	16–25	14–25		72–96
30 July	20:00	Guadeloupe	0–3	Jamaica	18–25	12–25	19–25			49–75

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 July	15:00	Martinique	0–3	Curaçao	19–25	20–25	21–25			60–75

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	16:00	Suriname	3–1	Guadeloupe	25–15	24–26	25–17	25–22		99–80

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	18:00	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Jamaica	25–12	25–16	25–10			75–38

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Trinidad and Tobago
	Jamaica
	Suriname
4	Guadeloupe
5	Curaçao
6	Martinique
7	U.S. Virgin Islands
8	Bahamas

	Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

2017 ECVA Championship

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

ECVA Group D

Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Dates: September 7–10, 2017

Pos	Team	SPR	SR
1	Antigua and Barbuda	—	—
2	Grenada	—	—
3	Saint Martin	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
7 Sept	11:00	Saint Martin	–	Grenada	–	–	–	0–0
7 Sept	21:00	Antigua and Barbuda	–	Grenada	–	–	–	0–0
8 Sept	20:00	Antigua and Barbuda	–	Saint Martin	–	–	–	0–0

ECVA Group E

Venue: YMCA Sports Complex, Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Dates: September 7–10, 2017

Pos	Team	SPR	SR
1	Dominica	—	—
2	Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—
3	Sint Maarten	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
7 Sept	9:00	Dominica	–	Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	–	0–0
7 Sept	19:00	Sint Maarten	–	Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–	–	0–0
8 Sept	18:00	Dominica	–	Sint Maarten	–	–	–	0–0

Final round

Final six

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final






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Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sept	9:00	D2	–	E3	–	–	–			0–0
9 Sept	11:00	E2	–	D3	–	–	–			0–0

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Sept	19:00	D1	–		–	–	–			0–0
9 Sept	21:00	E1	–		–	–	–			0–0

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sept	17:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sept	19:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

1st place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 Sept	21:00		–		–	–	–			0–0

Final standing

Rank	Team



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	Qualified for the 2017 NORCECA Championship

NORCECA Continental Championship

	Qualified for the 2018 World Championship

Pool A

Rank	Team
1	Dominican Republic
2	Puerto Rico
3	Guatemala
4	Jamaica

Pool B

Rank	Team
1	Canada
2	Cuba
3	Nicaragua
4	Saint Lucia

Pool C

Rank	Team
1	Mexico
2	Trinidad and Tobago
3	Costa Rica
4	Dominica

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "NORCECA Zonal Qualification Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ NORCECA 2017 ^{[permanent dead link‍]} Events/WCQT/WCQT -Grupo B- Vancouver Canadá/WCQT-CAN-FORM/COMPETITION SCHEDULE NORCECA -WCQT GROUP B VANCOUVER CANADA – copia.pdf
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External links

Official website of the First Round

[NORCECA_WCQT-1] "NORCECA Zonal Qualification Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2016.

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