2001 Volleyball America's Cup

The 2001 Volleyball America's Cup was the fourth edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from September 28 to October 7, 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Squads

Main Round

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	10	5	5	0	461	393	1.173	15	4	3.750
2.	Brazil	9	5	4	1	443	353	1.255	14	4	3.500
3.	United States	7	5	2	3	403	404	0.997	8	10	0.800
4.	Argentina	7	5	2	3	351	376	0.933	7	9	0.777
5.	Venezuela	6	5	1	4	354	409	0.865	5	12	0.416
6.	Canada	6	5	1	4	312	389	0.802	3	13	0.230

Friday September 28


Cuba	3 – 1	United States	16-25 25-21 25-14 27-25
Argentina	3 – 0	Canada	25-20 25-15 25-16

Saturday September 29


Brazil	3 – 0	Venezuela	25-20 25-15 25-16
Cuba	3 – 0	Argentina	25-22 25-21 25-18

Sunday September 30


Brazil	3 – 0	Canada	25-17 25-14 25-13
United States	3 – 1	Argentina	23-25 25-23 25-21 25-15

Monday October 1


Cuba	3 – 2	Brazil	25-27 25-22 21-25 25-23 25-23
Venezuela	3 – 0	United States	25-20 25-21 27-25

Tuesday October 2


Cuba	3 – 0	Canada	25-15 25-16 25-22
Argentina	3 – 0	Venezuela	25-23 25-22 25-16

Wednesday October 3


Canada	3 – 1	Venezuela	25-21 21-25 25-20 25-23
Brazil	3 – 1	United States	22-25 25-16 25-14 26-24

Thursday October 4


United States	3 – 0	Canada	25-18 25-17 25-17
Cuba	3 – 1	Venezuela	25-17 25-15 22-25 25-19
Brazil	3 – 0	Argentina	25-20 25-19 25-19

Final round

Semi Finals		Final

2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires

Brazil	3
		2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires
United States	0
		Brazil	3
2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires
		Cuba	0
Cuba	3

Argentina	2
		3rd place

		2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires

		United States	2

		Argentina	3

Semi finals

Saturday 2001-10-06


Brazil	3 – 0	United States	25-22 25-20 25-18
Cuba	3 – 2	Argentina	25-17 18-25 19-25 25-14 15-13

Finals

Sunday 2001-10-07 — Bronze Medal Match


United States	2 – 3	Argentina	20-25 22-25 25-22 25-23 10-15

Sunday 2001-10-07 — Gold Medal Match


Brazil	3 – 0	Cuba	25-20 25-19 25-23

Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	Brazil
2.	Cuba
3.	Argentina
4.	United States
5.	Venezuela
6.	Canada

2001 Men's America's Cup Winners
Brazil Third title

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Angel Dennis (CUB)

Best Spiker
- Marcos Milinkovic (ARG)

Best Receiver
- Nalbert Bitencourt (BRA)

Best Blocker
- Pavel Pimienta (CUB)

Best Digger
- Sérgio Dutra Santos (BRA)

Best Server
- Gustavo Endres (BRA)

Best Setter
- Alain Roca (CUB)

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