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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
	United States	0
					2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires
					Brazil	3
					Cuba	0
					3rd place
	2001-10-06 – Buenos Aires			2001-10-07 – Buenos Aires
	Cuba	3		United States	2
	Argentina	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

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)

References

• Sports123
• Results
• Volleyball Almanac

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