The Eighth Women's Pan American Cup, scheduled for July 26 to July 4 in Miami, will serve as an historic occasion for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, which has been itching to get back onto the court since winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
In recent history, the U.S. has not hosted many women's international events on domestic soil because of a grueling international schedule. USA Volleyball has never hosted the Women's Pan American Cup in the seven previous years of the event's history and the upcoming tournament represents the largest international volleyball event hosted in the U.S. in terms of country participation.
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Further, Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008). In the Pan American Cup and the FIVB Women's World Championship Qualifier July 6-8 at Orlando, the U.S. will have played at least 10 matches in the span of 13 days.
"We are very happy to be playing in the United States to start the season," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "It is always great to play here in front of the USA fans."
Pan American Cup pool play, scheduled for June 26-30, is a five-day, round robin preliminary to determine classification round matches. The U.S. Women's National Team, part of Pool A at University of Miami with matches at Bank United Center, starts competition on June 26 versus Costa Rica. The Americans face Guatemala on June 27, followed by a June 28 contest versus Mexico. Team USA hosts Peru on June 29 before concluding pool play on June 30 versus Puerto Rico. All U.S. pool matches are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
Pool B, played at nearby Florida International University's U.S. Century Bank Arena, includes Argentina, top-ranked Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago. The 2008 Olympic Games gold-medal participants of U.S. and Brazil are on opposite sides of the bracket. Colombia was originally part of Pool B, but was unable to attend.
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