2024 Girls' U17 Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2024 Girls' U17 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the first edition of the Girls' U17 Pan-American Volleyball Cup, the bi-annual volleyball tournament organized by the Pan-American Volleyball Union (UPV) that brings together the NORCECA and Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) U17 girls' national teams. It was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 27 May to 1 June 2024.

Puerto Rico won the first Girls' U17 Pan-American Cup title after defeating Peru 3–0 in the final match. Venezuela took the bronze medal by beating Dominican Republic 3–0 in the third-place match.

Participating teams
A maximum of 8 national teams could qualify for the tournament as follows: the host nation, the top 4 teams in the NORCECA U17 Continental Ranking that confirmed their participation and the top 3 teams in the CSV Continental Ranking that confirmed their participation. Eventually, there were 5 NORCECA teams and 2 CSV teams that confirmed their participation, with Venezuela entering the tournament after the declination of the eligible teams from CSV needed to complete the line of 8 teams.

The following were the teams eligible to participate in the tournament (teams that confirmed their participation marked in bold and confederation ranking, if given, shown in brackets):

NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation)
 *  (1)
 *  (2)
 * (3)
 *  (4)
 *  (5)
 *  (6)
 *  (no rank, hosts)
 * (no rank)

CSV (South American Volleyball Confederation)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)
 *  (not originally considered eligible)

Squads
Each national team had to register a squad of up to 12 players. Players born on 1 January 2008 and onwards were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Venue
The tournament was entirely played at the Domo Polideportivo, a venue owned and managed by the Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala (CDAG) and located in Zone 13 of Guatemala City. The Domo Polideportivo has a capacity of 7,500 seats.

Competition format
In the Pan-American Cups the competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 8 teams, two pools of four teams each were formed. The pool standing procedure were as follows:


 * 1) Number of matches won;
 * 2) Match points;
 * 3) * Match won 3–0: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
 * 4) * Match won 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match point for the loser
 * 5) * Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match points for the loser
 * 6) Points ratio;
 * 7) Sets ratio;
 * 8) If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
 * 9) If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

The winners of each pool advanced directly to the semi-finals, while the runners-up and the third placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Groups composition
Teams were distributed into two groups of four teams. As hosts, Guatemala had the right to choose the group in which to be placed and were assigned to the head of its group (Group B). The remaining teams were distributed into the groups according to their position in the NORCECA and CSV Continental Rankings (as of 1 January 2024) and following the serpentine system, starting with the highest-ranked NORCECA team as head of the remaining group (Group A)

Preliminary round
All match times are local times, GTT (UTC−6), as listed by NORCECA.

Final standing
Team Roster: Sara Lozano, Diangelie González, Joaneliz Maisonet, Kalia Alvarado (c), Paola Aulet, Sofía García (L), Anabella Valentín, Victoria Camacho, Gianna Charriez, Carla Mercado, Decilise Champion, Camila Díaz. Head coach: Juan Carlos Nunez

Individual awards
The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.


 * Most valuable player
 * Decilise Champion
 * Best setter
 * 🇻🇪 Yllen Gutierres (VEN)
 * Best outside spikers
 * Decilise Champion
 * 🇵🇪 Ariana Vásquez (PER)
 * Best middle blockers
 * Natalia Girón
 * Amelie Jenkins
 * Best opposite
 * Amanda Campos
 * Best scorer
 * 🇻🇪 Fiorellys Utrera (VEN)
 * Best server
 * Nadia Granados
 * Best libero
 * 🇲🇽 Kenia Martínez (MEX)
 * Best digger
 * 🇲🇽 Kenia Martínez (MEX)
 * Best receiver
 * 🇲🇽 Kenia Martínez (MEX)