Havana, June 18 (ACN) The Cuban men’s team will debut today against Nicaragua on the second day of the I Pan American Cup of North, Central America and the Caribbean (Norceca) under 17 volleyball, with a stage at the Colima Multifunctional Auditorium, Mexico.
According to the site www.norceca.net, the Cubans did not have any action on the field this Monday, so today they will start against the Nicaraguans in key B, and then do so on Wednesday against the Puerto Ricans, at the close of the group stage .
In the technical meeting of the event, the technical director of the largest of the Antilles Frank Almendariz Dávalos said about the team “This is a group that has been together since September, they attended the qualifier for the U17 world championship here in Mexico and achieved one of the plazas”.
“The group has remained together with a view to participating in the World Cup in August in Bulgaria. We come to compete and give them a greater volume of play so that they have more experience.”
“Of 12 players who went to Poza Rica last year, we bring 10. We want the players to enjoy the tournament, to put into practice everything we have worked with them and also have a good result that allows them a positive psychological environment for the team.” world”.
The other two games this Tuesday will be in section A with the matches Guatemala-Canada and Mexico-Canada.
This Monday the Puerto Ricans won in segment B, who defeated the Nicaraguans with a score of 3-0 (25-11, 25-11 and 25-10), while the Canadians led 3-2 (23-25, 27- 25, 21-25, 31-29 and 15-10) to the Costa Ricans, and the Mexicans 3-1 (25-18, 22-25, 25-17 and 25-19) to the Guatemalans, in A.
According to the competition program, the first in each group will advance directly to the semifinal on Friday, the second and third places will meet on Thursday in the quarterfinals and on Saturday the medals will be discussed, and the remaining steps of the tournament will be defined.
The Cup is part of the qualification system for the 2025 Norceca Continental Championship and the 2026 World Championship, in both cases of the category.
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