GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 8, 2011. –
Opening day action at Guatemala’s Gatorade Beach Volleyball
Tournament, the second stop of 2011 NORCECA Circuit, features
women’s match between Canadians Heather Bansley and Elizabeth
Maloney of Canada-1 against Cubans Niriam Sinal and Ion Canet on
Friday morning.
The men’s division competition kicks off with
Douglas Izaguirre and Manfredo Hernandez of Honduras up against
Jeovanny Medrano and David Vargas of El Salvador.
The event includes 17 women’s team and 18 men’s
team divided in five pools with the top three pairs advancing to
a main bracket for a single elimination play.
Pools were designated by each team´s position
in NORCECA’s rankings and those without ranking and countries’
second teams were distributed by a drawing during the technical
meeting supervised by the competition’s director, Arnaldo
Sanchez.
Pools Composition
Women: Pool A United States-1, Honduras,
El Salvador Pool B Mexico-1, Trinidad, Canada-2, Pool
C Canada-1, Nicaragua, Cuba, Pool D Puerto Rico-1,
Dominican Republic, Mexico-2, Guatemala-2, Pool E Costa
Rica, Guatemala-1, United States-2, Puerto Rico-2.
Men: Pool A Canada-1, St. Kitts and Nevis,
Trinidad Pool B Puerto Rico, Honduras, El Salvador,
Pool C Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala-1, U.S. Virgin Islands
Pool D United States-1, Cayman Islands, Canada-2,
Guatemala-2, Pool E Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Cuba,
United States-2.
