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Dominicans to defend crown at NORCECA U20

 

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico, June 15, 2018 – The U20 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship from June 18-23 will take place in Aguascalientes, Mexico with the participation of eight teams.

 

The teams announced to be battling for one ticket to next year’s FIVB World Championship of the age-group are Guatemala, Cuba, Puerto Rico and United States in Pool A, and Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico and Honduras in Pool B.

 

The Aguascalientes State Sport Gymnasium will be the official competition venue. Teams will arrive in Aguascalientes on June 16 while the members of the Control Committee will arrive one day earlier.

 

The Dominican Republic is the defending champion having won the previous U20 event held in Fort Lauderdale, United States in 2016. Then the Dominicans defeated United States 3-1 in the decisive match to claim the gold medal.

 

The teams representing USA have won the competition a record six times but the Dominican Republic’s teams have triumphed in two of the last three editions.

 

The competition format establishes that the winners of pools advance directly to the semifinal phase with the teams in second and third places will meet in crossed matches in the quarterfinals. The medal matches will take place on June 23.

 

Preliminary Round Schedule

June 18

14:00 Costa Rica v Dominican Republic

16:00 Guatemala v Cuba

18:00 Puerto Rico v United States

20:00 Mexico v Honduras

 

June 19

14:00 Dominican Republic v Honduras

16:00 Guatemala v Puerto Rico

18:00 Cuba v United States

20:00 Mexico v Costa Rica

 

June 20

14:00 United States v Guatemala

16:00 Honduras v Costa Rica

18:00 Puerto Rico v Cuba

20:00 Mexico v Dominican Republic

 

Year-By-Year Podium

 

YEAR   GOLD   SILVER  BRONZE

1998     USA      MEX      CAN

2000     CUB      USA      MEX

2002     PUR      USA      CUB

2004     USA      DOM     PUR

2006     USA      DOM     PUR

2008     USA      DOM     CUB

2010     USA      DOM     CUB

2012     DOM     MEX      USA

2014     USA      CUB      DOM

2016     DOM     USA      CUB