Ten NORCECA teams to compete for in Women’s Junior Championship

TIJUANA, Mexico, July 1, 2010 – Ten teams grouped in three pools will compete in NORCECA Women’s Volleyball Junior Championship to be held in Tijuana, Mexico through July 5-10.

Entries from Canada, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic in Pool A, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Trinidad & Tobago in Pool B and El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Mexico and defending champions USA in Pool C, will be vying for the regional supremacy and three spots in next year’s FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship in Peru, a competition for players under 20 years-old.

USA Team, the only team with podium’s finishes in all the editions of the tournament, has won the last three times (in each occasion by defeating the representative of Dominican Republic) and four overall. Cuba and Puerto Rico have claimed the other two titles in the history of the event.

The schedule features four daily matches at the Baja California High Performance Center Gymnasium in Tijuana, starting at 13:00 local time.

The two pool’s winners with better points-ratio will advance directly to the semifinal round with the other first ranked team going to the quarterfinals to play against the second placed sides.

Year by Year Results

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

Preliminary round schedule

Monday July 5

13:00   USA v ESA

15:00   PUR v TRI

17:00   CRC v CAN

19:00   MEX v GDP

Tuesday July 6

13:00   TRI v CUB

15:00   GDP v USA

17:00   DOM v CRC

19:00   ESA v MEX

Wednesday July 7

13:00   GDP v ESA

15:00   CAN v DOM

17:00   CUB v PUR

19:00   MEX v USA