Nicaragua hosts the U23 Women's Championship of Afecavol

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 22, 2019 - The IV U23 Women's Central American Championship will begin on Sunday, June 23, at the Alexis Arguello Gymnasium, the venue for the Central American Games volleyball in 2017, an event that saw the coronation of Costa Rica in the senior women's tournament.

The seven countries of the region participate in the event promoted by the Association of Central American Volleyball Federations (AFECAVOL) and represent a platform for most of the players to make the final leap to the absolute selections.

In this category, Costa Rica has won three of four titles. The Costa Ricans team was the first champion in 2012 playing at home, with Guatemala in second and Honduras in third. Then they prevailed in Honduras 2014, leaving Nicaragua as sub champion and Guatemala in third.

In Guatemala 2016, Costa Rica returned to the top of the podium, with the locals in second and El Salvador got its first medal in this category with a bronze.

José Luis Jiménez, General Secretary of AFECAVOL, in his capacity as Director of Competition, Jorge Villalobos as Refereeing Director, as well as Judith Sandino as Director of VIS, conducted preliminary interviews confirming the participation of all athletes from the seven countries of the isthmus .

On the opening day, Guatemala will face Panama at 2:30 in the afternoon, followed by Honduras against Belize, which gave the surprise last year, finishing second in the Central American Championship. At 6:30 p.m. will be the inauguration with authorities of the Mayor's Office of Managua, the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee (CON) and the Nicaraguan Volleyball Federation (FNVB), then the match between Nicaragua and El Salvador.