SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, October 8, 2021 - The
XX Major Central American Beach Volleyball
Championship began this Friday on the courts of
the Salvadoran Volleyball Federation in this
City, with the participation of 23 couples, from
the seven countries of the region.
In the men's tournament there are 12 duos, those
who play in four groups of three pairs, the best
two advancing to the quarterfinals that will be
played this Saturday.
Costa Rica has the highest number of titles in
these tournaments with 9, with a hegemony from
2004 to 2012, when Guatemala won two in a row.
In recent years, Guatemala has 4 gold medals (5
in total) and Nicaragua 3.
The winning couple of the last two
Championships, Nicaraguans Danny López and Rubén
Mora, began with a 2-0 (21-15, 21-13) victory
over Edgar Maldonado / Santiago Penagos, from
Guatemala, for group A. José Fernández / Daniel
Dyner (CRC 2) beat Maldonado / Penagos 2-1
(15-21, 21-18, 15-13).
In group B, Denis López and Cristopher Cascante
(NCA2) beat Panama 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) with José
González / Jason Quintero. Meanwhile, Andy
Leonardo and Luis García (GUA 1) beat the
Panamanian couple 2-0 (21-15, 27-25) in a close
match.
Salvadorans David Vargas / Favio López, beat
Irvin Reyes / Kevin Herrera, from Honduras, 2-1
(21-18, 18-21, 15-11) for group C, which also
includes Sebastián Valenciano / Boris Duarte,
Costa Rica, who beat Reyes / Herrera 2-1 (20-22,
21-12, 15-8).
Group D closed the day with Wilfredo Vega /
Adonis Rodríguez, from Honduras, beating Belize
2-0 (21-15, 21-13) with Edgar Martínez / Joseph
Carnegie. While the Salvadoran couple Franklin
Flores and Armando Guatemala beat Belize 2-0
(21-14, 21-13).
This Saturday the group stage matches continue
and in the afternoon the quarterfinal crosses
will take place.
Friday Results
Fernández/Dyner
(CRC 2) def 2-1 (16-21, 21-18, 15-13)
Maldonado/Penagos (GUA 2)
López/Cascante (NCA
2) 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) González/Quintero (PAN))
López/Vargas (ESA 2) def 2-1 (21-18, 18-21,
15-11) Reyes/Herrera (HON 1)
Vega/Rodríguez (HON 2) def 2-0 (21-15, 21-13)
Martínez/Carnegie (BIZ)
Mora/López (NCA 1) def 2-0 (21-15, 21-13)
Maldonado/Penagos (GUA 2)
Leonardo /García (GUA 1) def 2-0 (21-15, 27-25)
Gonzalez/ Quintero PAN
Valenciano/Duarte (CRC 1) def 2-1 (20-22, 21-12,
15-8) Reyes/Herrera (HON)
Flores/Guatemala (ESA1) def 2-0 (21-12, 21-15)
Martínez/Carnegie (BIZ) |