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TIJUANA, Mexico, June 30, 2015 –Tijuana and Mexicali in the
State of Baja California, Mexico are very familiar with
international volleyball as many continental and world level
competitions have taken place in the two western cities in
recent years.
The FIVB U21 Men’s World Championship to be played next
September will mark the sixth occasion that both Mexican cities
are hosts of an age-group world volleyball event.
In 2007, Tijuana and Mexicali hosted the Girls and Boys World
Championship won by China and Iran, respectively, followed by
the 2009 U20 Women’s event won by Germany. In 2013 the cities
were hosts of the inaugural U23 Women’s Championship won by
China and the U19 Boys championship won by Russia.
In 1974 Tijuana was one of several host cities of the Women’s
World Championship won by Japan.
Saul Castro Verdugo, the general director of the Baja California
Physical Culture and Sports Institute and currently FIVB
Executive Vice President, has presided over the organizing
committee for each of those events which all concluded
successfully.
Castro Verdugo and his experienced team has been working in all
the details ahead of the twenty-team event and recently
organized the drawing of the lots ceremony attended by the
national sport authorities of Mexico, including Carlos Padilla,
president of the Mexican Olympic Committee, and representatives
from the embassies and consulates of participating countries.
The Women’s and Men’s Volleyball Pan American Cups, the most
important intercontinental annual volleyball events, were first
held in Tijuana and Mexicali and NORCECA tournaments of the
different age groups are regularly played in the two cities.
A NORCECA/FIVB Development Center operates within the Baja
California High Performance Center with seminars and courses
organized under a program covering different topics and teams
from several countries have benefitted of these facilities for
the training of their teams in preparation for international
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