SAN SALVADOR, July 5, 2008.- Cuba defeated Canada 3-1 and won the gold medal of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship held at the Sports Palace in this city.

The sets finished 25-18, 20-25, 25-21, 29-27, with reserve outside hitter Armando Danger, who had not play in any previous matches, finishing the night with 20 points. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 5, 2008.- USA beat Mexico in consecutive sets (25-15, 25-23, 25-18) and won the bronze medal at the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship which finishes today.

The triumph gave the Americans the last available ticket for the 2009 World Championship to be held in Mexico. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 5, 2008.- Puerto Rico easily downed Dominican Republic in straight sets and grabbed the fifth place at the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship which concludes here today.

The Puerto Ricans took control of the match from te start and won it by score of 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 and avenge the loss to the Dominicans in the first day of the competition which practically cost them the clasification.

Sequiel Sanchez came back into action and led the attack with 15 points, followed by Emmanuel Batista with 12 and Luisel Otero with 10. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 5, 2008.- Guatemala defeated El Salvador and finished in the seventh position of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship which closes today.

Andy Leonardo with his 19 points led the attack in the 25-18, 25-10, 26-24 victory, with a well battled third set that in a moment seemed like the first won by the Salvadorians in the tournament.

“I am satisfied with the job from by my boys, we have improved but there is still a lot to be done,” said Jorge Paz, the coach of Guatemala. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 4, 2008.- Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 obtaining the right to dispute the gold medal of the U-21 Men’s Continental Championship being held at the Sports Palace here.

The Canadians won by score of 25-17, 25-17, 25-21 and won a berth for the World Championship to be played in Mexico next year. In the second set, the Mexicans went to the second pause leading 16-15, but the Canadians sparked a rally of nine consecutive points. More Spanish...Calendar & Results

SAN SALVADOR, July 4, 2008.- Cuba got the ticket to play for the gold by defeating USA in straight sets in the semi final round of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. The Cuban team triumphed by score of 25-19, 25-18, 25-21 and secured one of the three places available to participate in the 2009 World Championship of the age-category to be held in Mexico. More Spanish...Calendar & Results

SAN SALVADOR, July 4, 2008.- Puerto Rico downed Guatemala 3-0 and got the chance to play for the fifth position in the U-21 Men’s Continental Championship being held here.

The Puerto Ricans won by score of 25-15, 25-13, 25-16 and even the fact that was their first victory it is fair to recognize they have been a tough team against all the opponents. More Spanish....Calendar & Results

SAN SALVADOR, July 4, 2008.- Dominican Republic defeated El Salvador 3-0 and will play for the fifth position in the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship.

The sets concluded 25-19, 25-8, 25-16 with attacker Pedro Garcia scoring 24 points continuing as the leader of the event with 108.

After a first set where teams had an adequate battle, the first stop of the second set found Dominican Republic leading 8-6, so starting from that point they dominated 17-2. More Spanish...Calendar & Results

SAN SALVADOR, July 3, 2008.- USA completed the four semi finalists by defeating Guatemala in straight sets 25-22, 25-12, 25-23 in the quarterfinals phase of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship.

After a well fought first set that saw teams tied up at 17-all, the Americans finally imponed their better power, size and better technique. In the third set, once again the Guatemalans showed their resilience and were one point ahead at the second pause, More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 3, 2008.- Mexico advanced to the semi finals with a 3-0 victory over Dominican Republic in a quarterfinal match of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Volleyball Championship.

Three Mexican players combined to score in double figures in leading the triumph by score of 25-21, 25-15, 25-20.

Captain Leonardo Manzo registered 19 points, with 18 positive kills in only 22 tries. “Today we recovered the confidence back after we promised our coach that we would change our playing attitude and we did that,” said Manzo. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 3, 2008.- Cuba advanced to the semi final round with a confortable 3-0 victory over host El Salvador in the U-21 Men’s Volleyball Continental Championship.

The sets finished 25-12, 25-10, 25-9 in a match that lasted less than one tour and where Cuban Fernando Hernandez was the only in double figures with 10 tallies. The Cuban coach was using all his players with the double purpose of giving playing time to the bench and saving the energy of the regulars for the semi final phase. More

SAN SALVADOR, July 3, 2008.- USA advanced to the quarterfinals and eliminated Puerto Rico by winning in four sets the final match of Pool A in the Preliminary Round of the U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship.

The sets finished 22-25, 27-25, 25-18,, 25-22 with a big combined effort of Kyle Caldwell and Murphy Troy who scored 22 points apiece. Tri Bourne added 11. The match was postponed last night due a downpour that affected the playing venue.  More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 2, 2008.- Mexico had to battle to defeat Guatemala 3-2 and qualify in Pool B of fhe U-21 Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. The sets finished 25-27, 25-23, 25-16, 23-25, 15-5.

“I have to give credit to Guatemala who placed very well different than us who had a disastrous game,” said Jorge Azair, the Mexican coach.

“We entered the court over confident which at the end became anxiety and that was the reason for a match full of mistakes. Our serves didn’t work, neither the reception and I hope we can get a good experience out of this match because from here on is only win and win.” More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, julio 2, 2008.- Canada crushed Dominican Republic 3-0 to finís with an unbeaten record the preliminary round of Pool A in the U-21 Norceca Men’s Volleyball Championship. The sets ended 25-20, 25-10, 25-21.

With their three victories, the Canadians advanced to the semi final round and left the Dominicans with a 1-2 record waiting for the outcome of the match between Puerto Rico and USA to define the other two qualified teams.  More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 1, 2008.- Mexico defeated El Salvador 3-0 for their first victory in Pool B of the NORCECA U-21 Men’s Volleyball Championship where three spots are available for the 2009 World Championship of the age-category.

The sets finished 25-20, 25-18 y 25-11 and the home team showed a better level of game than the night before when they lost to Guatemala.

Mexico equalled its record at 1-1 with one more match to play against Guatemala.

The Pool B is led by Cuba who play against El Salvador on Wednesday and whose advance to the semi final phase looks predictable. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 1, 2008.- USA got its first triumph in Pool A by defeating Dominican Republic by score of 25-15, 25-20, 25-20 at the U-21 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship.

Both teams have now identical win-loss record at 1-1, while Canada tops the pool with 0-2 and Puerto Rico is winless in two outings.

“We prepared to play Dominican Republic because we watched them playing very well against Puerto Rico.  More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 1, 2008.- Cuba cruised toward a straight sets victory over Canada by score of 25-8, 25-15, 25-14 in Pool B of the U-21 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship.

It was the second victory for the Cubans without losses having Rolando Cepeda and Leonardo Leyva as their best men in attack with 10 points apiece. The best offensive placer in the Guatemala’s side was Moisés Reyes who scored 7 tallies. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, July 1, 2008.- This time was Canada who came from a 0-2 deficit to defeat Puerto Rico 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-19 y 15-11, in Pool A of the U-1 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship.

Two consecutive victories secure the Canadians a visit to the playoffs with one more match to play. Not only the Canadians reverted from a 0-2 but in the tie-breaker they changed sides down 4-8 and went on to convert 11 of the next 14 chances. “We made the defensive changes at the corners and our attackers started to hit with more consistency against... More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, June 30, 2008.- Canada downed USA 3-0 by score of 27-25, 25-15, 25-21 in match of Pool A in the nightcap the opening day at the U-21 NORCECA Men’s Junior Championship.

The Canadians won with an impressive defense at the net and the floor combined with an effective attack from the corners.

“We imponed our defensive games with an assortment of attacks by the corners and the middle that they could not solve,” said Chris Green, the Canadian coach.. More Spanish

SAN SALVADOR, June 30, 2008.- The team of Guatemala defeated El Salvador 3-0 in the third match of the opening day of the Junior Men’s NORCECA Volleyball Championship.

The sets finisged 27-25, 25-18, 25-19 with Andy Leonardo leading the offense with 15 points. Nery Flores had 13 tallies and Aldo Arias added 11.

The best scorer for the Salvadorians was Rodrigo Chavez who collected 9 points. More Español

SAN SALVADOR, June 30, 2008.- The Cuban side had an easy ride winning 3-0 over Mexico in the first match of Pool B of the U-21 NORCECA Men’s Volleyball Championship being held at the Sports Palace of San Salvador.

The sets finished 25-16, 25-19 y 25-12 with Fernando Hernández as the best scorer of the winners with 16 tallies. Rolando Cepeda seconded him with 13 points.

Francisco Enriquez was the best for the Mexicans with 11 points. More Español

SAN SALVADOR, June 30, 2008.- Dominican Republic recovered from a 0-2 and made a spectacular comeback to defeat Puerto Rico 3-2 (18-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-13) in the opening match of the U-21 NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship.

The Dominicanas relied on the left hand of Pedro Luis Garcia who scored 31 points, 29 via spikes. Hayden Reynoso scored 15 and Johan Lopez had 12 to complete the players in double figures.  More Español

Juan Rodas (Guatemala)

'Nos hemos preparado con tiempo suficiente para dar la batalla aunque sabemos que es una competencia a la que han asistido equipos muy fuertes. Nuestro equipo es muy joven, pero prometemos que siempre estaremos jugando fuerte'.

Chris Green (Canadá)

'Estamos honrados de estar en esta competencia y agradecemos la oportunidad que se nos ofrece de participar con equipos de tanto nivel. Venimos a jugar fuerte cada partido ya que nuestro equipo se ha preparado para ello'. Español