October 10, 2015 

Nicholas Hoag is the MVP of the Continental Championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 10, 2015 - Nicholas Hoag of Canada was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Hoag was also recognized as Best Server of the competition that finished on Saturday after his team beat Cuba 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17) in the finals.  “It feels amazing, I owe it everything to my team. I think they did a tremendous job helping me at change position in the middle of the tournament. So it was really hard for me. They helped me. I think my team is the MVP of this tournament. I’m glad we won it all together,” said Hoag.  The Best Scorer Award was given to Richard Smith Hall of Costa Rica. More  Español

October 10, 2015 

Canada wins first Men’s continental championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 10, 2015 - Canada conquered its first Norceca Men’s Continental Championship after winning against Cuba 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-18 and 25-17). John Gordon Perrin finished as top scorer for the Canadian team, after registering a total of 18 points. He was followed by Nicholas Hoag, who finished with 15 and Justin Duff, who scored 12.  For Cuba, Osmany Santiago Uriarte, scored 12 points while Javier Ernesto Jimenez Scull and Rolando Cepeda tallied 10 apiece. Both teams were tied in blocks (10-10), while Canada worked hard with the service and dominated the duel 6-2, with three aces. More  Español

October 10, 2015 

Puerto Rico wins bronze medal at Continental Championship

 CÓRDOBA, Mexico, October 10, 2015 - Puerto Rico won the bronze medal after beating Mexico in three sets by scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-19. Jackson Rivera yand Maurice Torres scored 13 puntos apiece, while Eddie Rivera closed with 11 (2 aces) for Puerto Rico. On the Mexican side, Jorge Barajas tallied15. Puerto Rico finished with a slight 3-2 blocking advantage. Both teams tied in collective aces by serving 3 each. More  Español

October 10, 2015 

Trinidad and Tobago closes with a victory and in sixth place

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 10, 2015 - Trinidad and Tobago closed with a victory at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship and won the sixth place after defeating Costa Rica 3-0 (27-25, 25-13, 25-23). Ryan Stewart recorded 14 points while Marc Honore closed with 12 and Simon Blake with 10 for the Trinidadian team that worked hard on the blocking game against Costa Rica, whose best player was Julio Álvarez with 11 points, while Richard Smith Hall closed with 9, including 3 aces. Trinidad and Tobago surpassed Costa Rica in blocks 12-2, while Costa Rica tried to work more with their services to finish 5-4. More  Español

October 9, 2015 

Canada to play for Gold against Cuba

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 9, 2015 - Canada overcame after a 1-2 adverse advantage and won the semifinal match against Mexico in five sets by scores of 20-25, 25-16, 18-25, 25-17 and 15 to play for the gold medal at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Mexico dominated in the first and third set, however Canada knew how to react in the fourth and forced a tie-breaker. John Gordon Perrin finished as top scorer with 21 points, while Nicholas Hoag scored 19 (2 aces) and Daniel Jansen Van Doorn, concluded with 14. More  Español

October 9 2015 

Cuba becomes the first finalist at Men’s Continental Championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 9, 2015 - Rolando Cepeda scored 24 points in the four setter victory of Cuba against Puerto Rico to clinch a berth in the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship Finals. Cuba won 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-23 and 25-22) after 2 hours and 20 minutes of playing time to become the first finalist of the tournament that concludes on Saturday. Along with Cepeda, Ernesto Javier Jimenez Scull figured with double digits after scoring 12 points, while Livan Osoria and Tomas Sosa tallied 11 apiece. For Puerto Rico, captain Hector Soto scored 13 points and Maurice Torres finished with 10. More  Español

October 9, 2015 

Honduras wins fifth place in five setter victory

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 9, 2015 - Honduras finished in fifth place at the NORCECA Men's Continental Championship after a five setter win against Costa Rica by scores of 25-23, 20-25, 23-25, 25-21 and 15 -6. The team coached by Cuban Marcos Tejeda had three players with double digits as Frank Alley scored 25 points, while Jorge Rivera closed with 16 and captain Luis Salgado with 14. Meanwhile, Costa Rica, had four with more than ten units. Richard Smith Hall recorded 25 points, while Julio Alberto Alvarez closed with 14. More  Español

October 8, 2015 

Mexico beats Honduras and clinches a berth in Top Four

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 8, 2015 - Mexico won against Honduras 3-0 (25-20, 25-13, 25-22) to clinch a berth in the semifinals and recovered from the defeat against Cuba on Wednesday. Guerson Acosta and Jorge Barajas commanded the Mexican attack with 7 units apiece. Luis Salgado, captain of Honduras topped for the Central American team after closing with a total of 10 points, while Wilfredo Lopez scored 9. The hosts worked hard with their serve to dominate Honduras 6-1 with 3 aces by Pedro Rangel and out-blocked the Central Americans 8-6 with a solid performance by Alejandro Moreno, who registered four blocking points. More  Español

October 8, 2015 

Puerto Rico beats Costa Rica to secure a spot in semis

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 8, 2015 - Puerto Rico qualified to the semifinals at the NORCECA Men's Continental Volleyball Championship after winning in three sets against Costa Rica by scores of 25-17, 25-19 at 25-19 in the quarterfinals round. Hector Soto had 12 points for that Puerto Rican squad, that is already part of the top four teams of the competition and secured a berth in the Final 4 Tournament which gives one ticket to the Olympic Games in 2016. On the Costa Ricas side, Richard Smith Hall closed the match with 12 points.  More  Español

October 7, 2015 

Cuba beat Mexico and advance to semifinals

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 7, 2015 - Cuba defeated Mexico in straight sets and became the second team that advanced to the semifinals at the Norceca Men's Continental Championship. Scores were 25-18, 25-17 and 25-14. Osmany Uriarte scored 13 points for Cuba while Rolando Cepeda notched 9. For Mexico, Ivan Marquez finished with 5. Cuba overcame Mexico in blocks 11-2 and Mexico worked hard with their service and finished 3-2. However, Ricardo Calvo aced twice for the Caribbean team that became part of the Top Four. "We expected a tough match. More  Español

October 7, 2015 

Canada qualify to semifinals at Men’s Continental Championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 7, 2015 - Canada defeated Puerto Rico in straight sets by scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 and secured a spot in the Top Four teams at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Jon Gordon Perrin scored 15 for Canada and Nicholas Hoag 11, while Eddie Rivera finised with 6 points for Puerto Rico.  Canada out-blocked Puerto Rico 8-5 while both teams finished tied in aces 2-2. Hector Soto captain of Puerto Rico, said: "In the first two sets we made many mistakes. We started down those first two sets and could never recover,. and in the third set there were some changes that helped us to mantain a level, but we could not close it. More  Español

October 7, 2015 

First victory for Costa Rica at Norceca Men’s Continental Championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 7, 2015 - Costa Rica claimed their first victory at Norceca Men’s Continental Championship after beating Trinidad and Tobago in four sets in Pool B by scores of 20-25, 25-18, 25-23, and 25-21. The Costa Ricans had their top scorer in Richard Smith who recorded 25 unitsregistered, including four aces, while Julio Alvarez was their second best man with 12 points. Trinidad and Tobago had three players with double digits, after his captain Ryan Stewart closed with 19 points and Simon Blake with 17. Meanwhile, Brandon Legall had 12. The Caribbean team leaded in blocks 9- 3.  More  Español

October 6, 2015 

Mexico remain undefeated after beated Costa Rica

 CORDOBA, Mexico, October 6, 2015 - Mexico beat Costa Rica to keep their undefeated streak at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Nestor Orellana topped with 13 points and six blocks. Guerson Acosta also recorded six blocking points in the 3-0 win over the Central American team. Scores were 25-21, 25-18, and 25-19. Captain Jorge Barajas also contributed with 9 points for Mexico, while Richard Smith Hall finished with 10 for the Costa Rican squad that showed a good serving strategy and even finished 3-1 in this department duel, with 2 aces by Julio Alvarez. “Congratulations to Mexico, this was a tough match for us. We battled and fought hard. More  Español

October 6, 2015 

The Celebration starts at the Cordoba Arena

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 6, 2015 - The activities of the NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship had also a special touch on second day. This happened after the official opening ceremony of the competition at the Cordoba Arena, where authorities and fans were present, along with the Vidanza Folk Ballet that performend some traditional dances from the Veracruz region. Also a Rock mini-concert took part  by the local band Revolver. The Mayor of Cordoba, Jaime Rios Tomas Bernal, who delivered a message to the audience also declared. More  Español

October 6, 2015 

Puerto Rico prevail over Honduras in straight sets

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 6, 2015  - Puerto Rico prevailed over Honduras  3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-13) to record their first victory in Pool A at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Maurice Torres, Mannix Roman and Sequiel Sanchez closed as top scorers for Puerto Rico after scoring 9 points apiece. Ornello Watler was the best scorer for Honduras, after finishing with seven points. Puerto Rico overcame Honduras in serves 3-0 and 5-3 in blocks and surrendered 20 points in errors, against 26 by Honduras. More  Español

October 6, 2015 

Cuba grab second victory at Men’s Continental Championship

CORDOBA, Mexico, october 6, 2015 - Cuba defeated Trinidad and Tobago in straight sets to grab their second victory in Pool B at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. The team coached by Rodolfo Sanchez won 25-11, 25-13 and 25-12 with a blocking and service dominance. Cuba served 10 aces against none by Trinidad and Tobago, and also finished with a 9-1 blocking advantage. Rolando Cepeda closed as top scorer for Cuba with 9 points, followed by Javier Ernesto Jimenez Scull, who finished with 8. Meanwhile, Ryan Stewart scored five. More  Español

October 5, 2015 

Mexico beat a resilient Trinidad and Tobago

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 5 2015 - The Olympic qualification process in the Norceca region has just begun after the first day of activities at the Cordoba Arena, where hosts Mexico defeated Trinidad and Tobago in three sets. Mexico won by scores of 25-22, 25-16 and 25-22 with Nestor Orellana as top scorer for the local team after recording 12 points.  Ryan Stewart and Simon Blake topped for Trinidad and Tobago with 10 apiece. Stewart even served two aces for the Trinidadian team that surprised Mexico in the first and third sets, however Mexican defense was key to solve the match in three with a 29-17 excellent advantage.  More  Español

October 5, 2015 

Nicholas Hoag tops with five aces in Canadian victory over Honduras

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 5, 2015 - Canada defeated Honduras 3-0 (25-13, 25-10, 25-10) with a solid serving and blocking performance to clinch their first victory in Pool A at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship. Nicholas Hoag tallied 17 points, including five aces, for Canada that also overcame Honduras in blocks (11-3) and in services (11-1). Daniel Cornelius Jansen Vandoorn also contributed with 8 points for the team coached by Glenn Hoag. Honduras, that compete at this Continental Championship thanks to the support of the Olympic Solidarity Fund, had their best man in captain Luis Salgado. More  Español

October 5, 2015 

Cuba open Continental Championship with a three setter victory

CÓRDOBA, México, October 5 2015 - Cuba had no problems to open their participation at the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica by scores of  25-14, 25-13 and 25-18 in Pool B. The Cuban team dominated since the beginning of the match with a solid blocking 13-3 advantage. They also prevailed 4-1 in aces over Costa Rica. Their captain Rolando Cepeda finished as top scorer by registering 10 points. He was followed by Javier Jimenez Scull who scored 9, including 3 aces.  More  Español

October 4, 2015 

Marte Hoffiz praises Cordoba city’s effort as host of Men’s Continental Championship

Cordoba, Mexico, October 4, 2015 - President of the Norceca Volleyball Confederation, Cristobal Marte Hoffiz remarked the efforts of preparation for the Men’s Continental Championship that begins on Monday at the Cordoba Arena. “We made a promise almost one year ago during the Central American and Caribbean Games and that promise was to bring back a competition and more events,” said Marte Hoffiz. “This is a qualifying competition  for the Olympic  Games, and simultaneously. More  Español

October 4, 2015 

Cordoba, an important step to the Olympic qualification

CORDOBA, Veracruz - The coaches of the seven competing teams at the Norceca Men's Continental Championship, shared their expectations before the beginning of the event, which gets underway on Monday at the Arena Córdoba Glenn Hoag, Coach of Canada: “We are ready to compete. I think we’ve recovered enough from World Cup. We had a little bit of time to recover, was difficult the first week when we came back but last week we practiced good and I think the team is ready to compete,” he said. “We’ll first we have to go for the first step, this continental championship that is a multi step event. More  Español

October 4, 2015 

Seven Teams begin their quest for Olympic Qualifier

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 4, 2015 – The twenty fourth edition of the NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship gets underway on Monday at Cordoba Arena with seven teams seeking a top-four position which guarantees a spot at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in early January. Canada, Honduras and Puerto Rico will be competing in the three-team Pool A while Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago will battle in Pool B. The top team from each pool will advance directly to the semifinals securing a spot in the Final Four Olympic Qualifier while the teams placed second and third from each pool will meet in crossed quarterfinals matches. More  Español

October 3, 2015 

Volleyball is back at the Cordoba Arena

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 3, 2015 - The Cordoba Arena prepares to receive the best teams of the region for the Norceca Men’s Continental Championship, a competition that is also a classification tournament for the Olympic Qualifier to Rio 2016. NORCECA Control Committee Officers held their first official meeting and preliminari inspections along with the Local Organizing Committee Members in order to analyze the details of the tournament that marks the return of volleyball to the venue that hosted this sport at the last edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games of Veracruz 2014. More  Español