Canada finishes the preliminary round undefeated

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 18, 2024.- Canada, defending champion of the Cup, finished the preliminary round undefeated with a victory this Thursday against Chile with a score of 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 26 -24) in the XVII Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup.

In attacks CAN 37 – CHI 25, in blocking CAN 10 – CHI 4 and in services CAN 4 – CHI 4.

Daenan Gyimah had 11 points for Canada to be the best on offense followed by Skyler Varga with 10 and Jordan Canham with 9. For Peru Vicente Ibarra accumulated 13 points, while Matías Jadue added 8.

Glenn Hoag, coach of Canada: I am very happy with the victory, we beat a team from Chile in three sets that played with a lot of inspiration, defending the balls very well but we managed to win the match, now we have a day of rest to focus on the semi-finals.

Daniel Nejamkin, coach of Chile: We did well, we gave a good demonstration of what our game is, we reached 19-all in all the sets and in the last set we could have achieved a little more, I think we deserved it.