Chile defeats Guatemala in the Men's Pan American Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 19, 2024.- In Friday’s first match, Chile easily defeated Guatemala 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25- 22), in the XVII Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup that is being played in the “Ricardo Arias” Volleyball Pavilion.

In blocks, both teams tied at 7, while Chile dominated in attacks 40-37 and in serves 6-3.

With 15 points, Dusan Bonacic was the best in Chile’s offense, followed by Vicente Ibarra and Gabriel Araya with 10 points each. For Guatemala, José Pérez finished with 15 points and Jason Hernández added another 13.

Daniel Nejamkin, coach of Chile: As I had already said, this is the second tournament we have played this year and we knew the level of quality that this event has, the boys have played well, and they have been getting into the rhythm of play and today against Guatemala we managed to win in three sets.

Reider Mora, coach of Guatemala: We knew that we were going against a Chilean team with a good level of play, and we knew that it was a very difficult opponent, but the boys made the effort and without a doubt in this tournament they were able to face very good teams which is positive for them in terms of the learning experience.