Chile surpasses Mexico and takes seventh place

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 20, 2024.- Chile beat Mexico in straight sets 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-18) to claim seventh place in this XVII Pan American Men's Volleyball Cup that It took place in the National Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.

The Chileans were superior in attacks 44-40 and in blocks 5-3, while Mexico dominated in serves 3-2.

Vicente Parraguirre led Chile's offense with 17 points, while Dusan Bonacic and Vicente Ibarra contributed 13 and 12 points respectively. For Mexico, the best offensive player was Victor Parra with 10 points followed by Mauro Fuentes and Franky Milantony who scored 9 each.

Daniel Nejamkin, coach of Chile: Well, we clearly played the best game of the entire tournament, we said goodbye with a victory which was what we wanted, and now we have to continue adding points for the ranking.

Carlos Schwanke, coach of Mexico: Many congratulations to Chile, they played a tremendous game, we made many mistakes, there were moments when we had to calm down a little and we didn't and that was the cause of this defeat, but that is part of the game.