Dominicans arrive in Italy and look forward to be among 10 best teams.

ROME, Italy - The technical Director of Dominican National Teams Project, Marcos Kwiek, stated that the main goal of the National Women’s team that will begin their preparation at the FIVB Women’s World Volleyball Championship on Tuesday is to be among the first 10 places in the final ranking.

“To be honest, and to say things as they are, the Dominican Republic team has to work hard, and we look forward to be among the 10 best teams of the world. That would be a great achievement,” Kwiek said.

He remarked that the team worked for 15 days in Slovenia in a training camp, where the players got a good preparation. At the same time, they played in a lot of scrimmage matches with several countries.

He assumed that the adaptation to the European time zone is important for a player to have a good performance.

He said that the results of the scrimmage matches were very positive and everything worked as planned.

Team traveled to Rome

The Dominican team that will make their debut on Tuesday against Germany at the beginning of the World Championship departe don Saturday from Slovenia to Rome to conclude their final training sessions.

“There is a good atmosphere among players. They have been playing together for a long time and that is important,” said coach Kwiek.

He also stated that all the team members are in good health. This is  a good sign and a different situation in comparison to last August, where all the starters suffered from a Chikungunya virus infection.