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Dominicans to defend crown at NORCECA U20
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico, June 15, 2018 – The U20 NORCECA Women’s
Continental Championship from June 18-23 will take place in
Aguascalientes, Mexico with the participation of eight teams.
The teams announced to be battling for one ticket to next year’s
FIVB World Championship of the age-group are Guatemala, Cuba,
Puerto Rico and United States in Pool A, and Dominican Republic,
Costa Rica, Mexico and Honduras in Pool B.
The Aguascalientes State Sport Gymnasium will be the official
competition venue. Teams will arrive in Aguascalientes on June
16 while the members of the Control Committee will arrive one
day earlier.
The Dominican Republic is the defending champion having won the
previous U20 event held in Fort Lauderdale, United States in
2016. Then the Dominicans defeated United States 3-1 in the
decisive match to claim the gold medal.
The teams representing USA have won the competition a record six
times but the Dominican Republic’s teams have triumphed in two
of the last three editions.
The competition format establishes that the winners of pools
advance directly to the semifinal phase with the teams in second
and third places will meet in crossed matches in the
quarterfinals. The medal matches will take place on June 23.
Preliminary Round Schedule
June 18
14:00 Costa Rica v Dominican Republic
16:00 Guatemala v Cuba
18:00 Puerto Rico v United States
20:00 Mexico v Honduras
June 19
14:00 Dominican Republic v Honduras
16:00 Guatemala v Puerto Rico
18:00 Cuba v United States
20:00 Mexico v Costa Rica
June 20
14:00 United States v Guatemala
16:00 Honduras v Costa Rica
18:00 Puerto Rico v Cuba
20:00 Mexico v Dominican Republic
Year-By-Year Podium
YEAR GOLD SILVER BRONZE
1998 USA MEX CAN
2000 CUB USA MEX
2002 PUR USA CUB
2004 USA DOM PUR
2006 USA DOM PUR
2008 USA DOM CUB
2010 USA DOM CUB
2012 DOM MEX USA
2014 USA CUB DOM
2016 DOM USA CUB
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