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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 31, 2015 – Teams from
United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala and Puerto Rico will represent NORCECA Confederation
at the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in The
Netherlands from June 26 to July 5.
A total of 96 men’s and women’s teams from 40 countries will be
participating in the competition to be held in four cities – The
Hague, Amsterdam, Apeldoon and Rotterdam. The semifinal and gold
medal matches for both men and women will be played in The
Hague.
The top two men’s and women’s teams from each pool will advance
to the opening rounds of the elimination bracket on July 1 and 2
along with the eight-best third-place finishers in each group
determined by point and set ratios. The first two days of play
in the 32-team elimination bracket will be held at the four pool
play sites.
United States will be represented by seven teams (4 men’s and 3
women’s) while Canada will be one of the five countries with
four teams (2, 2). Cuba and Mexico will have one team per
gender.
Costa Rica and Guatemala each will have one women’s team while
El Salvador and Puerto Rico each will have one men’s team.
Women’s teams:
United States:
Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross; Emily Day/Jennifer Kessy;
Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat.
Canada:
Melissa Humana/Taylor Pischke; Heather Bansley/Sara Pavan.
Mexico: Bibiana Candelas/Martha Revuelta. Cuba:
Lianma Flores/Leila Martinez. Costa Rica: Nathalia
Alfaro/Karen Cope.
Guatemala:
Maria A. Orellana/María J. Orellana.
Men’s teams:
United States:
Phil Dalhausse/Sean Rosenthal; John Hyden/Tri Bourne; Nick
Lucena/Theo Brunner; Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson.
Canada:
Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter; Ben Schalk/Chaim Saxton; Cuba:
Sergio Gonzalez/Nivaldo Gomez; Mexico: Juan
Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros; Puerto Rico: Roberto Rodriguez/Eric
Haddock; El Salvador: Carlos Escobar/David Vargas. |
