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COLIMA, Mexico, June 23, 2021.- Eight countries
are set to play for the final spot to the 2020
Tokyo Olympic Games at the NORCECA Continental
Cup Finals that kicks off on June 25 at Colima,
Mexico.
In seeding order for the event, Mexico, Canada,
Nicaragua, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and U.S.
Virgin Islands in men; Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua,
Guatemala, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico in women
will play the single elimination competition
starting Friday at the Morelos Sport Unit in the
City of Colima.
With the United States already qualified with
two teams per gender and Canada with two women
pairs to the Olympics via FIVB World Tour, the
NORCECA Continental Cup Finals favorite are
hosts Mexico with Josue Gaxiola/Jose Luis Rubio
and Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros and Canadians
Schachter Samuel/Sam Pedlow and Grant
O’Gorman/Ben Saxton in the men’s field, and
Cuban pairs of Lidianny Echevarría/Yanisleydis
Sanchez and Leila Martinez/Mailen Deliz in the
women’s division.
This is the tentative schedule, pending PCR
testing from Nicaragua’s delegation and one U.S.
Virgin Islands’ player. Mexico in both genders
with Canada in men and Cuba in women earned a
bye into Saturday’s semifinals.
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Friday Quarterfinals June 25 |
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Match 1 9:00-11:00 (Men)
Guatemala vs Puerto Rico
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Match 2 11:00-13:00 (Women)
Nicaragua vs Puerto Rico |
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Match 3 13:00-15:00 (Men)
Nicaragua vs U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Match 4 15:00-17:00 (Women)
Guatemala vs Costa Rica |
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Saturday Semifinals June 26 |
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Match 5 9:00-11:00 (Men)
Mexico vs Winner Match 1 |
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Match 6 11:00-13:00 (Women)
Cuba vs Winner Match 2 |
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Match 7 13:00-15:00 (Men)
Canada vs Winner Match 3 |
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Match 8 15:00-17:00 (Women)
Mexico vs Winner Match 4 |
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Sunday Finals June 27 |
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Match 9
9:00-11:00
L- M- 6 vs L-M- 8 WOMEN’S BRONZE MEDAL |
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Match 10 11:00-13:00 L- M- 5 vs
L-M- 7 MEN’S BRONZE MEDAL |
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Match 11 13:00-15:00 W-M- 6 vs
W-M- 8 WOMEN’S GOLD MEDAL
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Match 12 15:00-17:00 W-M-5 vs
W-M- 7 MEN’S GOLD MEDAL |
Men’s Teams
Canada:
Schachter Samuel/Sam Pedlow, Grant O’Gorman/Ben
Saxton; Guatemala: Andy Leonardo/Luis
García; Edgar Maldonado/Andre Nuyens; Mexico:
Josue Gaxiola/Jose Luis Rubio; Juan Virgen/Lombardo
Ontiveros; Nicaragua: Ruben Mora/Dany
López; Jefferson Cascante/Denis López; Puerto
Rico: Kevin Rodríguez/Cristian Encarnación;
Josue Rivera/Juan C. Ribas; U.S. Virgin
Islands: Marc Lomeli/Austin Pippen; Daniel
Samuelson/Brian Kwasny.
Women’s Teams:
Costa Rica:
Natalia Alfaro/Mariela Quesada, Angel
Williams/Katherine Quesada; Cuba:
Lidianny Echevarría/Yanisleydis Sanchez; Leila
Martinez/Mailen Deliz; Guatemala:
Estefanie Bethancourt/Natalia Girón, Paola
Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo; Mexico:
Martha Revuelta/Zaira Orellana, Susana
Torres/María José Quintero; Nicaragua:
Swan Mendoza/Socorro López, Valeska Hernández/Anielka
Alonzo; Puerto Rico: María González/Allanis
Navas, Lara Torruella/Lina Bernier.
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