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Nine
teams to battle for ticket to Japan and NORCECA supremacy
OMAHA, Nebraska, September 12, 2013-
Nine
NORCECA women’s teams
are ready to battle for one spot in the FIVB Grand Champions Cup
to be played in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan later this year, when
the 2013 Continental Championship gets underway at the Ralston
Arena from September 16 to 21.
Hosts defending champions United States, currently ranked No. 2
in the world, will face No. 15 Cuba and No. 25 Mexico in Pool B
during the preliminary round.
World No. 8 Dominican Republic will compete in Pool A against
Central American champions Costa Rica (26) and CAZOVA champions
Trinidad & Tobago (33).
The Pool C consists of Puerto Rico (20), Canada (23) and
non-ranked and debutants St Lucia, champions of the Eastern
Caribbean zone (ECVA).
Three daily matches will take place at the Ralston Arena, a
multi-sport facility inaugurated last year, in the suburbs of
Omaha with a seating capacity of around 5,000 spectators.
The two pool winners with best records (win-lost, points,
points-ratio) will get byes to the semifinals (September 20)
while the other pool winner will play in the quarterfinals phase
with the three second placed teams (September 19).
The bronze-and gold-medal matches close the competition on
September 21 with the winner of the tournament earning the trip
to the season-ending FIVB Women’s Grand Champions Cup this
November in Japan.
Defending champions USA have won six gold medals in the history
of the biennial event, including four of the last six. Cuba
leads the list of title winners with 13 while Mexico with two
and Dominican Republic with one are the only two other countries
crowned in the tournament.
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Historical Podiums |
|
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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1969 |
MEX |
CUB |
USA |
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1971 |
MEX |
CUB |
AHO |
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1973 |
CUB |
CAN |
USA |
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1975 |
CUB |
USA |
MEX |
|
1977 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
1979 |
CUB |
USA |
MEX |
|
1981 |
USA |
CUB |
MEX |
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1983 |
USA |
CUB |
CAN |
|
1985 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
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1987 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
1989 |
CUB |
CAN |
USA |
|
1991 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
1993 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
1995 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
1997 |
CUB |
USA |
DOM |
|
1999 |
CUB |
USA |
CAN |
|
2001 |
USA |
CUB |
DOM |
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2003 |
USA |
CUB |
DOM |
|
2005 |
USA |
CUB |
DOM |
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2007 |
CUB |
USA |
DOM |
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2009 |
DOM |
PUR |
CUB |
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2011 |
USA |
DOM |
CUB |
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