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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, May 27, 2022.-
Guatemala defeated Honduras 3-0 (25-13, 26-24,
25-15) to play for the fifth place of the fourth
edition of the Boys U19 Pan Am Cup against Costa
Rica and the last berth to the 2023 FIVB World
Championship.
A Central American team will be the fourth
NORCECA representative to go to Worlds; USA and
Puerto Rico qualified in pool-play and Mexico
won their quarterfinal match.
Guatemala and Costa Rica will play Saturday at
2:00 pm (local time). Honduras goes up against
Dominican Republic for seventh place.
Guatemala overwhelmed Honduras with a 30-19
advantage in attacks; they also led 9-3 in
blocks and 4-2 in serves, while committing fewer
errors (28-33).
Opposite hitter Ferdinando Gonzalez topped
Guatemala with 10 points, followed by outside
hitter Jesus Hernandez with 9 points and middle
blocker Marco Motta with 7 points including a
match-high of 4 blocks.
Honduras leading scorer was outside hitter
Leonardo Villegas with 9 points.
Luis Fernando Castañeda, Head Coach Guatemala:
“Tomorrow we will keep our teams’ energy high,
we must give everything we have on the court and
look to qualify to worlds, as Costa Rica will
who is a tough opponent. As a team our serves
and receiving have improved”.
Theo Wandel, Central Guatemala:
“Our attitude has improved during the
tournament. We shouldn’t have let Honduras score
so many points in the second set. The experience
of facing teams with more height than ours has
been really good”. |
