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PLEASANTVILLE, San Fernando, Trinidad, July 11,
2022: Haiti strolled to their first title at the
Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA)
Junior Men's Championship after cruising past
host Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 (25-13, 25-15,
25-15) at the Southern Regional Indoor Sports
Arena.
With the win in the final match of the
tournament, the Junior Siecle-coached Haitians,
who ended in second spot in 2017/2018 and fourth
in 2015, ended with a perfect 4-0 win-loss
round-robin record and 18 points, two ahead of
runner-up Suriname (3-1) while Jamaica took the
bronze medal with a 2-2 record and 11 points
with Trinidad and Tobago (1-3) fourth with three
points, and winless US Virgin Islands, firth
with a 0-4 record and two points.
The victory for Haiti put them on par with their
2015 Under-21 women's team who won their maiden
title in Barbados, and also secured their ticket
to the NORCECA Under-21 Men's Continental
Championship to be hosted by Cuba from May 7 to
15, 2023.
Speaking afterwards a relaxed but very elated
Siecle, said it was the objective of the team
from the onset to come to Trinidad to win the
tournament and he was proud they had done
exactly that.
"The boys trained very hard back home and we
were well prepared coming here to play and match
by match we stayed focus and tonight we are all
very proud to be champions.
Dieulengy Relis, captain of the Haitian said he
too was elated and proud of his achievement as a
player, captain and Haitian.
"We know it was not going to be easy but to come
here and win each game and to be crowned
champions is a great feeling. |
