High-Level Competition at the III Central American

U17 Beach Volleyball Championship

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, April 30, 2026.– With the presence of the bronze medalists from the NORCECA Beach Volleyball U18 FIVB World Championship Qualifier, Nicaragua’s Justin Dinarte/Matthew Kempf, along with El Salvador’s Fátima Rendón/Devora Medina, the III Central American U17 Boy’s and Girl’s Beach Volleyball Championship will get underway this Friday, May 1.

The event will feature four pairs in the boy’s division and four in the girl’s division, representing El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

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Despite the absence of Costa Rica, the tournament is expected to be highly competitive, as five pairs who recently competed in the U18 Beach Volleyball World Championship Qualifier will be in action. Among them are the current girls’ Central American champions from the 2024 U17 edition, El Salvador’s Rendón/Medina.

A round-robin competition format has been established in both divisions, where all teams will play against each other once. The pairs finishing in first and second place will compete for the gold medal, while the third- and fourth-place teams will battle for bronze on the final day.

PARTICIPATING PAIRS

GIRLS

El Salvador: Fátima Rendón/Devora Medina Mencos

Guatemala: Daniela Campos/Fátima Reina Juárez

Honduras: Miley Rodríguez/Valeria Acosta

Nicaragua: Abdi Narváez Abdi/Kimberly Silva

BOYS

El Salvador: Adiel Anzora /Mario Baires

Guatemala: Joseph Godoy/Josué Rodríguez

Honduras: Osman García/Jonathan Ortega 

Nicaragua: Justin Dinarte/Mattew Kempf