SAN SALVADOR, July 4, 2008.- Canada defeated Mexico 3-0 obtaining the right to dispute the gold medal of the U-21 Men’s Continental Championship being held at the Sports Palace here.

The Canadians won by score of 25-17, 25-17, 25-21 and won a berth for the World Championship to be played in Mexico next year.

In the second set, the Mexicans went to the second pause leading 16-15, but the Canadians sparked a rally of nine consecutive points relying especially in their strong blocking.

“All the victories come to us when we play a fundamental game with everyone making his part of the misión,” said Chris Green. “Nothing spectacular, play every point applying the systems,” he remarked.

About the gold medal match he considered it is going to be a good match because “Cuba is a great team, have a lot of resources and we are going to give our biggest effort against a very important rival.”

Gordon Perrin with 18 points and Joren Zeeman with 10 were the top scorers of Canada. The Mexicans had Francisco Enriquez and Leonardo Manzo both with 7 points.