Teams prepared to battle in Nicaragua

Managua, Nicaragua, May 17, 2012 – Three national teams that combine experience and youth are ready to start the NORCECA 2014 Women’s World Championship First Round Pool H.

Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras will battle starting on Friday for the best pool position and a more comfortable pairing in the next phase.

The coaches all feel this will be a tough tournament with respectable opponents.

“We are in a process with the senior team and most of our players are U-23 but with good experience. We are here to compete for a good place in the next round,” Guatemala’s Julio Dominguez said.

“We have a few players from last year’s team that won the Central American Juniors and 30 percent of veterans,” he added.

On the other hand, Honduras’ Felix Savio said his team “is very young since we have eight junior players with the idea of working on their growth for future competitions.”

Honduras just played in the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tijuana and according to Savio “this was motivation and taught us that we need to work more with our national teams.”

Nicaragua’s Rene Quintana pointed out that “Guatemala always has been a tough team and Honduras battles hard. It will be a demanding tournament, but I feel we can finish in first place. The support of the fans will be important.”

“We have players with experience and juniors who have gone through a long process. I think it will be a better elimination event for Nicaragua.”