National Circuit kicks off beach volleyball season in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba, January 24, 2018 – The 2018 season of beach volleyball in Cuba get started with the National Circuit featuring two phases –Varadero in February and Ciego de Ávila in March- between the days 5 and 11 of each month.

Jorge Sosa Ferrer, an expert of the sport, informed that both stops will have 12 pairs per gender.

“The eight pairs of the national team, as well as two in juniors age and two other depending on their national ranking, the same number per gender, will be in action,” he said.

The main duos are preparing with the goal of defending their women’s and men’s titles –won in Veracruz 2014- at the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games of Barranquilla scheduled from July 19 to August 3, 2018.

The national circuit will be led by the duos of Sergio Gonzalez-Nivaldo Díax, Karell Peña-Daisel Quesada, Leila Martínez-Lidiannis Echavarría and Marlen Delis-Yanilsleidis Sánchez.

Sosa confirmed that for the leading teams of Sergio-Nivaldo and Leila-Lidi, the projected international plan thus far is for them to play in several phases of the world circuit while for the second teams the plan is to take in consideration the NORCECA level, including the stop in Varadero, scheduled from May 2 to 6.

“All these events at home and abroad will offer the necessary competition to prepare for the Barranquilla games, while we are also following the junior teams ahead of the qualification to the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Argentina next October,” he said.

The expert also informed that the National Championship will take place from May 14 to 20 in the city of Nuevitas, Camaguey where each province will be represented by one team per gender.