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Nicaragua Women and Costa Rica Men Central American U17 Beach Champions
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, November 25, 2023.- The duo of Ella Resau and
Yulimar Alvarado from Nicaragua and Stanley Grant and Cristian Oporta
from Costa Rica are the Champions of the first edition of the Under-17
Central American Beach Volleyball Championship held at the Parque
Metropolitano la Sabana in Costa Rica.
Cristian Oporta and Stanley Grant, from Costa Rica, beat Yustin Gantes
and Einar Rodríguez, from Panama, 2-0 (21-13, 21-9) and later, in the
last game of the tournament, they confirmed their supremacy against
Nicaraguan duo of José Fernando Castro and Diego Cardoza, whom they beat
2-0 (21-10, 21-13), with six consecutive wins and no defeats confirming
their Central American crown for their country.
Oporta and Grant opened the way to the title on Friday, when they beat
Guatemala (2-1) and Panama (2-1); a firm step that they maintained on
Saturday, by beating Nicaragua (2-0) and Guatemala (2-1), and that they
consolidated this Sunday with new victories over Panama (2-0) and
Nicaragua (2-0).
Second place went to Juan Carlos Menéndez and Daniel Sosa from Guatemala
and Panama’s Yustin Gantes and Einar Rodríguez won the bronze.
In women, the U17 gold went to the Nicaragua’s Ella Resau and Yulimar
Alvarado, who this Sunday in a key game added their fourth win in a row
beating Devora Medina 2-1 (21-11, 18-21, 15-9) and Daniela Vigil, from
El Salvador (silver medal).
Costa Ricans Sury Jiménez and Mariana Fallas defeated Panamanians Keysi
Fuentes and Dayanis Ríos 2-0 this Sunday, 21-17, 21-14, to finish third
place in the U17 Central American Beach Volleyball Championship.
The silver medal went to El Salvador and Costa Rica took the bronze.
ALBUM FLICKR SUB 17 MASCULINO
ALBUM FLICKR SUB 17 FEMENINO
AFECAVOL I SUB17 DE VOLEIBOL DE PLAYA
WOMEN'S
PODIUM
GOLD: NICARAGUA
SILVER: EL SALVADOR
BRONZE: COSTA RICA
MEN'S PODIUM
GOLD: COSTA RICA
SILVER: GUATEMALA
BRONZE: PANAMA
WOMEN RESULTS
|
Resau/Alvarado |
NCA |
Vasquez/Osorio |
GUA |
2 |
- |
0 |
21 |
- |
15 |
21 |
- |
10 |
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Fuentes/Rios |
PAN |
Jimenez/Fallas |
CRC |
0 |
- |
2 |
17 |
- |
21 |
14 |
- |
21 |
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|
Vigil/Medina |
ESA |
Resau/Alvarado |
NCA |
0 |
- |
2 |
11 |
- |
21 |
21 |
- |
18 |
9 |
- |
15 |
MEN RESULTS
|
Gantes/Rodriguez |
PAN |
Oporta/Grant |
CRC |
0 |
- |
2 |
13 |
- |
21 |
9 |
- |
21 |
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Castro/Cardoza |
NCA |
Menendez/Sosa |
GUA |
0 |
- |
2 |
15 |
- |
21 |
14 |
- |
21 |
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Menendez/Sosa |
GUA |
Gantes/Rodriguez |
PAN |
2 |
- |
0 |
24 |
- |
22 |
21 |
- |
18 |
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Oporta/Grant |
CRC |
Castro/Cardoza |
NCA |
2 |
- |
0 |
21 |
- |
10 |
21 |
- |
13 |
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