Nicaragua will meet El Salvador and Costa Rica in men’s semifinals

PANAMA CITY, Panamá, November 12, 2022.- Teams from Nicaragua will meet

El Salvador and Costa Rica in the men’s semifinals of the XIV Under 21 Central American Beach Volleyball Championship on Sunday.

Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2) beat Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas (ESA 2) 2-0 (21-10, 21-19) in the first quarterfinal match to advance into the semifinals against Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 1), who finished first in pool C.

Last year Araya/Varela lost the bronze medal to another Nicaraguan team and now they’ll try to advance into the final.

While, pool A winners, Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís of NCA 1, prevailed 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) over José Miguel Izaguirre/Mario Ventura (GUA 2) in quarterfinals and in semifinals will face twins Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado of El Salvador who won pool B.

Cascante faced Guardado twins in last year’s final match, after they eliminated the number one team of Nicaragua.

Saturday’s results (pool-play)

NCA 1 d 2-0 ESA 2         (22-20, 21-13)

GUA 1 d 2-0 CRC 2        (21-18, 21-15)

ESA 1 d 2-0 NCA 2         (21-11, 21-15)

BIZ d 2-0 PAN 2            (21-16, 21-16)

CRC 1 d 2-0 GUA 2        (21-19, 21-10)

Quarterfinals

NCA 2 d 2-0 ESA 2         (21-10, 21-19)

NCA 1 d 2-0 GUA 1        (21-12, 21-13)

Clasificación 7-10

PAN 1 d 2-0 CRC 2         (21-16, 21-14)

CRC 2 d 2-0 BIZ            (21-15, 21-17)

Sunday’s schedule

CRC 2- BIZ Posiciones 9-10       9:00 a.m.

ESA 1- NCA 1 – Semifinal          9:45 a.m.

CRC 1 – NCA 2 – Semifinal         10:30 a.m.

PAN 1- GUA 1 Posc 7-8              11:15 a.m.

GUA 2- ESA 2 Posiciones 5-6     12:00 md

Por medalla de bronce               1:00 p.m.

Final                                         2:00 p.m.