All four teams from the NORCECA Confederation
advance to the second round of the Women's
Volleyball World Championship.
The best team qualify to the next phase is the
United States, which will go to the next round
with a 2-1 record, while Canada and the
Dominican Republic have one win and two losses,
while Puerto Rico reaches the stage with zero
victory and three defeats they suffered with
the teams that advanced with the Pool A.
The competition rules of the Women's World
Championsgip in their latest editions present a
first round of six groups, where the best four
teams advance to the second round and cross the
Pools A-D and B-C, the teams take only the
victories and losing result of the team groups
that accompany to the round.
Then the best four teams in the second round
will go to the Quarterfinals, from that moment
the competition becomes single elimination.
The 16 teams that advance are Italy, Belgium,
Holland, Puerto Rico for Pool A; Turkey,
Thailand, Dominican Republic, Poland for group
B; Serbia, United States, Canada, Germany for C
and China, Brazil, Japan and Argentina for D.
The second round begins on Tuesday, October 4
with the new Norceca classic that faces the
Dominican Republic and United States (11:30
a.m.). Also The Queens of the Caribbean' will
face Serbia, Germany and Canada.
While in the second phase, Puerto Rico will face
China on October 5 at 11:15 AM, the next day
they will face Brazil at 10:00 AM. They will
then face Japan on October 7 at 8:15 AM and
Argentina on October 9 at 12:30 PM.
The oponente of USA and Canadá are Turkey,
Thailand, Dominican Republic, Poland.
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