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Costa Ricans Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro enjoyed a hot
start at the Puerto Rican Beach Volleyball Tournament, the
third stop of the 2007 NORCECA Circuit.
Morales-Alfaro won their two matches on the sands of Isla
Verde against Dominicans Suero-Almanzar (18-21, 21-17, 15-5)
and Ramos-Flores of Puerto Rico-3 (21-15, 22-20).
Meanwhile, the Canadian duo of Joanna Niemczewska and Amanda
Moppett won 21-15, 21-7 over Andrea Davis-Nancy Joseph of
Trinidad & Tobago and took a 21-14, 21-11 victory against
Julia Lewis-Lauren Whiteball of Barbados.
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JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 18, 2007.- The
third stage of the inaugural NORCECA’s Beach Volleyball
Circuit is starting today with 20 matches in both genders on
the sands of Isla Verde.
The General Technical Meeting was held last night with the
presence of Mr. Carlos Beltran, Vice President of NORCECA for
Beach Volleyball and Mr. Nelson Ramirez, the Technical
Director of the event.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 14, 2007.- Cuba won two gold medals in
Volleyball and Beach Volleyball at the ALBA Games which
concluded here on Sunday.
The Men’s Team who had dominated the tournament without losing
one set, finally recovered from one set down to defeat
Venezuela –A by score of 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-20. The Women
won the bronze medal with a 25-15, 25-19, 24-26, 25-18 victory
over Chile.
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WINNIPEG,
Canada, May 11, 2007- After an intense four-day Selection Camp
held this past week at the Team Canada Volleyball Centre in
Winnipeg,
Team Canada is happy to announce the Senior Men’s athletes for
the 2007 International Volleyball season.
This year’s team is made up of veteran and up-and-coming
athletes that will make up Canada’s Senior and FISU/B teams.
The First Team will return to the prestigious FIVB World
League for the first time since 2000 and fifth overall, and
also will compete in the World Cup in
Japan
in November and the NORCECA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
early January in
Puerto Rico.
The other squads will take part in the World University Games
in Thailand
and the Second Pan American Cup in
Dominican
Republic.
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Cuban
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CARACAS,
Venezuela.- The one who laughs last laughs longest.
In
a gruelling battle between two teams from NORCECA, the
Dominican Republic Girls Team defeated Cuba in five sets, but
at the end it was the Cubans who advanced to the semi finals
of the tournament at the ALBA Games.
The Dominicans scored a 25-20,
16-25, 23-25, 29-27, 15-9 victory over the Cubans in the last
match of Pool B Qualifying Round and finished in a three-way
tie with Cuba and Carabobo with 2-2 record.
Cuba ended in second place behind
Chile (4-0) based on a better points-ratio according to
regulations. The Cubans had 393 points in favour and 351
against for + 42 while the Dominicans finished with + 40
(398-358). Carabobo was – 46 (348-394).
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Cuba Men to train in Portugal and
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HAVANA, Cuba, May 9, 2007.- A men’s volleyball team of 12
Cuban players is traveling on Wednesday to Portugal and
Bulgaria to have some warm up matches in preparation for the
coming 2007 World League.
Coach Orlando Samuel is convinced that their excellent
physical shape will help them to reach the top condition after
the first series of matches of the League.
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Metcalf led Murcia 2002 in title match |
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MURCIA, Spain, May 5, 2007.- American Nancy Metcalf led a
balanced attack scoring 16 points in the 3-0 championship
victory of Grupo Murcia 2002 over Spar Tenerife in the
Spaniard EVE Super League.
Grupo Murcia 2002 played text book in the 25-15, 25-23, 25-19
victory in the fourth match of the final series before a
packed house at Principe de Asturias Pavilion.
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Annerys Vargas puts Grupo Murcia
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MURCIA, Spain, May 4, 2007.- Grupo Murcia 2002 is one step
away from winning for the first time the title of the Spaniard
Volleyball Women Super League.
Relying on the power of Dominican Annerys Vargas, blocking and
spiking, the team of Evedasto Lifante defeated Marichal
Tenerife
3-1 (25-15, 25-20, 21-25, 25-17) before a full house
at Principe de Asturias Auditorium.
With the final series
2-1 to its favour, the girls of Coach
Paulo Coco will go tonight looking for their fourth crown of
the season. Grupo Murcia 2002 has already won the Top Teams
Cup, the Spaniard Super Cup and the Queens Cup.
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USA World League Roster a
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ANAHEIM, May 1, 2007- -- Nine Olympians, including three who
have competed in multiple Olympic Games, highlight the U. S.
Men’s roster of 18 for the 2007 FIVB World League competition.
Before each weekend of World League , U . S. Head Coach Hugh
McCutcheon will choose which 12 players will compete from the
list of 18 . The roster of 12 can be updated before each
weekend of matches.
Lloy
Ball, a three-time Olympic setter, re-joins the U . S . Men’s
National Team for the first time since the 2004 Olympics in
Athens . Veteran middle blockers Ryan Millar and Tom Hoff have
each played in the last two Olympics
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The
other players on the roster who played in Athens are middle
blocker Phil Eatherton, outside hitters Reid Priddy, Riley
Salmon and Gabe Gardner and opposites Brook Billings and Clay
Stanley.
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Juncos won the title before record crowd
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PONCE, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2007.- Two new attendance records
were established in the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League
during the last match of the best-of-seven final series won by
Juncos in five sets on Sunday.
A paid attendance crowd of 9,068 spectators filled the stands of
Pachin Vicens Auditorium and for the first time in history the
league surpassed the 200,000 fans barrier reaching a total of 203,
307 for the season. It was an extremely close playoff with five of
the seven matches stretching to the limit.
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Fruitful meeting of Executive Committee and Board of
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 29, 2007.- The
Executive Committee and Board of Administration of the
NORCECA Confederation concluded its annual three day
meeting in Santo Domingo.
“It has been a very fruitful meeting and as of today our
Confederation is a very solid institution with great
future,” said Mr. Cristobal Marte, President of NORCECA.
During the meetings held at the headquarters of NORCECA,
the members of the Executive Committee and Board of
Administration analyzed and reviewed all the proposals
made by the different commissions.
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Colima is the Capital of Mexican Volleyball
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 29, 2007.-
The Mexican Volleyball Federation has designated the city of
Colima as the Volleyball Capital of its country in 2007.
Prof. Alejandro Salinas de la Garza, President of the Mexican
Federation, made the announcement during the meeting of the
NORCECA’s Executive Committee and Board of Administration.
“Last Wednesday, during the closing of the National Olympiad
we informed to the authorities of the State of Colima that we
selected Colima as the capital of volleyball in Mexico for all
the competitions they are organizing in support of our sport,”
said Salinas, Executive Vice President of NORCECA
Confederation.
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 29, 2007.-
The NORCECA Volleyball Confederation signed on Saturday a
four-year deal with Molten Corporation, the Japanese
manufacturer of sporting goods.
The deal was signed by Mr. Cristobal Marte, President of
NORCECA, and Mr. Koji Matoba, the Regional Director of Molten
based in USA , in the presence of the members of
Confederation’s Executive Committee and Board of
Administration.
Through this agreement, NORCECA will be receiving
for
the next four
years
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in volleyball and beach volleyball.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic,
April 28, 2007.-
The Nineteenth NORCECA’s Congress
will be hosted by Aruba next October 27-28.
The decision was adopted today by
the Executive Committee and Board of Administration during the
second day of its annual meetings in the capital of Dominican
Republic.
Mr.
Mushtaque Mohammed, Vice President of NORCECA for the
Caribbean, was designated as general coordinator of the event
which will be dedicated to Mr. Jacques Joachim, Mr. Ramon Rico
and Mr. Rafael Hussein.
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Chicago to Host U.S. World League Matches |
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ANAHEIM, California,
April 28, 2007.- Top international men’s volleyball is coming
this summer to the U.S. Olympic Committee’s 2016 Applicant
City!
USA Volleyball has announced that Chicago, which the USOC
recently named the U.S. Applicant City for the 2016 Olympic
and Paralympic Games, will host FIVB World League matches
between the United States and Italy on June 15-16.
The matches will be held at the Convocation Center on the
campus of Chicago State University, one of the venues used in
Chicago’s proposal to become the host of the 2016 Summer
Games.
“We are pleased to be bringing Chicago a preview of the kind
of men’s volleyball it will see if it is chosen to host the
2016 Olympic Games,” said USA Volleyball CEO Doug Beal.
“Chicago is a great sports city and we hope to see plenty of
fans at the Convocation Center.”
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 27, 2007.-
Mr. Glenn Quinlan is the first President of the Eastern
Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA), a new sub-zone within
the structure of the NORCECA Volleyball Confederation.
The announcement was made by Mr. Mushtaque Mohammed, Vice
President of NORCECA for the Caribbean during the first day of
meeting of the Confederation’s Executive Committee and Board
of Administration.
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CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, April 27,
2007.- A seventh and final match will be necessary to know the
2007 champions of the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League.
In a do-or-die match and before a
crowd of more than 6,000 at the Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum,
Caguas overcame a one-set deficit and beat Juncos 25-27,
25-18, 25-19, 25-23 tying the best-of-seven series at 3-3. The
decisive match will be played next Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in the
Juan “Pachin” Vicens Auditorium in Ponce.
Vanessa
Velez and Yarleen Santiago scored 21 and 20 points
respectively and Jeztzabel del Valle added 15 to lead the
victory of Caguas, winner of 10 crowns in the history of the
Puerto Rican League.
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Executive Committee and Board of Administration to
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 26, 2007.-
The Executive Committee and Board of Administration of NORCECA
will meet together this weekend at the organization’s
headquarters in Santo Domingo .
Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA, said that
during the meeting the two governing bodies will analyze and
gauge all the proposals submitted by the different Commissions
of the institutions, which met during last February in the
Dominican capital.
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Juncos is one victory away from the crown in
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CAGUAS,
Puerto Rico, April 26, 2007.- One more victory for Juncos and
the Valencianas will be the queens of Puerto Rican Women
Superior League for a first time.
The sixth match of the
best-of-seven final series will be played tonight with Juncos
leading Caguas 3-2. The match will be nationally televised.
The series has been extremely
close with four of the five matches extending to five sets and
a good support from the fans in both cities.
Karina
Ocasio and Eva Cruz have scored 63 and 57 points respectively
in the victories of Juncos, winner of three of the last four
contests.
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The
Finance Commission meeting marks the beginning of a busy
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 23, 2007.- Six months ago, the World
Congress in Tokyo reelected by unanimous acclamation Dr. Rubén
Acosta H. as FIVB President. Last week marked the launch of a
series of meetings spread out over a period of four weeks and
during which the future of the FIVB in various areas will be
extensively debated.
This will constitute a warm-up before the meetings of the
Executive Committee and the Board of Administration to be held at
the end of May and which will be attended by 31 members from all
around the world.
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Puerto Rico and Cuba crowned in Guatemala Beach
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GUATEMALA, April 22, 2007.- The pairs of Puerto Rico and
Cuba, in women and men respectively, won the second leg
of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit held here
during the weekend.
Maritere Ramos and Ania Ruiz prevailed against
Dominicans Margarita Suero and Bethania Almanzar after
three sensational sets.
The Puerto Ricans lost the opening set 24-26, but came
back to win the second 21-14 and then triumphed 20-18 in
the tiebreaker. In semifinals, Ramos-Ruiz defeated
Canadians Sarah Pothhaar and Isabell Czerveniak by score
of 21-18, 21-17.
Pothhaar-Czerveniak recovered to win the bronze medal
with a 21-15, 22-20 victory over Costa Ricans Ingrid
Morales-Natalia Alfaro.
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GUATEMALA , April 21, 2007.- The women’s duo of
Dominicans Magarita Suero and Bethania Almanzar advanced
to the semifinals of the Guatemala Beach Volleyball
Tournament while recording two victories over Cuba and
Guatemala-1 on Saturday.
Suero-Almanzar first defeated Cubans Ion Canet-Kirenia
Bell 21-15, 14-21, 15-9 to win Pool C and then scored a
21-17, 23-21 victory over the locals Maria Orellana-Anna
Ramirez.
Also advancing in the second leg of this 2007 NORCECA
Circuit were Americans Jenny Kroop and Renee Cleary,
Canadians Sarah Pothhaar-Isabelle Czerveniak and Puerto
Ricans Maritere Ramos-Ania Ruiz, winners of Pools A, B
and D respectively.
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Men of Puerto Rico were perfect on Day
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GUATEMALA , April 20, 2007.- Men’s
Teams of Puerto Rico won their five matches on Friday
during the first day of action of the Guatemala Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the second leg of the 2007
NORCECA Circuit at Campo Marte located in downtown of
Guatemala City .
The pair of Joseph Gil-Ryan Underwood
of Puerto Rico-1 prevailed in their three outings to
finish first in Pool D, while the duo of Juan Carlos
Rivera-Abdel Otero of Puerto Rico-2 was successful in
two contests in Pool C.
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GUATEMALA,
April 19, 2007.- Fourteen men’ pairs and a dozen of
women’ duos will be taking part in the second leg of the
2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at the
Sports
Park of Campo Marte in
Guatemala City starting on Friday.
The competition was scheduled to start at 8:00 during
the weekend with the finals programmed for Sunday in
both genders.
The General Technical Meeting was held on Thursday under
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Cabral MVP in Spain as she leads Icaro Alaro
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PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain.-
Dominican Milagros Cabral scored 20 points sending Icaro
Alaro to a 3-1 victory over Bargas Atalia PSG in the match
for the championship of the Silver Division in the Spaniard
League.
Cabral, who had 17 positive
attacks, was elected the Most Valuable Player and the 25-14,
23-25, 25-17, 25-21 triumph gave Icaro Alaro the promotion
to the Spaniard Super League next season.
Venezuelan Desiree Glod and Spaniard Daniela Marin each had
14 points for the winners.
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Caguas won the first in Puerto Rican League
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GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, April 15, 2007.- Caguas won the first
match of the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League final
series prevailing over Juncos in five sets by score of
25-19, 25-17, 22-25, 23-25, 15-7.
Caguas, who has won seven titles and has been runner-up in
10 times, enjoyed a 21 points performance from Katie Carter
in route to the victory. Also Erin Moore contributed to the
victory with a spectacular offense during the tie-breaker.
After winning the first two sets without major difficulties,
Caguas had problems with the passing and Juncos capitalized
those mistakes taking the next two and forcing the
tie-breaker.
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Team Canada Women’s Selection Camp 2007 -Invited Athletes
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 13, 2007.- Team Canada
Volleyball is pleased to announce the list of invited
athletes for the 2007 Senior Women’s Selection Camp, to
be held this May at the University of Manitoba’s
Investors Group Athletic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canada’s best women’s volleyball players will take part
in the Selection Camp May 21st – 25th, which will
include members of last year’s Senior women’s team, as
well as newly identified talent from the university (CIS
and NCAA), and professional ranks.
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SAN SALVADOR , April 12, 2007.- The pairs of Geovanny
Medrano-David Vargas and Ivonne Soler-Laura Molina, both
from El Salvador , won the gold medals at the 2007 Bahia
Open, the Central American Beach Volleyball Tournament.
Fourteen teams, seven per each gender, took part in the
competition sponsored by Cerveza Bahia.
In the men’s final, the Medrano-Vargas duo crushed
Francisco Castro-Winston Calderon of Nicaragua by score
of 21-16, 21-9, while Soler-Molina edged Guatemalans
Maria Orellana-Lourdes Ramirez 20-22, 21-15, 15-13 in
the women’s final.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 8, 2007.-
American men’s pair of Scott Wong and Hans Stolfus won
the gold medal of the Boca Chica Tournament, the first
leg of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit, with a
21-19, 21-10 victory over Marcelo Araya and Jonathan
Guevara of Costa Rica.
Cuban Yunieski Ramirez and Yoendris Kindelán won the
bronze medal in defeating Jorge Bolanos and Jose
Gonzalez of Guatemala by 21-9, 21-14.
“The first set shows how good the Costa Ricans are,”
said Stolfus after the match. “It was a tough battle,
but we were able to put together a good streak in the
second set.”
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican
Republic , April 8, 2007.- Americans Paula Roca and
Alicia Polzin won the women’s gold medal of the Boca
Chica Beach Tournament after a tough battle with
Canadians Annie Martin and Dana Cooke.
Roca
and Polzin prevailed 21-16, 20-22, 15-8, while Cubans
Ion Canet and Kirenia Ballar also needed three sets to
win the bronze medal with a 19-21, 21-16, 15-8 victory
over Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro of Costa Rica.
The event sponsored by Presidente Light beer is the
first of five legs of the 2007 NORCECA Beach Volleyball
Circuit.
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Americans Stolfus-Wong are favorites in Boca
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SANTO
DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 7, 2007.-
Hans Stolfus and Scott Wong of USA advanced to the men’s
quarter finals of the Boca Chica Beach Volleyball
Tournament as winners of Pool A with an easy victory
21-15, 21-13 over Yewddys Perez and Juan Pozo of
Dominican Republic I.
The Americans are considered as favorites to win the
first leg of the five-stop 2007 NORCECA Circuit which
will continue in Guatemala , Mexico , Puerto Rico and
Trinidad & Tobago.
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Women of USA, Costa Rica, Canada and Cuba
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SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic , April 7, 2007.-
USA , Costa Rica , Canada and Cuba placed their women
teams in the semi finals of the Boca Chica Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the first stop of the 2007
NORCECA Circuit, with each pair being successful in two
outings on Saturday.
On Sunday, USA meets Costa Rica while Canada plays
against Cuba in the final day of the event sponsored by
Presidente Light beer.
Americans Paula Roca-Alicia Polzin won Pool E with a 21-15, 21-12
victory over Dominican Republic I (Suero-Almanzar) and eliminated
Guatemalans Maria Orellana-Anna Ramirez) in quarter finals by
score of 21-11, 21-13.
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Men of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico
made successful starts in Boca Chica Beach
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 6, 2007.-
The men’s teams of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Puerto Rico II
secured places in the second round of the Boca Chica Beach
Volleyball Tournament, the first leg of the 2007 NORCECA
Circuit, an inaugural five-stop tour in both genders.
These pairs won both of their matches today before good
crowds and excellent weather at Boca Chica beach, 20 miles
to the east of the Dominican capital. The event is sponsored
by Presidente Light beer and qualifies four teams to the Pan
American Games in Rio de Janeiro next July.
The Opening Ceremony was attended by Mr. Felipe Payano,
Minister of Sports of Dominican Republic, the Major of Boca
Chica Mrs. Joselyn Pena and Mr. Cristobal Marte, president
of NORCECA. Mr. Payano made the ceremonial first serve.
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Pairs from eleven countries will compete in Boca
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 3, 2007.- Teams
from eleven countries in both genders will participate in
the first leg of the five-stop 2007 Norceca Beach Volleyball
Circuit to be held on the sands of Boca Chica, outside of
the Dominican capital next weekend.
Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts &
Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago and United States of America have
registered their representatives for the event sponsored by
Presidente Light Beer.
During a press conference held at the NORCECA headquarters.
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Dr. Acosta is categorized as
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The Mexican Sports
Confederation categorized Dr. Ruben Acosta Hernandez as an
“Sport Icon” considering his many years of hard work and
dedication to elevate volleyball to the position it stands
now as the second most important sport in the world.
In a two-page story published
in the last issue of its magazine “Deporte Federado,” the
institution points out the success achieved by volleyball
since the inception of the World League in 1990, and
emphasize on the attraction the sport had on TV viewers
around the world during the last Olympic Games in Athens.
The organization, presided by
Mr. Alonso Perez Gonzalez, mentioned the expansion the
International Volleyball Federation has reached during the
23 years of presidency by Dr. Acosta.
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Poland to host the Final Round of the 2007 World
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 21, 2007- The FIVB is pleased
to announce that the venue for the 2007
World League Finals has been confirmed to Katowice, Poland
and at the request of Italy, Rome will host the 2008 World
League Finals.
Welcoming the news, FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta said
that “Poland has long pursued the right to host the World
League Final and show the world the energetic spectators who
religiously follow their team all over the globe. We look
forward to the full house anticipated by the organizers for
the five days of the event.”
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HAVANA, Cuba, March
20,
2007.- Constructors and Mambises won the women and men
crowns respectively in the IV Cuban National League which
concluded at the Ciudad Deportiva Sports Palace.
Led by Yumilka Ruiz and Yenisey Gonzalez with the accurate
settings of Yanelis Santos, Constructors defeated Farmers
25-23, 25-23, 27-25. The bronze medal was taken by Selection
with a victory over Dominican Republic 3-1 (17-25, 25-16,
25-16, 25-22).
Mambises, led by Raidel Poey and Ariel Gil, played with
better control than Energetics in their victory 25-23,
25-22, 23-25, 25-22.
The third place was for Farmers, the junior team in
preparation for the World Championship, with a triumph over
Selection 3-0 (25-22, 25-23 y 25-19).
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Kiraly announces U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California,
March 20, 2007.- With the number of beach volleyball
players around the country growing, volleyball legend and
three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Karch Kiraly announced
plans for the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball presented by
Corona Extra, which will be played Sept. 21-23, 2007 in
Huntington Beach, California.
Sanctioned by USA Volleyball and produced by The Elevation
Group, the tournament is expected to draw more than 250
volleyball teams and approximately 1,000 beach volleyball
players in the first year. Tournament play will take place
in up to 15 different divisions, including draws for men,
women and co-ed two-person, four-person and six-person
teams. In addition there are plans for two divisions of
masters’ categories for both men and women with one division
for those players 37 and older and a second one for those 45
and older.
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Tamara and Alvarez crowned on
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HAVANA, Cuba, March 19, 2007.- The duos of Tamara
Larrea-Imada Estevez and Francisco Alvarez-Lian Sem were
crowned as the monarchs of women and men respectively during
the Beach Volleyball Cuban National Championship. The event
took place on the sands of Rancho Luna of the Cienfuegos
Province.
Tamara and Imada of Havana defeated Dalixia Fernandez-Kirenia
Reina of Guantanamo in two sets. The bronze medal went to
Ion Canet-Kirenia Ballar who beat Yarianna Machado-Nirian
Sinal.
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HAVANA, Cuba, March 17, 2007.- The Cuban Men’s Training Team
traveled to Quito,Ecuador where they will establish a
training base at high altitude prior to their important
compromises this year.
Most of the players were part of the last year team whose
main challenges are to battle for a medal at the Pan
American Games of Rio de Janeiro in July and to qualify to
the World Cup in the NORCECA tournament in September.
The World Cup will grant the first three tickets to the
Beijing Olympic Games of 2008.
The players on the trip are setters Yoandri Díaz and Raidel
Hierrezuelo, middle blockers Roberlandy Simón, Odelvis
Dominico, Ariel Gil and Pavel Pimienta, who is on the squad
since the mid-90s.The group of attackers is formed by Yasser
Portuondo, Michael Sánchez, Raidel Poey, Raidel Corrales, as
well as Oriol Camejo, Rolando Jurquín, Pedro Iznaga and
Miguel Angel Dalmau.
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Vargas and Metcalf contributed to
Murcia 2002 victory in Top Teams Cup |
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MUNSTER, Germany, March 15, 2007.- Dominican Annerys Vargas
and American Nancy Metcalf played key roles in the triumph
of the Spaniard team Grupo 2002 Murcia at the Women’s Top
Teams Cup 2006-07.
Grupo 2002 Murcia, considered by the experts as the
strongest European club in women’s volleyball, defeated CSKA
Moscow in straight sets 25-20, 25-16, 25-21 in the match for
the gold medal.
Vargas booked the last three points of the third set to seal
the first international victory for the Spaniard team.
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Soto and Beltran recipients of
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 15, 2007.-
Héctor "Picky" Soto, the stellar attacker of the Puerto
Rican Men’s Volleyball National Team, was honoured as the
2006 Men Athlete of the Year, by ASES Awards of the Puerto
Rico Sport Museum.
Also Mr. Carlos Beltrán, President of the Puerto Rican
Volleyball Federation, was the recipient for the second
consecutive year of the Executive of the Year plaque.
After excellent seasons last year with the Tiscali Cagliari
club of the Italian League and the San Juan Beach Boys of
the Puerto Rican Superior League, joined the National Team
to comply with the international commitments.
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Farmers take double victory in
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HAVANA, Cuba, March 14, 2007.- The Farmers, a team formed by
the men juniors, surprised the Mambises in a five-set
victory (26-28, 25-20, 27-25, 15-25, 15-13) during the
resuming of the big final of the Cuban Volleyball National
League.
Ismael Fernandez with 19 points and Yadier Sanchez and
Yoandry Leal with 16 and 14 points respectively, led the
juniors who are preparing to participate in the 2007 FIVB
World Championship. Rolando Jurquin, with 21 point,
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Carreras is nearing the 2,000 defenses in Puerto
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 14, 2007.- Evelyn
Carreras, the stellar libero of the Dominican Republic
National Team and playing here for the Bayamon Cowgirls,
only needs 36 more defenses to reach the 2,000 mark for her
career in the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League.
Carreras made her debut in the league during the 1997 season
with the now defunct franchise Girls of San Juan.
When Carreras arrives to the 2,000 milestone, she will be
the seventh player in the history of the league that started
in 1995 to become a member of the exclusive club, informed
Luis Vega, the statistician of the league.
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Results of clinics starting to show after three
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 8, 2007.- If the
third time is when it counts, this was the most successful
year for the annual international volleyball clinics for
physical education school teachers given by members of the
coaches and technical commission of NORCECA.
“We can appreciate the progress obtained by the physical
education teachers that have been taking part for three
years now,” said Cuban Eugenio George Laffita.
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Marquez, de la Cruz and Rondon starring in Puerto
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JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 7, 2007.-
Venezuelan Graciela Marquez and Dominicans Bethania de la
Cruz and Cindy Rondon are the leaders of the scoring
categories in the 2007 Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League.
The veteran Marquez is tops in scoring and serve, while de
la Cruz and Rondon, playing in their first season here, lead
in attack and blocking respectively.
Marquez, with 329 points in 59 sets, has an average of 5.58
points per set, followed by de la Cruz 5.25 (294 in 56) and
American Kim Glass with 4.66.
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De la Cruz and Glass share MVP honors at Puerto Rican All-Star
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 6, 2007.-
The Foreigners beat the Natives in the annual All-Star Game
of the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League held at Carmen
Zoraida Figueroa Court in the city Corozal, located in the
center of the island.
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score was 25-14, 15-25, 25-19, 26-24 and it was the first
time in five years that the Natives won a set against their
stronger opponents. The All-Star Game has a six year history
and only in the first year the team of Native Stars won the
classic.
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Volleyball and Beach Volleyball
clinics for school teachers |
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 5, 2007.- Twelve
renowned volleyball and beach volleyball coaches shared
their knowledge and experiences during the Third
International Clinic for Physical Education Teachers of
Scholar level held last Saturday.
The beneficiaries of the event were more than 160 teachers
in the one-day long clinic organized by the FIVB Regional
Development Center in the Dominican Republic with the
support of the NORCECA Confederation.
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