Peru defeats Guatemala in the Men's Pan American Cup

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 15, 2024.- Peru won against Guatemala 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-22) on the second day of competitions of the XVII Cup Men's Volleyball Pan American Championship that takes place in the National Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.

Peru was better in attacks 44-34 and in blocks 13-8, while both teams tied at 2 points on serves.

Peruvian captain Eduardo Romay was the best offensively for his team with 14 points, while Benjamín Patrón and Maikel Jaramillo added 12 and 11 points respectively. For Guatemala, team captain Carlos López scored 14 points and Andy Blanco added another 11.

Eduardo Romay, captain of Peru: It has been a super difficult game for us, Guatemala is a team that we have not seen since 2018 so we had lost their game a little, for us the key was finding ourselves playing our game and luckily it did not go well .

Carlos López, captain of Guatemala: We had a game with many ups and downs, there were positive and negative streaks, but the negative ones were more frequent and that was what made the difference in the result of the game in the end.