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San Jose welcomes U19 NORCECA Championship
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, June 4, 2018 – Seven teams, including
defending champions Cuba, will battle in the capital of Costa
Rica in the NORCECA U19 Boys’ Youth Championship from June 6 to
10 for two tickets to next year’s FIVB World Championship of the
age-group.
Cuba, United States, Guatemala and Honduras will play in Pool B
while host Costa Rica will compete in Pool A alongside Puerto
Rico and Nicaragua.
The top two ranked teams of each pool will meet in crossed
matches in the semifinals of the event to be contested at the
National Gymnasium of San Jose on June 9.
Cuba has won the tournament a record four times followed by
United States and Puerto Rico each with two titles. Dominican
Republic and Mexico have won it once.
The Cubans won their fourth crown at home in Havana in 2016
prevailing in a nail-biter of five sets against United States
3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 15-11).
The victory of Cuba avenged the loss to USA in the previous
NORCECA Championship held in Tulsa, United States in 2014.
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Past Podiums |
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YEAR |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
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1998 |
DOM |
MEX |
PUR |
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2000 |
MEX |
PUR |
CAN |
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2002 |
PUR |
USA |
MEX |
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2004 |
CUB |
CAN |
MEX |
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2006 |
PUR |
USA |
CUB |
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2008 |
USA |
PUR |
MEX |
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2010 |
CUB |
USA |
PUR |
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2012 |
CUB |
MEX |
USA |
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2014 |
USA |
CUB |
MEX |
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2016 |
CUB |
USA |
MEX |
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Composite Podiums |
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COUNTRY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
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CUB |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
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USA |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
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PUR |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
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MEX |
1 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
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DOM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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CAN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Preliminary Round Schedule
June 6
15:00 Guatemala v United States
17:00 Cuba v Honduras
19:00 Puerto Rico v Nicaragua
June 7
15:00 Cuba v Guatemala
17:00 Honduras v United States
19:00 Costa Rica v Nicaragua
June 8
15:00 Honduras v Guatemala
17:00 United States v Cuba
19:00 Costa Rica v Puerto Rico |
