Teams ready for the U17 and U19 Beach Central American Championship

COSTA RICA, San José, November 23, 2023.- Five countries in both male and female will strive to become champions in the first edition of the Central American U17 Beach Volleyball Championship and the second edition of the Central American U19 Beach Volleyball Championship, organized by AFECAVOL.

The national teams of El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica presented together in the U17 and U19 categories, and successfully passed the preliminary interview on Thursday, where they presented their uniforms to the Control Committee, as well as the official documents accrediting them to be part of the two Central American beach volleyball events.

Four male teams and five female teams will vie for the Central American championship for the first time in the U17 category. Meanwhile, in the U19 category, five teams will compete in both genders, with current champions Guatemala in women and Costa Rica in men.

The first U19 Central American Championship was held in 2018 in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, an event that also served as a qualifier for the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later that year.

The competition will start on Friday 24 at the sand courts of La Sabana, in the capital of Costa Rica, San José. It will be played in a round-robin format, with the pairs in both genders who gain the most points will become champions on the last day of the event on Sunday 26.

AFECAVOL I CENTROAMERICANO SUB17 DE PLAYA

AFECAVOL II CENTROAMERICANO SUB19 DE PLAYA

Participating teams: I Central American U17 Beach Volleyball Championship and II Central American U19 Beach Volleyball Championship

-Costa Rica

FEMALE

U17: Sury Jiménez / Mariana Fallas

U19: Aliza Aguilar / Valentina Molina

MALE

U17: Cristian Oporta / Stanley Grant

U19: Julián Araya / Yulius Brown

-El Salvador

FEMALE

U17: Devora Medina / Daniela Vigil

U19: Alexandra Reyes / Fátima Rendón

MALE

U19: Rafael Vargas / Levi Rauda

-Guatemala

FEMALE

U17: Valeria Vásquez/ Angie Osorio

U19: Danna Aguilar / Maritza Zúñiga

MALE

U17: Juan Carlos Méndez / Daniel Sosa

U19: José Daniel Guevara / Roberto Recinos

-Nicaragua

FEMALE U17: Ella Resau /Yulimar Alvarado U19: Yuliana Cháves / Kadderly Rosales

MALE

U17: José Fernando Castro / Diego Cardoza

U19: Ángelo Guadamuz / Evans Solís

-Panama

FEMALE

U17: Keysi Fuentes / Dayanis Ríos

U19: Krisleen González / Elleny Espinoza

MALE

U17: Yustin Gantes /Einar Rodríguez

U19: Victor Araúz / Adamit del Cid Moreno