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Total record of 18 tournaments in 2016 NORCECA Beach Circuit

 

   

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, January 16, 2016 –The 2016 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit will consist of a total record of 18 tournaments it was announced on Saturday in the last day of the confederation’s Beach Volleyball Commission in Santo Domingo.

 

The double gender competitions will start in Guatemala in March with the last event scheduled in Trinidad &Tobago in November.

 

“The number of tournaments is awesome and it shows how fast beach volleyball is growing in the region,” said Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, president of NORCECA.

 

The tournaments will be played from Friday to Sunday with the arrival and departure days for the teams on Thursday and Monday, respectively.

 

The host country will have the rights to field two teams per gender with the main team seeded as number 1 if it is among the top four in FIVB rankings and in fourth spot in case it is ranked fifth or lower.

 

It was also decided that in order to avoid that two teams from the same country play in the finals and the bronze medal match, those teams will meet in the semifinal phase.

 

The commission, presided over by Ed Drakich, also approved a quota proposal for the team composition of the tournaments depending on the region of the hosting country.

 

The quota distribution will work as follows:

North & Central  7, AFECAVOL 3, CAZOVA 3, ECVA 3

AFECAVOL 5, North & Central 5, CAZOVA 3, ECVA 3

CAZOVA 4, North & Central 5, AFECAVOL 4, ECVA 3

ECVA 4, North & Central 5, AFECAVOL 4, CAZOVA 3

 

Teams will be seeded according to FIVB rankings and the registration of teams will be accepted until 30 days before the scheduled date of the tournament.

 

The following is the competition calendar:

  1. Guatemala City, Guatemala March 10-14

  2. Guaymas, Mexico March 31-April 4

  3. La Paz, Mexico April 7-11

  4. Tamarindo, Costa Rica April 13-18

  5. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands April 21-25

  6. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic April 28-May 2

  7. Zapopan, Mexico June 2-6

  8. Ensenada, Mexico June 9-13

  9. North Bay, Canada June 30-July 4

  10. Varadero, Cuba July 13-17

  11. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua July 27-August 1

  12. Boqueron, Puerto Rico August 3-8

  13. Long Beach, United States August 25-29

  14. St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands September 29-October 3

  15. Chula Vista, United States October 6-10

  16. Pigeon Point, St Lucia October 13-17

  17. San Salvador, El Salvador November 17-21

  18. Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago November 24-28