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USA Women go for third title in a row at Pan Am Cup
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, June 9, 2014 - The thirteenth edition of
the Women’s Pan American Cup will take place in Mexico City and
Pachuca from June 11-19 at Juan de la Barrera Gymnasium and
Multi-sport Carlos Martínez Balmori Hall, respectively.
Teams from eleven countries are registered to participate in the
main annual intercontinental women’s volleyball event, a
qualifier to next year’s FIVB World Grand Prix.
Pool A consists of teams from Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Mexico, Peru and Trinidad & Tobago, while the teams competing in
Pool B are Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and
United States.
The top ranked teams from each pool get automatic tickets to the
semifinal phase while the second and third placed teams move on
to the quarterfinals.
United States, winners of the past two competitions, will be out
trying for an unprecedented three-peat and a record tying fourth
gold medal with Cuba in the history of the cup.
Besides their triumphs in 2012-13, the Americans won the second
edition of the event in 2003. Cuba won the inaugural
intercontinental tournament in 2002 and also finished atop in
2004-05 and 2007.
Brazil and Dominican Republic, with three and two crowns,
respectively, are the other countries with first place finishes
at the Pan American Women’s Cup.
Brazil claimed top honors in 2006, ’09 and ’11 while the
Dominicans stepped on the top of the podium in the 2008 and 1010
editions.
The members of the control committee made inspection visits to
the playing and practice venues on Monday and carried out the
preliminary enquiry to the teams.
The general technical meeting is scheduled to take place on
Tuesday 10 at 20:00 at Fiesta Inn Hotel of Mexico City.
Women’s Pan American Cup Podiums
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002 CUB DOM CAN
2003 USA DOM CUB
2004 CUB USA DOM
2005 CUB DOM BRA
2006 BRA CUB DOM
2007 CUB BRA DOM
2008 DOM BRA ARG
2009 BRA DOM PUR
2010 DOM PER USA
2011 BRA DOM USA
2012 USA BRA CUB
2013 USA DOM ARG |
