Venezuela Dominates Pool A with Perfect Run

at the Pan American Cup

LEÓN, Guanajuato, August 28, 2025.– Venezuela closed the group stage with its third consecutive straight-set victory, defeating Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-8) to secure first place in Pool A of the Men’s Senior Pan American Cup, held at the Domo de la Feria in León, Guanajuato.

With a perfect 3-0 record and without dropping a single set, Venezuela claimed the group lead and now awaits the outcome of the remaining matches to see if it advances directly to the semifinals. Antigua and Barbuda (0-3) will play in the classification round for placement matches.

The South American squad rotated its lineup, with the reserve players sealing the victory with a dominant third set (25-8), the largest margin recorded so far in the tournament.

Statistics showed Venezuela’s superiority in attacks (42-18), as well as in blocks (7-5) and service points (6-0). Venezuela conceded 16 points from errors, compared to 20 from Antigua and Barbuda.

Three Venezuelan players finished in double digits: Jesús Gómez (15), Iván Fernández (14), and José González (19). For Antigua and Barbuda, Cairon Davis once again led his team with 9 points.

Venezuela’s setter for this match, Kevin Delgado, said: “We came from two victories against the United States and Cuba, and we wanted to finish the group stage in the best way possible. We closed strong and move on to the next round as group leaders.”

Antigua and Barbuda team captain, Erwin Mathurin said about the preliminary round: “We didn’t intend to win a game because most of the teams here are superior. One thing we can take out from the first round is that we can compete and fight. This was the only game that we had a set under 10 points and that for us is a win, it’s positive that Antigua volleyball is on a rise”.