Official Bulletin no. 54 august 2010

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World VolleyNews

in this issueVolleyball• Teams prepare for FIVB World

Grand Prix• Youth ready for Olympic dream• 2011 FIVB Junior World Champs

qualifying underwayBeach Volleyball• USA and Brazil pairs victorious in

Gstaad• Wu and Xu bounce back to record

Marseille victory• Victory for Rogers and Dalhaussertechnical & Development• Volley All Festival takes centre stage• New Technical Evaluation DVDconfederations• Federbrau qualify for FIVB Women’s

Club World Championship• FIVB President opens new schools

in Thailand• Niger hosts successful Beach

Volleyball clinic• Sollys Osasco book place at FIVB

Women’s Club World Championship• Continental Cup kicks off in Russia• Gold for USA at NORCECA Women’s

Junior Championship

Momentous moment for fiVB Development

It was an immensely proud moment. After more than five years of plan-ning and preparation, the historic

first phase of the multi-million FIVB Tsunami project was complete on July 21, when I had the honour to officially open five new school buildings and outdoor Volleyball courts at five tsu-nami-hit areas in southern Thailand.The reception in Phuket will stay with me the rest of my life. It seems a long time since the events in 2004 but the significance of this moment was not diminished. The gratitude of the local dignitaries and above all the local school children and families was evi-dent in their messages of goodwill. But words need not be spoken. The appre-ciation shown on the many faces was the ultimate reward.I was extremely pleased to be head of the task force as former Asian Volley-ball Confederation President coordinat-ing this project, which was launched thanks to the vision of former FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta, and it gives me great heart to know the FIVB is now delivering. We will continue with new schools, Volleyball courts and equip-ment in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Maldives. On that note, I must thank FIVB Executive Vice President and Indo-nesia Volleyball Federation Honorary President Ms. Rita Subowo, and FIVB Board of Administration member and Thailand Volleyball Association execu-tive Mr. Shanrit Wongprasert for their sterling work and commitment to the cause. This FIVB aid project is in line with our development policy to share love and sympathy to those who have been given less opportunities in society. There is no better way to rebuild a community than to provide education and sporting facilities in order to generate spirit and team work.

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

Brazil bag record ninth World league■ World no. 1 Brazil became fiVB World league champions for a record ninth time after they overcame Russia 3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23) in the 2010 final in cordoba, argentina on July 25 to claim the $1m first prize.

There were many pretenders to the crown but Brazil defeated them all to surpass Italy as the record World League

winner. After passing through the Inter-continental Round with just one defeat to the Netherlands, the side had enough class to pass through the Final Round in sensational style, undefeated and un-touched, finishing on an amazing un-beaten run of 13 matches.

“It was outstanding,” the returning Bra-zilian Dante said. “Russia was very strong but we put pressure on their serving and we had the power by using their mis-takes.”

“This is a very important title,” Brazil coach Bernardo Rezende said. “We never let Russia use their strongest weapon, serving. We made too many mistakes in the third set but got into the match again in the fourth.”

The experienced Dante, called back into the national squad after two years in the wilderness, led from the front with a match high 18 points for Brazil in the final, while usual suspects Rodrigao and Vissotto, who was missing in the final through injury, were at their imposing best. However it was the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, Murilo, who was

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President

the star of the show. Constantly a menace with his incredible spiking and super-charged serving, the 29-year-old was a deserved winner of the award, further-ing his credentials as heir to the Giba throne. Continued on page 2

Brazil have won eight of their record nine titles in the last 10 years

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World Volley NewsVolleyball

Youth ready to reach for Olympic dreamYoung players from 12 countries across the world are preparing to take part in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games as Singapore prepares to host the land-mark event from August 14-26.

Argentina, DR Congo, Cuba, Iran, Russia and Serbia will contest for gold in the boys’ edition while Belgium, Japan, Peru, Egypt, Singapore and USA will take part in the girls’, with the Volleyball compe-tition running from August 21-26.With the squads now con-firmed the countdown begins to the beginning of the tour-nament, with many sides tak-ing part in a number of prac-tice events in the lead-up to the Games.

China will host the Final Round of the tournament in Ningbo and will hope home advantage will see them improve on their fifth place finish last year in Tokyo, Japan

Peru picked up the Junior Latin Cup earlier this year as part of

their preparation for the first Youth Olympic Games

teams prepare for fiVB World Grand Prix

A total of 12 teams from across the world are preparing themselves for the 18th edition of the FIVB World Grand Prix, due to run from August 6-29.

Teams began their plans for the pre-mier annual tournament as early as last year with the USA travelling to China with a young side for prac-tice matches against local side Ever-green and the Chinese wom-en’s side. Unfortunately the visi-tors came away without a win but coach Hugh McCutcheon pointed out that the inexperienced players learnt a number of new skills.World No. 1 and defending cham-pions Brazil will be looking to put their FIVB World Grand Champions Cup disappointment behind them. They finished second to Italy fol-lowing an unexpected loss to the European Champions.

“The expectations for this year look good,” Brazil’s wing-spiker Jaqueline said as Bra-zil search for their third successive title. “I came back to add and help the team and it is really good to be back in the Brazilian squad. We need to have focus and work hard to arrive well at the Grand Prix.”

Continued from page 1Brazil have now won a record 15 med-als in total including two silver and four bronze while Russia, the third most suc-cessful team in the World League and who collected $500,000 for second place, have five silver medals, a gold and seven bronze, including three bronze and two silver in the past five editions.

Meanwhile, Serbia, claimed the bronze medal and $300,000 in prize money af-ter beating Cuba in a five-set thriller 3-2 (28-30, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12). The

Qualification for next year’s FIVB Junior World Championship has started with teams from NORCECA already decided and 17 Asian sides set to battle it out in October.USA, the Dominican Republic and Cuba were the first three teams to qualify via the NORCECA Junior Continental Cham-pionship. For full results see page 7.Meanwhile, the 15th Asian Men’s Jun-ior Volleyball Championship is set to run from October 1-11 with 17 teams divid-ed into four pools for the tournament taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.

2011 fiVB Junior World championship qualifying underwayPeru took part in Thailand’s Princess Cup

in June finishing sixth at the internation-al invitational tournament. The side also picked up the Junior Latin title earlier on in the month.Argentina have also been making prepa-rations for the first edition of the com-petition, playing in a three-team tour-nament in Italy as well as most recently picking up a victory over the Czech Re-public youth side.

Best Spiker Maxim Mikhaylov (RuS)

Best Blocker Dmitriy Muserskiy (RuS)

Best Server Joandry leal (cuB)

Best Libero Mario (BRa)

Best Setter Sergey Grankin (RuS)

Best Scorer Maxim Mikhaylov (RuS)

MVP Murilo (BRa)

Rank Team1 Brazil2 Russia3 Serbia4 cuba5 argentina6 italy7 Bulgaria8 uSa

Rank Team9 Germany10 Poland11 the netherlands12 france13 finland14 egypt15 china16 Korea

2010 World league final Standings Best Players

Sides from NORCECA have also been preparing thanks to their participation at the Central American and Caribbean Games where the Dominican Republic came out on top in the final over Puerto Rico.Teams competing (2009 position): Brazil (champions), China (fifth), Dominican Republic (11th), Germany (bronze), Italy (n/a), Japan (sixth), the Netherlands (fourth), Poland (seventh), Puerto Rico (10th), Thailand (eighth), Chinese Taipei (n/a), USA (ninth).

win gives Serbia their third World League medal in three years after silver in 2008

and 2009 for an overall total of four silver and three bronze medals.

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Beach Volleyball

Juliana and Larissa were the bells of the ball as they both picked up the gold medal at the Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland on July 10

Wu and Xu now have two wins on this year’s tour following their second gold medal in Marseille

July 5-10 - Women’s Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland - Podium finish

1 GOlDJuliana/larissa (BRa)

2 SilVeRfijalek/Prudel (POl)

3 BROnZeXue/Zhang (cHn)

July 6-11 - Men’s Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland - Podium finish

1 GOlDDalhausser/Rogers (uSa)

2 SilVeRKlemperer/Koreng (GeR)

3 BROnZearaujo/Ricardo (BRa)

uSa and Brazil pairs victorious in GstaadUSA’s Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rog-ers and Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca both extended their leads on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour

July 20-25 - Men’s Open Marseille, france - Podium finish

1 GOlDWu/Xu (cHn)

2 SilVeRPlavins/Smedins (lat)

3 BROnZefijalek/Prudel (POl)

July 19-25 - Women’s Open Marseille, france - Podium finish

1 GOlDanotonelli/talita (BRa)

2 SilVeRSchwaiger/Schwaiger (aut)

3 BROnZeHansel/Montagnolli (aut)

by picking up the gold medal at the Gstaad Grand Slam on July 10 and 11 respectively.

The tournament, held in Switzerland, ran from July 5-11 and was the fourth of six Grand Slams set to be contested this year.Dalhausser and Rogers beat Germany’s eighth-seeded David Klemperer and Eric Koreng 21-18 and 21-13, gaining revenge over the duo following their loss at the Stavanger event in June.Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Ricardo picked up bronze, beating Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Pru-del of Poland 21-16 and 21-15.Despite a passion-ate fight, Germa-ny’s Laura Ludwig and Sara Goller

Wu and Xu bounce back to record Marseille victoryChina’s Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu re- bounded from a 25th-place finish in Gstaad to capture their second gold medal on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World

Tour in Marseille as Brazil’s Antonelli and Talita picked up the women’s title.

The Chinese duo scored a 21-15, 21-19 win over Martins Plavins and Janis Sme-dins of Latvia, who were competing in just their third SWATCH FIVB World Tour event, in the final on July 25.

Elsewhere, Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel captured Po-land’s first medal on the Tour with a 22-20 and 21-17 win over Florian Gosch and Alexander Horst of Austria.

Antonelli and Talita scored a 21-17 and 21-12 win over Austrian sisters Doris and Stefanie Schwaiger to win the women’s gold as Barbara Hansel and Sara Mon-tagnolli secured Austria’s second place on the podium with a 21-18, 19-21 and 16-14 over Sanne Keizer and Marleen van Lersel of the Netherlands in the bronze medal match.

could not overcome Juliana and Larissa and eventually went down 21-17 and 24-22 in the women’s final. It was the Brazilian duo’s fourth gold medal in sev-en tournaments on this year’s tour, and firmly puts them in the lead.China’s Chen Xue and Xi Zhang picked up the bronze with a 21-17, 17-21 and 15-13 win over Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes.

USA’s Todd Rogers dives for the ball as he and partner Phil Dalhausser picked up their sixth gold medal of the Tour in Klagenfurt

austrian victory sees Rogers and Dalhausser close in on tour titleUSA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser moved within one tournament win of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour crown af-

ter they picked up their sixth gold med-al this year on August 1 in Klagenfurt, Austria while Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa France of Brazil clinched the women’s title a day earlier.

The American pair downed compatriots Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena 21-18, 21-19 in the first all-American final since 2000 to seal the win and move within a whisker of the Tour title. Only Brazil’s Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego, who beat fellow Brazil-ians Marcio Araujo and Ricardo San-tos 21-16, 21-19 for the bronze, can

catch the duo now but to do so they will need to win the remaining four stages of the circuit.Meanwhile, Juliana and Larissa beat compatriots Vivian Cunha and Taiana Lima 25-13, 25-19 to pick up the wom-en’s crown while Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig of Germany secured bronze with a 21-15, 23-21 win over host duo Barbara Hansel and Sara Montagnoli.

July 27-aug 1 - Men’s Grand Slam Klagenfurt, austria - Podium finish

1 GOlDRogers/Dalhausser (uSa)

2 SilVeRfuerbringer/lucena (uSa)

3 BROnZealison/emanuel (BRa)

July 26-31 - Women’s Grand Slam Klagenfurt, austria - Podium finish

1 GOlDJuliana/larissa (BRa)

2 SilVeRcunha/lima (BRa)

3 BROnZeGoller/ludwig (GeR)

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World Volley NewsTechnical & Development

fiVB technical courses and Seminars calendar - august 2010

COUNTRY TYPe ORG.DATeS

DAYSFrom To

DR Congo BVB Grassroots FIVB 02.08.10 06.08.10 5

Vietnam Level I OS 02.08.10 06.08.10 5

England Level II NF 02.08.10 14.07.10 13

Zambia Level I OS 16.08.10 27.08.10 11

Iran Level II NF 16.08.10 27.08.10 13

fiVB Volleyball cooperation Programme calendar - august 2010

COUNTRY TYPe ORG.DATeS

DAYSFrom To

Belize VCP Teachers FIVB 02.08.10 06.08.10 5

Kenya VCP Coaches FIVB 16.08.10 25.08.10 9

Botswana VCP Teachers FIVB 18.08.10 22.08.10 4

Togo VCP Young Players FIVB 23.08.10 27.08.10 5

Namibia VCP Refeering FIVB 30.08.10 03.08.10 4

Rwanda VCP Young Players FIVB 30.08.10 03.08.10 4

Successful FIVB courses were completed in (top row, left to right) Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, (bottom row, left to right) Uganda, Lebanon, New Zealand and Nicaragua during the month of July

Volley all festival takes centre stageChildren and adults of all ages took part in one of the FIVB’s biggest initiatives at the end of June and beginning of July as a number of Volley All Festivals took place around the world.

Launched in 2006, the Volley All Festival is an annual event that aims to teach people the main rules and regulations of both Volleyball and Beach Volleyball in a relaxed and fun-filled environ-ment.Last year the FIVB estimated that around 500,000 people participated, with the major-ity being children, and the events were covered by 192 media outlets worldwide.This year competitions took place in Uganda, Mozam-bique, Russia and Thailand among other countries with hundreds and thousands of people taking to beaches and parks to embrace the sport.

Volley All Festivals took place in Uganda (top left), Mozambique (top right), Russia (bottom left) and Thailand (bottom right) at the beginning of July

The FIVB announced the release of a new Technical Evaluation DVD of the 2009 FIVB Junior World Champion-ships and 2009 FIVB Boys’ Youth World Championship on July 1.

The DVD, which features analysis from both the men’s and women’s Junior World Championships in India and Mexico respectively as well as the Boys’ Youth World Championship in Italy, allows players, coaches and fans to access a large amount of tactical evaluation from a host of matches.

The material is also intended to serve as an educational and teaching tool for junior and youth Volleyball.

new technical evalua-tion DVD released

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Confederations

federbrau qualify for fiVB Women’s club World championship

FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei official-ly opened school buildings and outdoor Volleyball courts at five tsunami-hit schools in southern Thailand provinces on July 21.Mr. Wei and his wife joined the Thai-land Volleyball Association (TVA) Ex-ecutive Committee at the Cherngthale Wittayakom School in Phuket and Ao Nang Kindergarten School in Krabi for the inauguration of the schools build-ings and facilities. Representatives from Trang, Ranong and Satun provin-ces also took part in the handover.

“On behalf of the FIVB, I would like to say that I’m very happy to preside over the handover of the school buildings and Volleyball courts here,” Mr. Wei said.

fiVB President opens new schools in thailand

President Jizhong Wei attended the special ceremony in Thailand alongside the Thailand Volleyball Association and representatives from five provinces

Successful FIVB courses were completed in (top row, left to right) Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, (bottom row, left to right) Uganda, Lebanon, New Zealand and Nicaragua during the month of July

The Niger Volleyball Fed-eration (FENIVOLLEY) suc-cessfully completed their first Beach Volleyball sem-

inar on July 16.The course, run in collaboration with the FIVB and CAVB, fits in with the frame-work of the CAVB’s strategic planning to implement Volleyball activity at the zonal and sub zonal levels.The seminar lasted three days and fea-tured countries from CAVB zone III as well as a number of neighboring coun-tries. The opening ceremony was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani as well as CAVB Technical Director Howyda Mondy and CAVB Beach Volleyball Di-rector May Alaa. Eight countries took part in the clinic, led by FIVB Instructor Andre Trottier from Canada, including Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Ni-geria, Togo and hosts Niger.

niger hosts successful Beach Volleyball clinic

The clinic is part of the CAVB’s efforts to spread the knowledge of Beach Volleyball across the continent with the aim of improving standards

Federbrau were crowned 2010 Asian Women’s Club champions after the Thai side beat Zhetyssu of Ka-

zakhstan in 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-11, 26-24) in the final in Indonesia on July 4. As this year’s crowned champions, Federbrau will join the likes of Ber-gamo of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at the FIVB Club World Championships in Doha, Qatar from December 14-21.

Federbrau continued their strategy of playing at a fast pace, capitalizing on their blocks and counterattacks. How-ever, Zhetyssu were quick to make ad-justments in the first set with team captain Tatyana Pyurova doing most of

As 2010 Asian Women’s Club Championship champions, Federbrau (In red) will join the likes of Bergamo

of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at thethe FIVB Club World Championships

in Doha, Qatar from December 14-21

the scoring damage leading the side to the first set. However Thai-land quickened its pace and with captain Wilawan Apinyapong’s scoring 23 points Federbrau picked up the win. Japan’s JT Marvelous picked up the bronze with a 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, 26-24, 14-25, 15-11) win over Chi-na’s Tianjin.

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World Volley NewsConfederations

Sollys Osasco book place at fiVB Women’s club World championship

Brazil’s Sollys Osasco be-came the fourth team to qualify for the 2010 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship on July 18 after being crowned champions of the Women’s Club South American Cham-

pionship in Lima, Peru following a 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-12) win over home side Deportivo Geminis in the final.

The side will now join the likes of Fe-derbrau of Thailand, Bergamo of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at the World Club Championships in Doha, Qatar from December 14-21.

Sollys Osasco, led by Luizomar de Moura, played an aggressive and so-phisticated game that could not be controlled by the Peruvians who, de-spite the passionate support of 3,000 home fans, could not pick up the win. Sollys Osasco’s setter Carolina Albu-querque was inspirational for the eventual winners, providing tourna-ment MVP Adenizia Silva and Best Spiker Natalia Pereira enough options to power through the Deportivo Gemi-nis defence.

Brazil’s Sollys Osasco will now travel to the FIVB Club World Championships in Doha, Qatar later this year following their win at the Women’s Club South American Championship

The CEV Continental Beach Volleyball Cup launched in Yantarniy, Russia on July 24-25 as qualification for the London 2012 Olympics officially got underway.The host side came out on

top in the men’s competition beating Bul-

continental cup kicks off in Russia

Russian star Yaroslav Koshkaryov (above) and partner Igor Kolodinsky did not lose a single setover the weekend in Yantarniy, helping lead their country to victory

garia 4-0 in the final of the men’s compe-tition while Latvia beat Lithuania 3-2 for the bronze medal after the four games had to be decided with a golden set.Russia was also victorious in the wom-en’s event, beating Latvia 3-1 in the final as Bulgaria picked up third with a 3-0 win over Lithunia.

Banco de la Nacion of Argentina finished third in the round-robin competition

Volleyball England has unveiled a to-tal image overhaul with a new logo and fresh red, white and grey color scheme as part of a brand reposition-ing to enhance awareness, under-standing and participation of Volley-ball in all its forms in England.

Volleyball england unveil new look

Former Yugoslavia captain Natalija Luko-vic, who led her side to the country’s first medal at the 1951 European Champion-ships in Paris, passed away on June 28 at the age of 85.Mrs. Lukovic played for 14 years in the Yugoslav national team and for 10 of those she acted as the team captain. She participated in two editions of the European Championships, for a total of 14 matches including the 1951 edition, where her side picked up bronze, the first international medal for her country.

Yugoslav legend passes away

with Chile’s Universidad Catolica com-ing fourth.

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USA kept their success-ful winning streak at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Volleyball Cham-pionship alive by win-

ning a fourth consecutive gold medal following a straight-set victory (25-22, 25-20, 25-20) over the Dominican Re-public in the final on July 11 in Mexico, Tijuana. Both teams had secured berths for next year’s FIVB World Championship due to take place in Peru by qualifying for the final.American Jane Croson, the best attacker of the tournament, was also elected as the Most Valuable Player.Cuba captured the bronze medal and the last ticket to the World Champi-onship by sweeping aside Mexico in straight sets (25-20, 25-19, 25-21).

uSa extend winning streak in nORceca Women’s Junior championship as they pick up gold

Brazil were busy picking up their eighth World League title in Bel-grade, Serbia, while their younger compatriots scooped the FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship in Na-khonratchasima, Thailand. Mean-while, Germany claimed the FIVB Junior Women’s World Champion-ship in Tijuana, Mexico

this time a year ago…

“We are very happy about winning against a great team like the Dominican Republic,” USA Coach Robert Browning said. “We didn’t play perfect but you

DATeS eVeNT COUNTRY ORG. M/W

2010 Global calendar - events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball

July 26-August 1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam – Klagenfurt Austria FIVB M/W

August 1-10 10th African Nations championship Girls’ Youth Rwanda CAVB W

August 1-31 16th SeA Men’s Junior Championship Vietnam AVC M

August 1-31 16th SeA Women’s Junior Championship Thailand AVC W

August 1-31 12th GCC Men’s Junior Championship Saudi Arabia AVC M

August 2-8 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam – Stare Jablonki Poland FIVB M/WAugust 6-15 Caribbean Championship Surinam NORCECA M/W

August 6-29 FIVB World Grand Prix 2010 Various FIVB WAugust 6-7 FIVB World League 2011 – Qualification 1 Puerto Rico FIVB M

August 14-22 NORCeCA Junior Continental Championships Canada NORCECA M/W

August 17-18 FIVB World League 2011 – Qualification 2 Japan FIVB MAugust 21-26 Youth Olympic Games Singapore MULTI M/W

August 24-29 Girls’ Youth South American Championship Peru CSV W

Aug 28-Sept 5 Men’s Junior european Championship: Final Round

Belarus CEV M

Aug 30-Sept 5 Women’s Junior South American Championship Colombia CSV W

Sept 1-30 6th east Asian Championship Korea AVC M

Sept 2-12 America’s Cup Brazil NORCECA M/W

Sept 3-12 Women’s Junior european Championship: Final Round

Serbia CEV W

Sept 6-12 Men’s Junior South American Championship Chile CSV MSept 11-20 11th African Boys’ Youth Championship South Africa CAVB M

Sept 12-20 Women’s Junior Asian Championship Vietnam AVC WSept 12-19 Asian Men’s Cup Iran AVC M

Sept 17-22 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix european Qualification

TBD CEV W

Sept 18-20 euroVolley Challenge Austria FIVB rec M/W

The Dominican Republic’s women’s team and Puerto Rico’s men’s team both picked up their third Central American and Caribbean Games Volleyball gold medal at the XXI edition of the tournament on July 24 and July 30 respectively. The Dominican Republic saw off hosts Puerto Rico in a thrilling

Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico win gold at cacGs

The U.S. girls celebrate their victory on the podium following the awards ceremony at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Volleyball Championship

can’t do that against that kind of op-ponent. But the girls kept the calm and played consistently during the whole week.”

five-setter (25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-4) in the women’s final while home side Puerto Rico defeated Venezuela 3-2 (18-25, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 20-18) in the men’s final. Costa Rica and Mexico picked up the women’s and men’s bronze medals respectively.

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