Havana, September 1 (ACN) The Cuban women’s volleyball team will face Puerto Rico today in the quarterfinals of the Continental Championship of North, Central America and the Caribbean (Norceca) in Quebec, Canada, in the Desjardins-Laval University Amphitheater of the PEPS.

According to the website www.norceca.net, the disciples of technical director Leivis García finished in third place in group B with a record of one win and two losses, after beating 3-0 (25-18, 25-11 and 25 – 9) in Costa Rica at the end of the group stage.

After finishing the match between the Cubans and the Costa Ricans, Regla Torres, García’s assistant coach, said: “The team looked a bit better both in terms of blocking and serving, but we would have liked in previous matches, they see what is happening today.”

Torres added: “The USA and the Dominican Republic are next level teams, it seems to me that our team was under pressure. Hopefully this is a step forward for future games.”

At the end of the preliminaries, but in the A segment, the Puerto Ricans beat the Mexicans 3-2 (27-25, 17-25, 14-25, 25-23 and 15-11), and finished second with a victory . and another lost.

The other challenge this Friday in the quarter-finals will oppose the Dominican Republic, which finished second in B with two wins and a loss, and Mexico (0-2), third in A.

The Dominicans lost Thursday 0-3 (22-25, 22-25 and 16-25) against the United States, a team which qualified Saturday directly for the semi-final as undefeated leaders in two outings in segment B, as well as Canada, leader of A with two unbeaten victories.

As announced by the organizers on Sunday, the bronze and gold medals will be discussed, in that order.

The seven teams that participate in the Canadian competition do so with their main characters, since it distributes points for the Norceca ranking, a list for which Cuba has already secured its ticket to the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile. announced that they would not participate in the Chilean multi-sport event.