The Cubans lost 2-3 (25-13, 19-25, 15-25, 25-22 and 12-15) against the Canadians in the bronze medal game. Photo: ACN
The United States won the U21 Volleyball Pan American Cup this Saturday, beating Mexico 3-0 in the final of the competition, in which Cuba finished in fourth place, based at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum, in this capital.
The favorites and undefeated Americans beat the Mexicans 25-19, 30-28 and 25-13, who also clinched the 2023 World Championship ticket.
For their part, the Cubans lost 2-3 (25-13, 19-25, 15-25, 25-22 and 12-15) against the Canadians in the match for the bronze medal.
With these results, the disciples of the technical director of the greatest of the Antilles, Jesús Cruz, closed their general performance in the Cup with three victories and three defeats.
In Group B they beat Haiti and Nicaragua 3-1 and 3-0, and lost 1-3 against Canada, while in the quarter-finals they led Chile 3-0, in the semi-finals they were beaten 2-3 by the United States. , and in the fight for the bronze metal they were beaten 2-3 by the Canadians.
This Saturday, the Dominican Republic finished in fifth place, beating Chile 3-2 (15-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22 and 15-13), who finished in sixth place, while that Haiti finished in seventh place. , with a 3-1 victory (22-25, 25-22, 25-23 and 25-18) over Nicaragua, in eighth place.
(With information from ACN)
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