Havana, Sept. 6 (ACN) The Cuban men’s volleyball team beat Puerto Rico 3-0 on Tuesday in Group B of the North, Central America and Caribbean Continental Championship (Norceca ), a tournament that will end next Sunday at the Coliseum in Charleston. , West Virginia, USA.
According to the website www.norceca.net, the disciples of technical director Jesús Cruz won in two sets of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-15, after an hour and six minutes of play and highlighting Miguel Ángel López , top scorer of the game with 13 points, eight in attack, one in blocking and four in service.
The other Cuban who stood out was also the auxiliary Marlón Yant (12/10-1-1), as well as the Puerto Rican Jamal Ellis Carballo (11/9-1-1), the only three to double the figures .
The official statistics for the challenge reflect Cuba’s superiority in all elements of the game: 34 points against 25 were better in attack, as well as in blocking (11-6), serving (8-3) and errors against their field (21-22). .
According to the program, the team from the largest of the Antilles will face Suriname on Wednesday and the United States on Thursday.
During the technical meeting of the contest, Cruz said: “It is a very important tournament because it gives points for the world ranking. We all know that countries are in the fight for Olympic qualification and this is an opportunity to score points and move up the rankings”.
He added in this regard “that’s why most teams are here with their A team, as we have seen in the tournaments in Europe and South America”.
That day, Canada defeated the Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-11, 25-8 and 25-12), in Section A.
In addition to the Cuba-Suriname match, this Wednesday the Americans and Puerto Ricans will play in bracket B, while in bracket A the Canadians and Mexicans will be on the field.
The group stage will end on Thursday and the winners of each group will advance directly to the semi-finals on Saturday, the second and third place will advance to the quarter-finals on Friday and on Sunday they will fight for the bronze and gold medals.
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