Organizers report on Pan Am Cups in Juarez and Peru

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 21, 2012 – The Honorable Hector Murguía Lardizabal, President of the Municipality of Ciudad Juarez, led a delegation from the host city of the XI Women’s Pan American Volleyball Cup that made an official invitation to participate in the event during the second day of meetings of the Executive Committee and Board of Administration of Norceca Confederation.

The Women’s Pan American Cup is the main annual female competition of the Norceca Confederation and is a qualifier for the top six teams to the FIVB World Grand Prix of the following year.

Murguía emphasized on the conditions of Ciudad Juarez as a 2.5 million population city with representation from all the states of Mexico and two different cultures as the town is next to El Paso, Texas in the United States.

He expressed that Ciudad Juarez is a northern Mexican city of hard-working people considered as the seventh most secure city in the country. He called the attention to the fact that more than 200,000 people gathered together in one of the many parks in town to celebrate and enjoy the festivities of Easter Sunday.

“Ciudad Juarez is waiting for the best women’s volleyball teams of the continent to welcome them with open arms so they can enjoy a good competition and also the warm hospitality of our people,” Murguía said.

Leopoldo Canizales, coordinator of directors of the city, accompanied by the treasurer Juan Salgado, made a report of the current state of the organization of the twelve-team competition to be held at Bachilleres and Universitarios Gymnasiums from July 11-21. The report included a video showing the touristic attractions of Ciudad Juarez.

He thanked the people from Norceca that attended the event last year for assisting the organizing committee in order to successfully conclude the competition. He mentioned specially the president of the confederation Cristobal Marte Hoffiz and vice presidents Marta Centeno de Sajche and Saul Castro Verdugo.

On the other hand, Juan Castro, President of the Peruvian Volleyball Federation, made a presentation of the inaugural U-23 Women’s Pan American Cup to be held in the cities of Lima and Iquitos from September 31 to October 10.

Twelve teams will take part in the competition with four countries representing South America Confederation and eight from Norceca Confederation.

The teams are Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela from CSV and Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and United States plus the champions of Central America and Cazova from Norceca.

He recalled that last year Peru held the FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship and the First Women’s Junior Pan American Cup and the organizing committee has accumulated the necessary experience to succeed again with this event.

During the Saturday’s session the presidents of commissions of Beach Volleyball, Sports Organization, Development, Refereeing, Press, Marketing, Statistics and VIS, Legal and Medical made the presentation of their activities in the past year.