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Sport Commission concludes NORCECA 2013 Volleyball Calendar

 

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 10, 2012 – The NORCECA Sport Organizing Commission concluded its two-day fruitful meetings at the headquarters of the institution with the approval of the competition calendar for 2013.

 

The meetings were chaired by Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of NORCECA, and Saul Castro Verdugo, President of the commission.

 

The Women’s Pan American Cup will be held in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico from June 4-15 while the Men’s Pan American Cup will take place in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico from May 19-27.

 

The city of Omaha, Nebraska in USA will host the Women’s Continental Championship from September 7-15 while the Men’s Continental Championship will be in Langley, Canada from September 21-29. The winners of these two events will qualify to the Grand Champions Cup in Japan on November of next year.

 

The season kicks off with the U-20 Women’s Pan American Cup in Cuba (March 16-24) and continues with the U-18 Girl’s Pan American Cup in Guatemala (April 13-21).

 

One country of Central America still to be decided will host the U-19 Boy’s Pan American Cup from June 2-10 while the U-21 Men’s Pan American Cup will be in Argentina on July 21-29.

 

The second round of qualification tournaments towards the FIVB 2014 World Championships will continue with twelve events.

 

During the meetings the presidents of the different zones within NORCECA presented their activities’ reports during the year as also did the president of the confederation.

 

The participants in the meetings were:  Glenn Quinlan, Mushtaque Mohammed, Hugh Wong, Jose Luis Jimenez, Lucille Hobson, Margie Mara, Tom Pingel, John Blacher, Mireya Luis, Nelson Pérez and Ramón Garcia. Also, Nelson Ramirez, general manager of NORCECA, and Chrissy Benz, Sports Events Director.