Brazilians are new champions of Women’s Pan Am Cup
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, July 9, 2011 – Olympic champions Brazil
dethroned Dominican Republic as new queens of the Women’s
Volleyball Pan American Cup by winning the decisive match in
consecutive sets (25-20, 25-22, 25-19) in front of a packed
house at Colegio de Bachilleres Gymnasium on Saturday.
It is the third gold medal for the Brazilians in the history of
the event. They also won in 2006 and 2009. The Dominicans, who
have finished among the top three in each of the 10 editions,
took the silver for a fifth time.
Sheila Castro and Thaisa Menezes led Brazil with 13 points
apiece while Fernanda Rodrigues contributed 12. Dominican
Prisilla Rivera was the highest scorer with 19 points including
6 blocks. Bethania De la Cruz tallied 10.
“It was a good game where we served blocked very well,”
Brazilian Fabiana Claudino said. “Now it is time to celebrate.”
“It was a difficult match as we expected,” Dominican Milagros
Cabral said. “We didn’t play as well as we did in our previous
games but we are happy with the second place.”
Jose Roberto Gimaraes, Brazilian coach. “I am glad with the
results. The matches against Dominican Republic are always good
as we play at the same level; we must continue in our
preparation for the events that lie ahead of us.”
Marcos Kwiek, coach of Dominican Republic: “We played the whole
tournament very well, but today Brazil had more consistency and
pushed us hard with their blocks. Also we failed in key points.
It is with pride that we take the silver medal.”
Year by Year Results
Year GOLD SILVER BRONZE
2002 CUB DOM
CAN
2003 USA DOM
CUB
2004 CUB USA
DOM
2005 CUB DOM
BRA
2006 BRA CUB
DOM
2007 CUB BRA
DOM
2008 DOM BRA
ARG
2009 BRA DOM
PUR
2010 DOM PER
USA
2011 BRA DOM
USA |