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NORCECA announces record of 18 BVB Tournaments in 2014
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, January 11, 2014 – Beach
Volleyball continues to experience an amazing growth within
NORCECA Confederation as eighteen double-gender tournaments were
announced on Saturday as part of the 2014 Circuit.
The tour includes six stops in Mexico, two each in the United
States and the Dominican Republic, and single events in Cayman
Islands, Guatemala, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia,
Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago.
The announcement was made during the second and last day of the
annual Beach Volleyball Commission held at NORCECA headquarters
in Santo Domingo.
The 2014 beach volleyball program of NORCECA also includes 14
men’s and 14 women’s competitions corresponding to the
Continental Cup, starting the qualification process towards the
Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Besides those NORCECA events, the FIVB U17 World Championship
will take place in Nayarit, Mexico on July 15-21 and the FIVB
Open Championship will be contested in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
on May 6-12.
Arnaldo Sanchez, president of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball
Commission, also announced the U-19 NORCECA Championships on
August 6-11 with the host still to be confirmed, the AFECAVOL
Olympic Youth Qualification Tournament in Guatemala on January
31-February 3, and the final playoff towards the Youth Olympic
Games of Nanjing in Puerto Rico on April 10-14.
The 2014 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit is the following:
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Boca Chica, Dominican Republic (April 6-21)
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Cayman Islands (April 23-28)
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Guatemala City, Guatemala (April 30-May 5)
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Chiapas, Mexico (May 21-26)
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Colima, Mexico (May 28-June 2)
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Toluca, Mexico (June 4-9)
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Mazatlán, México (June 25-30)
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Toronto, Canada (July 9-14)
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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (July 30-August 4)
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Varadero, Cuba (August 20-25)
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Saint Lucia (September 10-15)
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Puerto Rico (September 17-22)
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Morelia, Mexico (September 24-29)
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Alabama, United States (October 1-6)
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Florida, United States (October 8-13)
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Veracruz, Mexico (October 15-20)
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Costa Rica (October 22-27)
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Trinidad & Tobago (October 29-November 3)
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