NORCECA to organize 12 events towards WCHs in 2013
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 12, 2013 – Twelve
second-round tournaments –six men’s and six women’s- towards
the 2014 FIVB World Championships in Poland and Italy are
scheduled this year within NORCECA Confederation, it was
announced on Tuesday in Santo Domingo.
The top two women ranked teams of each tournament, plus the best
third place, will move on to the third and final round of five
competitions to be held in 2014. On the other hand, the top two
men placed sides will earn tickets to the four tournaments to be
organized next year.
These competitions follow the sixteen first-round tournaments
organized last year as part of the development plan of the
confederation. The top three ranked teams from those
competitions advanced to this year’s phase.
Forty national federations registered teams to participate in
the qualification process (comprising 39 men’s and 38 women’s)
which includes a final stage of tournaments and two playoffs of
both genders in 2014.
Six women’s and five men’s sides from NORCECA will qualify to
Italy and Poland respectively.
Men’s Tournaments
April 26-29 St. Lucia Group J (Hosts, Haiti, St Kitts, El Salvador)
May 2-6 Aruba Group L (Hosts, Antigua, Curacao, Costa Rica)
June 7-10 Guadeloupe Group N (Hosts,
Dominica, Honduras, Grenada)
June 13-17 Dom. Rep. Group K (Hosts, St
Vincent, Panama, British Virgin Islands)
June 14-17 Suriname Group M (Hosts,
Guatemala, Martinique, Anguilla)
August 9-12 F. St Martin
Group I (Hosts,
Bahamas, Barbados, Nicaragua)
Women’s Tournaments
May 9-12 Curacao Group J (Hosts,
St Lucia, Antigua, Belize)
May 23-27 US V. Islands
Group K (Hosts, St
Vincent, El Salvador, B. Virgin Islands)
May 23-27 Trinidad Group I (Hosts, Anguilla, Barbados, Honduras)
May 30-June 3 Jamaica
Group M
(Hosts, Nicaragua, Suriname, Bermuda)
June 6-10 Guatemala Group L (Hosts,
St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Aruba)
June 20-24 Grenada Group N (Hosts,
Dominica, Panamá, Haití) |