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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)