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MAUNABO, Puerto Rico, September 10, 2015 – Wagner Pacheco, the
Brazilian coach of the Dominican Republic team, was cautiously
confident about his side chances at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s
U20 World Championship that kicks off on Friday in four cities
of Puerto Rico.
Pacheco made his comments about the Dominican side after the
general technical meeting held in Maunabo, one of the hosting
cities located on the southeast tip of the island. Caguas,
Gurabo and Juncos are the other sites.
The Brazilian commented that with some of these players the
Dominican Republic captured the bronze medal at the U23 World
Championship held in Turkey just a few weeks ago.
Wilfredo Robinson, Cuba coach: “Our mission here is to gather
experience. We have some very new players - although the girls
played some in U18 World Championship and some others in U23,
these tournaments meant their first matches at an international
stage. We are eager to play and to get the best out of this
opportunity. Our roster is young but with good potential, so
we’re working to improve and be once again among the world’s
elite teams.”
Wagner Pacheco, Dominican Republic coach: “I think we are in the
toughest pool of the tournament, with two European teams as
Turkey and Czech Republic, and Brazil which are always
favourites. Our target is to be among the best eight teams and
then to continue as far as possible. The team is well trained;
with this group we achieved the bronze medal at U23 championship
so we’re willing to represent the Dominican Republic in a great
way.”
Luis Alberto León López, Mexico coach: “First of all, we’re very
pleased to be in this World Championship. As for our
expectations, it would be excellent to place among the top eight
teams, but we are aware this is a very challenging competition.
There are sixteen world-class teams chasing the same goal. We
have been facing many changes on our roster on the last year,
but the team is in a pretty good condition anyway.”
Xiomara Molero, Puerto Rico coach: “We want to play as much and
as best as possible - we have a young squad, with some U18
players. Every team here will be a tough opponent. We plan to
take the tournament day by day and we have been training hard
for this. We are also looking forward to a great World
Championship - to carry out a quality tournament, with
interesting games for the fans and a warm experience for all the
teams visiting us.” |
