homepage

 

 

Seven Teams begin their quest for Olympic Qualifier

 

   

CORDOBA, Mexico, October 4, 2015 – The twenty fourth edition of the NORCECA Men’s Continental Championship gets underway on Monday at Cordoba Arena with seven teams seeking a top-four position which guarantees a spot at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in early January.

 

Canada, Honduras and Puerto Rico will be competing in the three-team Pool A while Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago will battle in Pool B.

 

The top team from each pool will advance directly to the semifinals securing a spot in the Final Four Olympic Qualifier while the teams placed second and third from each pool will meet in crossed quarterfinals matches.

 

The defending champions United States will not participate in the tournament as they have just qualified to the Olympic Games as winners of the Men’s World Cup in Japan.

 

Cuba and United States, with 15 and 8 gold medals, respectively, are the only countries with first-place finishes at the biennial event. Cuba has 23 total medals to 22 by United States. Canada has finished on the podium 17 times.

 

At the Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada won the bronze medal with a 3-1 victory over Puerto Rico. The Canadian men were the top placed team from NORCECA at the Pan American Cup with a fourth place.

 

Preliminary Round Schedule

 

October 5

14: 00   Cuba v Costa Rica

18:00    Canada v Honduras

21:00    Mexico v Trinidad & Tobago

 

October 6

14: 00   Trinidad & Tobago v Cuba

18:00    Honduras v Puerto Rico

20:00    Mexico v Costa Rica

 

October 7

14: 00   Costa Rica v Trinidad & Tobago

18:00    Puerto Rico v Canada

21:00    Mexico v Cuba

Men’s Podium Positions

Year

Gold

Silver

Bronze

1969

CUB

MEX

USA

1971

CUB

USA

MEX

1973

USA

CUB

CAN

1975

CUB

MEX

USA

1977

CUB

MEX

USA

1979

CUB

CAN

MEX

1981

CUB

USA

CAN

1983

USA

CAN

CUB

1985

USA

CUB

CAN

1987

CUB

USA

CAN

1989

CUB

CAN

USA

1991

CUB

USA

CAN

1993

CUB

USA

CAN

1995

CUB

USA

CAN

1997

CUB

USA

CAN

1999

USA

CUB

CAN

2001

CUB

USA

CAN

2003

USA

CAN

CUB

2005

USA

CUB

CAN

2007

USA

PUR

CUB

2009

USA

CUB

PUR

2011

CUB

USA

CAN

2013

USA

CAN

CUB

Composite Standings 

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Cuba

15

4

4

23

United States

8

10

4

22

Canada

0

5

12

17

Mexico

0

3

2

5

Puerto Rico

0

1

1

2