Six Norceca teams to begin their competition at FIVB WWCH

VERONA, Italy, September 22, 2014.- A total of six Norceca teams will begin their competition at the FIVB Women’s world championship on Tuesday.

Mexico, that also held a training camp in Slovenia along with the Dominican team is expected to play  against the United States of America in the first Norceca battle that will take part at the competition in the first phase. Both teams, the USA and Mexico are part of Pool C.

In Pool B Canada will match Cameroon in Trieste, while in Pool A Dominican Republic will play against Germany in Rome.

The city of Bari is the host of Pool D, with the teams of Puerto Rico and Cuba as representatives of the region. The Puerto Ricans will open the actions at the Palaflorium at 10:30 in the morning, local time, while the Cubans will play the last match of the opening day against Belgium at the same venue.

Five of the six coaches shared their thoughts about competing at the Women’s World Championship. In the case of Cuba they suffered a delay in Paris, however they were expected to arrive in Italy for their preliminary inquiry and to be ready for their first match.

Jose Mieles (Puerto Rico): "We are very glad to have the opportunity to play in these World Championships and we hve set ourselves a high target. Our players have third or fourth World Championships experience."

Marcos Kwiek (Dominican Republic): “First of all, I want to say good luck to everyone. Our group is a balanced one and we’ll do our best to feel like we always play a final match. We will fight day to day.”

Arnd Ludwig (Canada): “Except from the FIVB World Grand Prix, Canada have not played much this year. Our goal is to work hard and qualify for the next phase. Still, we have ten players in our team who have not played at world champs so far.”

Karch Kiraly (USA): "I want to thank the Italian volleyball federation and the local organisers. We saw a great spectacle in Poland at the men's World Championship and we expect much the same here. It's great for volleyball to have such wonderful organisation. We are excited to be here."

Jose Miguel Azair (Mexico): "We are very happy for being at the World Championship. In Mexico, volleyball is developing and playing with these teams for us is very important because I think we want to learn how to play like these teams. We hope to qualify for the next round and we will give our best volleyball."