U23 Pan American Cup in Peru for the fourth edition

LIMA, Peru, August 13, 2018 - Eight teams from our continent are ready to battle for the gold medal of the IV U23 Pan American Cup, an event that will take place from August 14 to 19 and that will be held for the fourth time on Peruvian soil, having as scenario the well-known 'house of volleyball', the Manuel Bonilla Coliseum of Miraflores.

The competition that will be the first step in the U23 World Cup qualification process, which will have its fourth edition in 2021, brings together the delegations of Chile, Cuba, Guatemala and Peru in Pool A. While in Pool B are located Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and the three-time gold medal winner Dominican Republic.

Prior to the initial whistle on Tuesday with the duel between the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, the coaches talked about their expectations for the tournament:

Coach of Colombia, Bryan Silva: "We came with five players who were with the senior team in the most recent competitions, they are very experienced girls who understand very well with the Sub 20. I know that the matches will be tough, but we will take advantage of our young players for their fundamental competition, which is the South American Championship that will be held here in Peru in October. "

Coach of Costa Rica, César Salas: "We come with a very young team, a U20 base group and with which we are committed to developing a project in the future, which is why our participation in elite events like this is important, where we will face teams with a lot of level to help us in the growth of our volleyball."

Coach of Chile, Eduardo Guillaume: "Our group has been working since last year, we have girls from U20 and U18 and our first goal is to continue with the work of giving experience to the players, especially thinking about our closest competitions as the South American U20 will be a good opportunity to meet the new generations of the other teams and we hope to make a tournament where there is absolute team delivery in every game. "

Coach of Cuba, Tomás Fernández: "We are very happy to be back to Peru, the team arrives at a very good level, half comes from the Central American Games in Barranquilla, for this competition I believe that the serve will be our key to achieve positive results We know it will be a tough competition, strong rivals like Peru, Dominican Republic, Colombia, but we hope to be able to overcome the third place in the last two editions."

Coach of Guatemala, William Fernandez: "With this team we went to the Central American Games to reach a higher level of warm-up for this Cup, I think it served us a lot and we hope to give a good show in this competition, ensuring at least the third place in our Series and take advantage of each game for the growth of the work that we have raised in the long term ".

Coach of Mexico, Luis Alberto Leon: "In our Series we have strong rivals like Colombia that comes from participating in the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Dominican Republic that comes with a team with a lot of experience, they will be quite strong and interesting games and that will serve for the growth of the team sub 20 that will play next year in the World Cup which will be the venue ".

Coach of Peru, Carlos Aparicio: "The team arrives in very good conditions, we know we can not be over confident but the girls have worked very hard. I think the matches will be very important for the preparation of our younger girls and of great interest for our fans. I trust in the performance of my team and we hope to reach the final and play for the gold medal.

Coach of Dominican Republic, Wagner Pacheco: "I am happy to be back in Peru where we have always done very well, it will be a very interesting tournament because Colombia and Mexico have grown a lot, Cuba is always a selection with a lot of history, Peru although it does not have their main players play at home and is a rival to consider, but we arrived very well prepared to keep the title one more time".