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TURTLE BEACH, Tobago, November 19, 2015 – The pools composition
for the seventh and final stage of the 2015 NORCECA Beach
Volleyball Circuit at Tobago was determine don Thursday night
during the General Technical Meeting held at Grafton Beach
Resort.
Twenty teams per gender are taking part in the double-gender
competition from Friday 20 to Sunday 22. The top two teams of
each pool will advance to the single elimination main draw.
A total of forty-eight matches will be played on Friday starting
at 8:00 with the women’s matches of United States-A versus
Trinidad & Tobago-B and El Salvador versus Cuba-B. In the men’s
division United States-A takes on Costa Rica-B.
Women’s Pool Composition
Pool A:
United States-A, El Salvador, Honduras, Cuba-B, Trinidad &
Tobago-B. Pool B: Canada-A, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Grenada,
Mexico-B.
Pool C:
Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago-A, US Virgin Islands, Cayman
Islands, United States-B. Pool D: Mexico-A, Cuba-A, St
Lucia, St Kitts & Nevis, Canada-B
Men’s Pool Composition
Pool A:
United States-A, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba-B, Costa Rica-B.
Pool B: Canada-A, Mexico-A, Barbados, Trinidad &
Tobago-C, United States-B. Pool C: Trinidad & Tobago-A,
Costa Rica-A, St Lucia, Canada-B, Mexico-B. Pool D:
Cuba-A, Guatemala, Aruba, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago-B.
Teams of fifth place will play for the 17-20 positions, teams of
fourth place will compete for the 13-16 places, and teams of
third place will meet for the 9-12 positions. The losers of the
quarterfinals will play for 5-8 positions.
Mushtaque Mohamed, president of the control committee, and
Daymian Stewart, president of the Trinidad & Tobago Volleyball
Federation addressed the players during the technical meeting
welcoming the participants and explaining the competition system
as well as the transportation and meals.
Sean Scott is the director of the competition while Miguel
Ramirez is the referee delegate. |
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