Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Sep 25.- The United States men's team won this Sunday, undefeated, the title of the III Pan American Cup of North, Central America and the Caribbean (Norceca) Final Six in Edmonton, Canada, where Cuba finished in fourth place.
Taking place at the Flair Airlines Hangar, Edmonton Expo Centre, the Americans defeated the Canadian hosts 3-0 (25-21, 25-14 and 25-16) this Sunday, while the Cubans fell 0-3 (24-26). 17-25 and 18-25) in the discussion of the bronze medal against Mexico.
The young disciples of the Caribbean technical director Manuel Espinosa, most of them from the under 21 category, finished in fourth place in the competition and suffered the second setback against the Mexicans, who in the preliminary stage by the round-robin system, defeated them in five close sets.
After the bronze metal match concluded, Espinosa declared that “the Mexican team was superior to ours; They fought for the medal and won it. “We made a lot of mistakes.”
“The game was very dispersed, concentrating on other tasks outside the playing area, and that is why we lost the opportunity to compete. Congratulations to Mexico."
The largest of the Antilles finished the tournament with a negative balance of two wins and four losses, with victories of 3-1 and 3-0 against Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, in that order, and defeats against Mexico (2-3), Canada (1-3), the United States (0-3) and again against the Mexicans (0-3).
The day before, Puerto Rico also won, a team that finished in fifth place, by beating the Dominican Republic 3-2 (19-25, 15-25, 25-23, 25-17 and 16-14).
This third version of the Cup has a new champion, since the medal table of the previous two highlights that in 2021 the winners were Mexico (gold), Canada (silver) and the United States (bronze), while in 2022 they occupied the podium Cuba (gold), Canada (silver) and the United States (bronze). (Text: ACN) (Photo: NORCECA)
