The men’s team cuban volleyball beat his United States counterpart 3-0 this Thursday to advance directly, and as the only undefeated, to the semifinals of the XV Pan American Cup Gatineau Volleyball, Canadaaccording to official media on the island.
The Cubans did not face major setbacks to prevail with partial successes of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-19. With three consecutive successes, they now lead group A, a performance that will allow them to rest this Friday while waiting for the definition of their next rivals, according to a note published in the sports portal Hit.
Cuba wins Pool A over USA 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19) to advance into the Pan Am Cup semifinals
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Hanes (9) ?? 13pts
Lopez (18) ?? 12pts
Mergarejo (2) ?? 10ptsℹ️ Tournament page: https://t.co/GLbrqhIftR
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The Cubans, led by Nicolas Vives, had swept the Chilean cast in their debut and repeated the dose against the representation of the Dominican Republic. Against the Americans they staged a strong offensive to impose their attacking power 44-31.
The official statistics of the match refer to both teams scoring three times with their services, the northerners were superior by 8-5 in blocking, while in the section of unforced errors the Cubans were better by 18-23.
For the winners, the most outstanding offensive player was the opposite Jesús Herrera, top scorer with 16 points (12 attacks, one block and three services), this time followed by the corner players Miguel Ángel López (10-2-0) and Osniel Mergarejo (10 attacks), points Hit.
Center backs Liván Osoria and Roamy Alonso contributed six and four points, respectively, and setter Adrián Goide added two.
In another result of the same key, Chile achieved its only victory in this phase by beating the Dominican Republic 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-15), a team that said goodbye without achieving success .
In section B, Puerto Rico dominated Mexico in five sets (25-14, 25-15, 21-25, 20-25, 19-17), while the host team surpassed Brazil in the same way (25- 14, 25-15, 21-25, 20-25 and 17-19) to become the other direct semifinalist.
This Friday the quarterfinal round will be held with the confrontations between Mexico-Chile and the United States-Puerto Rico. Cuba’s opponent in the semifinal match will come out of the latter.
This tournament serves the Cuban team as preparation for the upcoming World Championship men’s volleyball, to be held between August 26 and September 11 in Poland and Slovenia. For that event, the cast of the Island was placed in group B, which will carry out its actions in the Slovenian city of Ljubiliana, together with the teams of Brazil, Japan and Qatar.
