The Dominican Women’s Volleyball Team of the Dominican Republic, the Queens of the Caribbean, fell for the second time in two games, in Paris 2024.
The Dominicans lost to Turkey with a score of 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-22 and 25-15), at the Paris Arena 1 in the capital of France. The team coached by Marcos Kwiek is ranked 10th in the world, while the Turks, coached by Daniele Santarelli, are ranked 4th.
This was the Dominican Republic’s only appearance at the Olympics on Thursday.
The match, which started at three in the morning on Thursday, August 1, Dominican Republic time, opened the day’s session in this sport, within the Olympic Games.
In their debut, the Dominicans also lost 3-1, against Italy, (25-19, 24-26, 25-21 and 25-18).
With this result, the Dominican Republic falls with a 0-2 record, with 2 sets in favor and six against, in last place in Group C.
Melissa Vargas She was the star of the match with 31 points and also shone among the Turks Eda Erdemwith 14. Brayelin Martinezalso 14, stood out in the Dominican team.
On the last day of Group C of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Dominican Republic will face the Netherlands on August 3 and Türkiye to Italy, the 4th.
The Caribbean Queens are moving away from qualifying for Paris 2024
The women’s volleyball tournament, part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is made up of 12 teams divided into three groups of four teams.
The two best teams from each group and the two best third-place teams qualify for the quarter-finals.
For the Queens of the Caribbean to advance to the quarterfinals of Paris 2024, they must wait for Japan to lose 0-3 against Brazil this Thursday, from 7:00 in the morning and the result of the Netherlands against Italy, who will play at 11:00 am. and thus continue with hope, in the search to beat the Netherlands on the last day.
