Daily Bulletin 1 - NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship by USA Volleyball

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Sunday, August 26, 2012 * Domingo 26 de Agosto, 2012

August 25 - September 2, 2012

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2012 Men's Junior (U-21) Continental Championship August 25 - Sept 2, 2012 Colorado Springs, USA

Programa de Entrenamiento / Training Schedule Version 3 - Aug 23

DĂa / Day

Saturday August 25, 2012

Sunday August 26, 2012

Monday August 27, 2012

Tuesday August 28, 2012

Wednesday August 29, 2012

Thursday August 30, 2012

Friday August 31, 2012

Saturday September 1, 2012

M= Match

Hora / Time

14:00 15:30 17:00 18:30 20:00 08:00 09:30 11:00 12:30 14:00 15:30 17:00 18:30 20:00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 0 00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00 08:30 10:00 11:30 13:00 14:30 16:00 17:30 19:00

US Olympic Training Centre (Competition Court)

Training Court #1

Training Court #2

CO United States Mexico Canada Puerto Rico Honduras Guatemala St. Vincent Curacao

Puerto Rico Honduras Guatemala

St. Vincent Curacao

United States Mexico Canada

General Technical Meeting Canada (15:00) United States (17:30)

Guatemala (15:00) Honduras (17:30)

Puerto Rico (11:00) Mexico (13:00)

Curacao (11:00) St. Vincent (13:00)

Guatemala (15:00) St. Vincent (17:30)

Puerto Rico (17:30) United States (17:30)

Curacao (11:00) Honduras (13:00)

Canada (11:00) Mexico (13:00)

Canada (15:00) United States (17:30)

Puerto Rico (15:00) Mexico (17:30)

Guatemala (11:00) Honduras (13:00) 2nd B (15:00) 2nd A (17:30) 4th A (off) 1st A (off)

Curacao (11:00) St.Vincent (13:00) 3rd A (15:00) 3rd B (17:30) 4th B (off) 1st B (off)

1st B (15:00) 1st A (17:30)

Winner of M14* or M13* (15:00) Winner of M13* or M14* (17:30)

4th A (11:00) 4th B (13:00)

Loser of M14* or M13* (11:00) Loser of M13* or M14* (13:00)

Loser of M17 (15:00) Winner of M17 (17:30)

Loser of M18 (15:00) Winner of M18 (17:30)

Competition

11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:30 12:30 - 13:00 13:00 - 13:30

CUR CAN PUR HON GUA

13:30 - 14:00 USA 14:30 - 15:00 VIN 15:00 - 15:30 MEX

Practical

Competition

Preliminary Inquiry August 26

Calendario y Formato de Competencia Competition Format and Match Schedule Junior Men's (U-21) Continental Championship GROUP-A No.

Date

Time

2 4 6 8 10 12

27-Aug 27-Aug 28-Aug 28-Aug 29-Aug 29-Aug

13:00 17:30 13:00 17:30 13:00 17:30

Teams vs vs vs vs vs vs

Mexico United States Mexico United States Honduras United States

Set St. Vincent Honduras Honduras St. Vincent St. Vincent Mexico

Result per set (points) 2 3 4

0-0

GROUP-B No.

Date

Time

1 3 5 7 9 11

27-Aug 27-Aug 28-Aug 28-Aug 29-Aug 29-Aug

11:00 15:00 11:00 15:00 11:00 15:00

Set

Teams vs vs vs vs vs vs

Puerto Rico Canada Canada Puerto Rico Guatemala Canada

Curacao Guatemala Curacao Guatemala Curacao Puerto Rico

0-0

QUARTERFINALS No.

Date

Time

13 14

30-Aug 30-Aug

15:00 17:30

Teams 2nd B 2nd A

vs vs

Set 3rd A 3rd B

0-0

CLASSIFICATIONS 5/8 No.

Date

Time

15 16

31-Aug 31-Aug

11:00 13:00

No.

Date

Time

17 18

31-Aug 31-Aug

15:00 17:30

Set

Teams 4th A 4th B

vs vs

Loser of M14* (or M13) Loser of M13* (or M14)

0-0

SEMIFINALS Teams 1st B 1st A

vs vs

Set Winner of M14* (or M13) Winner of M13* (or M14)

0-0

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 7/8 No.

Date

Time

1-Sep

11:00

Teams Loser of M15

Set Loser of M16

0-0

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 5/6 No.

Date

Time

1-Sep

13:00

No.

Date

Time

21 22

1-Sep 1-Sep

15:00 17:30

Teams Winner of M15

Set Winner of M16

0-0

FINALS Set

Teams Loser of M17 Winner of M17

vs vs

Loser of M18 Winner of M18

0-0

*NOTE1: For the Classification, Quarterfinal and Semifinal Rounds, according to the FIVB General Competition Regulations, it must be avoided that teams from the same group play each other. *NOTE2: According to the established competition format and the FIVB General Regulations, for the Classification, Quarterfinal and Semifinal Rounds, if three teams from the same group qualify, the match between highest ranked team and lowest ranked team of their Preliminary Round will be repeated. *NOTE3: Loser of M14 = Loser of Match #14, etc.

VOLLEYBALL • Team composition NORCECA JUNIOR MEN'S U-21 CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP

CUR • CURACAO PLAYERS Shirt no

Last name

First name

Shirt name

Birthdate

1 C 2 3 4 5 L 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

MARCHENA MOTA MEULENS ALIAS MOTA ANTHONY GABRIEL ALEXANDRE SAMBO OLARIA MACOLONIE ANGELA

RAYNOLD NELSON JURCHAM SEYDOU ERNALDO QUINTEN SHARIF DERRICK SHURBY CHAMEL EVIN CHRISTEPHER

MARCHENA MOTA MEULENS SEYDOU NAYO ANTHONY SHARIF ALEXANDRE SHURBY CHAMEL MACOLONIE ANGELA

1/18/1994 2/10/1994 10/4/1993 7/29/1993 3/8/1993 3/7/1993 4/18/1995 1/10/1995 9/11/1993 3/24/1993 10/5/1994 9/9/1993

OFFICIALS Team manager: Head coach: Assistant coach: Doctor: Therapist/Trainer:

CRISMO, MANUELA (CUR) GILBERT, PAULINA (CUR) KLEINMOEDIG, CLAYTON (CUR)

Weight Height [kg] [cm] 92 74 69 65 59 65 80 67 90 65 108 65

182 190 185 179 171 181 189 187 176 179 195 179

Highest reach Spike [cm] 290 310 316 294 292 305 302 312 289 303 296 313

National selections

Block Club [cm] 287 297 298 285 274 191 294 298 277 286 285 298

XAVERIANEN WATAKELI WATAKELI OK-ASIENTO WATAKELI XAVERIANEN XAVERIANEN OK-ASIENTO GREEN SOCKS OK-ASIENTO OK-ASIENTO WATAKELI

COLORS Main: 2nd: 3rd:

YELLOW WHITE

8/26/2012 12:34

Oth

Tot.

STATISTICS Data Age Height Spike 2-hand block National selections

Minimum

Average

Maximum

17.4 171 289 191

18.7 183 302 281

19.5 195 316 298

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THE TEAM COMPOSITION FOR MEXICO WILL BE INCLUDED IN BULLETIN 2.

Coaches Give Insight into NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Aug. 26,2012) – On the eve of the 2012 NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship (U-21) being held Aug. 27 to Sept. 1 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., optimism abounds for all eight countries competing for three spots into the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Junior World Championship. While the favorites to win gold in the biennial event include defending champion United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico, the depth of the tournament field will create battles for all three podium spots. “We have tried to communicate to the team that we need to improve and progress daily in this tournament to ultimately have a chance to play for the gold medal,” United States head coach Pete Hanson said. “To reach that goal, that requires daily improvement.” Hanson said that the top four seeds in the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico are considered among his favorites to win a medal. “Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico are all very strong,” Hanson said. “We have seen Canada play in scrimmages here. Plus, we have seen some of the Puerto Rico players compete in our college system. Mexico is a little unknown to us, but they come in as the number-four seed and will compete for a medal.” The USA team, which has seven players who competed in the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ Youth World Championship, has benefited from a three-week training block at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, along with friendly scrimmages with the Canadian squad during that period. “It has been wonderful here and to not have to travel for this event,” Hanson said. “The familiarity with the facility and altitude difference hopefully will be beneficial for us.” Puerto Rico comes into the tournament having gone through a solid training block of its own and are prepared to push for the podium and place into next year’s FIVB Volleyball Men’s Junior World Championship. “We have been working together the last couple months,” Puerto Rico head coach Ramon Hernandez said. “I believe our team is in good shape, but we need to improve in a couple areas. By the end of the tournament, we hope to be battling for one of the medals and a spot into the 2013 World Championship. A few of our players have played together in past tournaments, so they know each other. I think that is important in this tournament. We have six players who played in the FIVB Youth World Championship last year, and that will help us when facing the tougher opponents.”

Canada, which has won the silver medal in the two most recent NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championships in 2008 and 2010, brings both optimism and caution into the tournament as it attempts to qualify for the 2013 FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship. “For a lot of our players, this is their first international experience,” Canada head coach David Preston said. “While our level of play can be very high, not having played at the international level may create a period of some adjustments. The history of Puerto Rico, USA and Mexico at this level is great, and are equally strong. NORCECA is always strong as a group and we expect that to continue here at this tournament.” Guatemala has several players who have experience playing in other countries and in previous NORCECA events, but its head coach understands it will take a lot to reach the medal podium. “My team has a lot of heart and courage, but our feet are planted on the earth as we know other teams such as USA, Puerto Rico and Canada are very good,” Guatemala head coach Jorge Enrique Chavez said. “We expect to reach sixth or seventh place in this tournament. We are in good physical condition.” Honduras views the tournament as part of its current and long-term plan into the future. “I have high expectations for our team here,” Honduras head coach Rony Martinez said. “We are not only here to compete, but we want to get a higher ranking in NORCECA because these kids are the future of volleyball in Honduras.” For Curacao, it is the first international tournament for its head coach Pualina Gilbert and his players. Despite the lack of international experience, he expressed that his team will do its best taking advantage of balance in offense and defense. “The team is in good condition,” Gilbert said. “The guys have good defense and attack – they do not give up. I hope we go far in this tournament. Like Curacao, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will look to score some valuable experience in its first international competition at this level. “We expect to play our best volleyball here and gain valuable experience because it is our first time playing at this level,” St. Vincent head coach Brian Burke said. “We hope to have an upset or two and surprise some teams.” Year-by-Year Results Year-Gold-Silver-Bronze 1998-CAN-DOM-USA 2000-CUB-PUR-USA 2002-CAN-PUR-USA 2004-CUB-USA-PUR 2006-CUB-USA-CAN 2008-CUB-CAN-USA 2010-USA-CAN-PUR