2013 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

    Correct Dominican Republic starting line up against USA:


    3 Contreras de los santos Elvis D (OH)
    4 Hernandez Encarnacion Wilfrido (MB)
    5 Peguero Abreu Edwin Jhoesel (L)
    7 Concepcion Eduardo (MB)
    10 Abreu Lopez Francisco Alberto (S)
    11 C Caceres Gomez Jose Miguel (OP)
    18 Recio Cuevas German Ricardo (OH)

    You missed roster, what livescore proved

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    Brazil will win this, they have Lucarelli, Alan, Renan, Maurcio Souza, even Maurcio Borges should present here better, because opponents aren't demanding :) players from Argentina I don't know at all

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    Quote from kondzio

    Brazil will win this, they have Lucarelli, Alan, Renan, Maurcio Souza, even Maurcio Borges should present here better, because opponents aren't demanding :) players from Argentina I don't know at all


    ...and we have also Isac (MB) ^^

    Quote from José

    ...and we have also Isac (MB) ^^

    I missed him checking roster, so it looks even better ^^

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    I see no need for Lucarelli to be in this tournament to be honest. Nice to see some smaller names like Lucas Loh and Otávio there though. :)
    I assume the starting line-up should look like this: Murilo-Renan, Lucarelli-Maurício B., Maurício S.-Isac and Alan.

    Shame we cant watch USA vs Dominicana...


    Dominicana was leading 21-18 1st set but lost it 26-24. Dominicana was 10-7 in the 3rd, was losing 10-14 in next 7 points but won it 25-22. Now they are 19-16 ahead in the 4th and 5th set is near.

    And we have tiebreak. According to livescore Contreras is on fire :super: pity that he didn't play in ZAKSA :whistle:

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    United States edge Dominican Republic in five sets



    MEXICO CITY, México, August 19 2013 - The United States defeated Dominican Republic 3-2 (26-24, 25-14, 22-25, 21-25, 15-7) in the first match of Pool B at the VIII Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup.



    The Americans dominated the first two sets, but the team coached by Osiel Vázquez came back in the third and fourth sets thanks to the work of Elvis Contreras, Wilfrido Hernández and José Miguel Cáceres, who scored 22, 11 and 10 points.



    However United States’ Taylor Sander and Jacek Ratajczak were keys for the American victory in the fifth set and finished with 19 and 14 points.



    “It is always a motivation to play against the United States. It is a team with a lot of tradition and with a high level. We have only trained and went out to this match without a lot of exposure or experience like them,” said Dominican coach Osiel Vázquez.



    American coach Shawn Patchell said: “It was a good match for both teams, we felt nervous in the beginning, had some trouble in the third and fourth sets. We could not stop Caceres, but pulled out and improved our service. I am happy for this win”.



    Altitude of Mexico City was also considered a factor for both teams. “We practice normally in California, in Anaheim, and now we had to acclimate here”, said USA’s Captain Ryan Ammerman.



    “We are at the sea level in Dominican Republic, so we had to work hard on this match and also the next ones,” Captain Jose Caceres said.

    I see it's time refresh rules.

    If Tournament isn't in Europe We create topic in World Wide Volleyball section.

    Topic moved from Men's International Competitions ^^

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