Cuba Women's League 2009/2010

  • The Cuban Volleyball National League Tournament with four teams in both genders will be played from January 29 to March 20 covering six provinces of Cuba.


    Pinar del Rio, in the western part of the island, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus and Ciego de Avila, in the central zone, and Camaguey in the eastern, will host the eliminatory rounds while Havana will host the final stage starting on March 15.


    “More than 40 players per gender will take part, including the top members of the senior and junior national teams, the latter engaged with their preparation to qualify to the Youth Olympic Games,” said Elio Gomez, the tournaments’ technical director.


    The participating teams will be Occidentales, Centrales, Orientales and Capitalinos with the possibility of entries from Venezuela, whose national teams have been in the island training and competing in the recent past.


    As it has been in previous editions, the final will be played between the top two finishers following the round robin competition with an All-Star Game between the champions and a selection of the losing teams.


    The results of the event will be of key importance for the integration of the different teams towards the key international commitments as the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, the World Championships in Italy and Japan later this year and both NORCECA’s Pan American Cups in Mexico (women) and Puerto Rico (men).

  • The teams from Havana City, won the Cuban National League in both genders by sweeping the best-of-three final series at Kid Chocolate Hall in the Cuban capital.


    In the women’s action, Capitalinas beat Orientales in straight sets in both matches. The first match ended 25-16, 25-18, 25-21 and the second finished 25-15, 25-18, 25-15.


    Kenia Carcaces, Yohana Palacios, Yusidey Silie and Lianne Castañeda were the key players throughout the tournament as her side won its 14 contests.


    The individual awards for the season were as follows:
    Women: Most Valuable Player: Yusidey Silie; Best scorer: Daymara Lescay; Best attacker: Kenia Carcaces; Best blocker: Ana Cleger; Best server: Lianna Castañeda; Best setter: Silie;Best receiver: Emili Borrel; Best digger: Gretchen Valladares; Best libero: Lisbet Arredondo.