Cuba-Canada today at Nations Volleyball League in Ottawa

 HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 4 (ACN) Cuba will face today the host Canada in the beginning of group four of the second week of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), based in Ottawa, a tournament that awards points for the world ranking (WR) for the Olympic ranking ( OR) of Paris 2024.

According to the International Federation website www.fivb.com, the disciples of coach Jesus Cruz will play Tuesday against the locals, seeking to achieve the important success that will guarantee them to stay in the qualification zone for the Parisian multi-sport event.

The other game in this section will be Argentina-US, while in bracket three the matches scheduled are Poland-Bulgaria and Iran-Japan.

The next challenges for Cubans are against the Netherlands, Italy, 2022 world champion, and France, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion.

Difficult opponents, but Cruz's team showed a good performance in the first week in key two of the VNL, with stage for them at the Maracazinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cuba joined the qualifying zone for Paris 2024 with the combination in one day of their victory over Germany and Serbia's setback against the Japanese.

The third week for Cubans will be in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where they will face the local team, Bulgaria, Serbia and Poland.

The Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020, France, as host, Germany and Brazil, one-two in the pre-Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Japan and the United States in a similar tournament held in Japan, and Poland and Canada, in a tournament that took place in China, have already secured their places.