HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 9 (ACN) The Cuban men's team will face today the Chilean one at the first day of the Pan American Volleyball Cup, to be held until next Sunday in Quebec, Canada, a qualifying event for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023.
The Cubans are in Group A, which is completed with the teams of the Dominican Republic and the United States, while in Group B are the teams of Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Canadian host, also in search of points for the ranking.
They will face the Dominicans this Wednesday and the Americans on Thursday, in the closing of the group phase, while the quarterfinals will be on Friday, with the crossing of the A and B runners-up with the A and B third-placed teams.
The semifinals will take place on Saturday, when the top qualifiers will wait for their rivals, and on Sunday the bronze and gold medals will be discussed, in that order.
Cuba features passers Adrian Goide and Lyvan Taboada, center backs Livan Osoria, Simon and Roamy Alonso, assistants Miguel Angel Lopez, Marlon Yant, Osniel Mergarejo and Julio Cesar Cardenas.
The 13-player team is completed by opposites Jesus Herrera, Michael Sanchez and Miguel David Gutierrez and libero Yonder Garcia.
Cuba, Argentina and Mexico climbed in that order to the podium in the 2019 edition, while in the 2021 event, also hosted by Mexico, the winners were the Mexican, the Canadians and the Americans, respectively.
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