Cuban men's team will face Canada in Volleyball World League

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 1 (acn) Cuban men's team will face Canada today, on the first day of the third and final week of the preliminary stage of the second level of the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League, based in Tampere, Finland.

According to the website of the tournament, in addition to Cubans and Canadians, the other match of this Pool I of Group 2 will be between the hosts and Portugal.
After statements by Cuban coach Rodolfo Sanchez, it seems that as in the last game in Bratislava, he will dispense with the services of his leading players, the captain and outside hitter, Rolando Cepeda, and inside hitters Javier Jimenez and Osmany Uriarte.
In the Slovak city, the starters were Dariel Albo, Abraham Alfonso, Liban Osoria, Luis Tomas Sosa, Osniel Melgarejo and the setter Ricardo Calvo, with Yonder García acting as libero.
Cuba's other matches will be on Saturday and Sunday against Finland and Portugal, respectively.
The Caribbean squad has no chance already to be included in the final of this group, scheduled to take place on July 9 and 10 in the Portuguese city of Motosinhos, which will be attended by the top three ranked teams and the local side.
So far, Cubans appear eighth in the standings with six points, two wins and four losses.
This final week of the second group also includes actions in Seoul, South Korea (Pool G2), with the participation of Czech Republic, Netherlands, Egypt and the hosts, and in Xuancheng, China (Pool H2), with the presence of Turkey, Slovakia, Japan and the locals.