Cuba wins Boy's U19 Volleyball Championship

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Cuba added the title to the already won WC ticket in the NORCECA Boy's U19 Volleyball Championship when defeating USA in the final at the Sports City Coliseum, in this city.

In match of unbeaten and owners of the two berths in dispute to the 2017 WC, Cubans and Americans, silver and gold medalists in Tulsa 2014, in that order, starred a game that lived up than expected by experts.
In a really hard-fought match, the local side managed to win 3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 23-25 and 15-11).
The top scorer of the match was Cuban José Carlos Romero with 31 points, 25 spikes, five in blocking and one ace, supported by Cristian Rojas, with 22 units.
Cuba's four other starters were the setter Jorge Alain Camejo, Henry José Pelayo, Rey Issac Flores, and Raiko Altunaga, with Lazaro Yudiel Arrechea playing libero.
Samuel Lewis (16), Jaylen Jasper (15) y Joel Schneidmiller (14) were the highlights for the Americans.
In the discussion of the bronze medal, Mexico beat 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-14) Nicaragua, while in the battle for fifth and seventh seats, the winners were Jamaica and Costa Rica after defeating 3-1 (12-25, 25-18, 25-20 and 25-17) and 3-0 (25-20, 25-10 and 25-10) the Dominican Republic and Antigua and Barbuda, respectively.
According to the official website of the event, Cuban José Carlos Romero was chosen as the MVP of the tournament and best outside hitter and also ranked third among leading scorers.
He also excelled in serve with 18 aces in 71 attempts for an average of one point per set.
The Leading Scorer award went to Bayron Valdez, from the Dominican Republic, with 128 units (119 spikes, 6 blocks, 3 aces), followed by Nicaraguan Jonny Zeledón 101 (93-5-3).
The two best attackers were Cuban Cristian Rojas and Valdéz himself with 50.94 and 41.75 percent of effectiveness, respectively.
Mexican Eduardo Krauss and Nazyr Francis, from Antigua and Barbuda, highlighted in blocking as first and second in that order.
Lazaro Arrechea was the most distinguished in reception and Jorge Alain Camejo as setter, both from Cuba, while Nicaragua's Luis Amador won two awards by standing out in defense and as libero.