Cuba to debut against Nicaragua in Men's U23 Pan American Volleyball Cup

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 12 (acn) Cuban will debut next Monday against Nicaragua in the 4th Men's U23 Pan American Volleyball Cup, which will take place until October 20 in Guatemala.

According to the website of the contest, Cuba´s other rivals will be Peru, on Tuesday, Mexico, on Wednesday, and the host team, on Friday, with rest on Thursday.
It will be a round-robin tournament with the medals discussion on Saturday, when the third and fourth seats will fight for the bronze and the two best sides will face each other for title.
In the previous edition of 2016, based in Mexico, the medalists were Argentina (gold), Cuba (silver) and Chile (bronze), while in 2014, in Cuba, the locals got the crown, escorted by Mexicans and Dominicans, in that order, and in 2012, in Canada, the title went to Brazil, followed by Argentina and the DR, in that order.
Cuba and Argentina (1-1-0) head the historic medal table, ahead of Brazil (1-0-0), Mexico (0-1-0), Dominican Republic (0-0-2) and Chile (0-0-1).