Women’s Olympic Volleyball Qualifier Confirmed for April in Tijuana, Mexico

Volleyball Canada has recently received confirmation of the dates for the NORCECA (North and Central America and Carribean) Women’s Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament. The competition was initially scheduled for this week, but was postponed due to financial difficulties of the host. The event will remain in Tijuana, Mexico, and is now scheduled for April 29 [...]

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Canada Finishes Sixth

Mexico defeated Canada 22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-22 in the fifth place match on Saturday NORCECA (North and Central America and Caribbean) Continental women’s volleyball championships.
The Mexican team took advantage of 42 Canadian errors. Canada held a 10-6 margin in blocks and both teams scored six aces.
Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., led all scorers with 18 [...]

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Canada Playing for 5th at NORCECA

Canada lost to defending champion the Dominican Republic 25-17, 25-22, 25-21 in the quarterfinal on Thursday at the NORCECA (North and Central America and Caribbean) women’s volleyball championships.
With the loss, the Canadians will face Mexico in the fifth place match on Saturday. On Thursday the Mexicans fell to the U.S., 25-11, 25-8, 25-19 in the [...]

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Canadian Women Head to NORCECA

Canada’s national women’s volleyball team will use the NORCECA (North and Central America and Caribbean) Championships as an important building block towards its upcoming Olympic qualifying season.
The tournament runs from Monday to Saturday in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
“The NORCECA championship is a great tournament,” said Arnd Ludwig, Team Canada’s head coach. “These are the top teams [...]

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Schneider Named Top Setter

Dustin Schneider of Brandon, Man., as named the top setter at the NORCECA men’s volleyball championships which concluded on Saturday night with Cuba defeating the U.S., in five sets in the gold medal match.
Canada won the bronze medal defeating Puerto Rico earlier Saturday in straight sets. Canada’s only loss in five matches at the tournament [...]

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Canada Wins Pool at NORCECA

Canada defeated Puerto Rico 25-17, 25-20, 25-17 to grab first place in Group A and a bye to the semifinals at the North and Central America and Caribbean men’s volleyball championships.
The Canadians, ranked 22nd in the world, conclude the round robin with three wins and no losses.   Puerto Rico (2-1), ranked 15th, and Mexico (1-2), [...]

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Men Take First Match

Fred Winters of Victoria scored 20 points on Monday to lead Canada to a 25-21, 23-25, 27-25, 25-22 victory over Mexico to open round robin play the NORCECA (North and Central America and Caribbean) men’s volleyball championships.
The top-two teams at the eight-country week-long event earn a berth at the World Cup final November 20 to [...]

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Canadian Men Head to NORCECA

With a World League berth wrapped up, the Canadian men’s volleyball team now turns its attention to gaining a spot at the 2012 Olympic Games. The first opportunity towards that goal starts on Monday at the NORCECA Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
The top two teams at the eight-country competition, which runs until September 3, qualify [...]

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Canada reaches quarterfinals at Junior Pan Am Cup

PANAMA CITY – Canada lost to Puerto Rico Friday night 17-25, 25-23, 27-25, 25-16 and advanced to the quarterfinals at the eight-country Panama Cup junior men’s volleyball tournament.
The Canadians conclude the round robin portion of the tournament with a 1-2 record and third spot in Group B division. The Puerto Ricans place second while Chile [...]

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Canadians Place 4th at NORCECA Event

Simon Fecteau-Boutin of Montreal and Cameron Wheelan of Barrie, Ont., finished fourth on Sunday at a NORCECA (North and Central America and Caribbean) beach volleyball tournament.
Fecteau-Boutin and Wheelan advanced to the bronze medal match against Cubans Karel Piña and Yadrian Escobar and lost 21-10, 21-8.
Playing as Canada 1, Fecteau-Boutin and Wheelan won two of their [...]

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