All dates approved for NORCECA competitions

 

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 26, 2008.- The Women’s and Men’s Pan American Cups, the two main annual events of NORCECA Confederation, will be held in Mexico and Canada respectively.

 

The ladies’ event will be played in the cities of Tijuana and Mexicali in Baja California, Mexico on May 28-June 8 and the men’s competition will be in Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba on May 31-June 8.

 

The dates received the approval of the Sport Organization Commission of NORCECA presided by Professor Alejandro Salinas gathered together for two days here.

 

The Commission also approved the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit on the period of March-May with seven stops for men and eight for women.

 

The 2008 is the year of the Junior and Youth Continental Tournaments that qualify teams to the next year’s World Championships.

 

The U-18 Girl’s Tournament will be hosted in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on July 4-12 while the U-19 Boy’s event will be in Fort Lauderdale, USA on August 1-9. The U-20 Women’s Junior is scheduled on July 20-28 in Saltillo, Mexico and the U-21 Men’s Junior on June 28-July 6 in El Salvador.

 

The commission also sanctioned the dates for the Central American Championships both in Nicaragua. The men will play on September 14-21 and the Women on December 7-14. Meanwhile, the Caribbean Championships in both genders will be in Barbados on July 13-21.

 

For the complete information of the competitions go to Calendar in NORCECA website at  www.norceca.org.