Pool A action starts in Dominican Republic on Friday – Volleyball news
After a pause of three weeks, the cracking volleyball action of 2012 FIVB World League is set to resume in Pool A, which is composed to teams from Russia, Cuba, Japan, and Serbia.
Pool A teams will kick off the second leg of the competition on Friday, June 15. The city of Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic will provide the backdrop for Pool A matches. During the first week, Japanese city Hamamatsu served as host to Pool A. Originally,
Cuba was supposed to set up the field of play for Pool A matches in the second week but the Cuban Sport Coliseum is still going through a process of renovation, which created an opportunity for Dominican Republic to host the FIVB premier annual men’s competition.
A total of six matches will be played over a period of three days. According to the set formula of the competition, two matches will be played on each day. Russia and Serbia will clash in the opening match of 2nd leg, while Cuba and Japan will cross their
ways in the second match.
The NORCECA Confederation headquarters in Dominican Republic organised a press conference before the start of second leg of the competition. The four coaches of Pool A teams attended the press conference, while FIVB first executive vice president and NORCECA
president Cristobal Marte Hoffiz also showed up.
The coaches of participating teams expressed their views and opinions about the upcoming matches.
In this regards, Cuban Coach Orlando Samuels stated, “This is a very competitive pool but we are prepared to have a better performance than in the previous ones. We were very sad for not qualifying to the Olympics but that’s behind us now. This is another
competition and we hope to have the support of the Dominican fans.”
Russian mentor Vladimir Alekno shared his views in the following manner, “We continue to prepare our team for the Olympic Games and some players stayed at home, but we still have a good team. We are not slowing down our rhythm and hopefully we will have
a good performance.”
Likewise, the Japanese coach Tatsuya Ueta and Serbian coach Igor Kilakovic disclosed their thoughts about the pool and matches. Both of them hoped to get good results at the end of 2nd leg of the preliminaries.
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