The 2022 Norceca Continental Tour Final will be played in Punta Cana Friday, 9 December to Sunday, 11 December 2022. The 12 teams are in women’s and men’s divisions and are from Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States, US Virgin Islands and the host Dominican Republic.
A press release from Norceca explains the importance of the competition for athletes that seek to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The continental tour is the first stage of the road to Paris 2024 starting on Friday, 9 December in Punta Cana, marking the beginning of the Norceca Beach Volleyball Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification System, which consists of a series of three Norceca Tour Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024).
After completing the three finals, eight national federations per gender will qualify for the 2024 Norceca Beach Volleyball Olympic qualification finals will be held in June 2024. The winning National Federation in each gender will qualify directly for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Each Norceca Beach Tour Finals (2022, 2023 and 2024) consists of 12 national federations per gender with a maximum of one team per national federation per gender, according to the Norceca Continental Beach Volleyball ranking.
The teams competing this weekend will go through the preliminary inquiry and the general technical meeting on Thursday, where pool distribution and competition schedule will be confirmed.
Women’s teams
CAN Amanda Harnett/Marie-Alex Bélanger; CRC Angel Williams/Kianny Araya; DOM Bethania Almanzar/Crismil Paniagua; CUB Charlot Deroncele Nahomi/Dayani Zerqueira Morera; ESA Yvonne Soler/Blanza Luz Colato; GUA Natalia Girón/Laura Quiñonez; JAM Petal Smith/Danielle Watson; MEX Atenas Gutiérrez/Abril Flores; NCA Socorro López/Lolette Rodríguez; PUR Allanis Navas/María González; USA Terese Cannon/Sarah Sponcil; ISV Amber Bennett/Taylor Buchner
Men’s teams
CAN Samuel Schatcher/Daniel Dearing; CRC Jhostin Varela/Daniel Dyner; CUB Noslen Díaz/Jorge Luis Alayo; DOM Oscar Martínez/Harllen De Jesús; ESA Franklin Flores/Armando Guatemala; GUA Andy Leonardo Blanco/Luis García; JAM Mark Blake/Owayne Lawrence; MEX Juan Virgen/Miguel Sarabia; NCA Ruben Mora/Jefferson Cascante; PUR Franco Roark/Lorenzo Antonio Rivera; USA Chaim Schalk/Theodore Brunner; ISV Bryce Mayer/Travis Edward Lee
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7 December 2022