{"id":218775,"date":"2024-06-27T08:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=218775"},"modified":"2024-06-27T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T12:58:02","slug":"dr-starts-final-six-volleyball-cup-defeating-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/27\/dr-starts-final-six-volleyball-cup-defeating-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"DR starts Final Six volleyball cup defeating Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218811\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Alondra-Tapia-Diario-Libre.png 1994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In its first game at the start of the 4th edition of the Norceca Women\u2019s Final Six Tournament, the Reinas del Caribe, the Dominican Republic senior volleyball team, defeated Team Cuba in three sets (25-22, 25-14 and 25-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the evening, the USA matched Mexico in a most contested match. The USA won 3-0, but the first two matches ended 33-31 and 27-25, evidence of the great battle on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament is ongoing at the Professor Ricardo (Gioriber) Arias Volleyball Palace in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center in Santo Domingo from 26 June to 1 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Norceca Women\u2019s Final Six Tournament is a competition that is part of the qualification process for the 2025 Norceca Women\u2019s Pan American Cup and the 2025 Norceca Women\u2019s Continental Championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic has won the Final Six twice (2021 and 2022) and will aim to recover the title after losing it to the United States in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six competing teams are divided into two groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals scheduled for 29 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pool A consists of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Pool B includes Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pool-play schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 June<br>5pm United States vs Mexico<br>7pm Dominican Republic vs Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27 June<br>5pm Canada vs Mexico<br>7pm Puerto Rico vs Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 June<br>5pm United States vs Canada<br>7pm Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a previewlistener=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/deportes\/mas-deportes\/2024\/06\/26\/reinas-del-caribe-debutan-ganando-en-el-final-six-de-voleibol\/2768332\">Diario Libre <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/norceca.net\/Fourth%20Edition%20of%20the%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Final%20Six%20Tournament%20is%20About%20to%20Begin%20in%20Santo%20Domingo.htm\">Norceca <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27 June 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its first game at the start of the 4th edition of the Norceca Women\u2019s Final Six Tournament, the Reinas del Caribe, the Dominican Republic senior volleyball team, defeated Team Cuba in three sets (25-22, 25-14 and 25-18). Earlier in the evening, the USA matched Mexico in a most contested match. The USA won 3-0, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/27\/dr-starts-final-six-volleyball-cup-defeating-cuba\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218775"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218876,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218775\/revisions\/218876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}