Mexico, Puerto Rico claim first tickets to U19 Worlds at Pan Am Cup

Monterrey, Mexico, March 24, 2017 – Colombia and Puerto Rico have joined Mexico and Chile as semifinalists at the U19 Boys’ Pan American Cup following victories over Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, respectively, on Thursday.

As the top two qualified teams from NORCECA, Mexico and Puerto Rico have secured spots to the 2017 FIVB Boys’ World Championship to be held in Bahrain from August 18 to 27. The top ranked team between Chile and Colombia also will be granted of a ticket to the world event.



In Friday’s semifinals, Mexico will face Colombia and Puerto Rico will be pitted against Chile.

Colombia held off a big comeback by the Dominican Republic to claim a 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 15-12) marathon victory that lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. Raul Rivas and Oliver Murillo led the South American squad with 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Dominican Bayron Valdez had a terrific offensive performance with 41 points but could not prevent the defeat as his team committed 44 errors to 24 by the winners. Colombia held a 18-10 advantage in blocks while Dominican Republic had a 69-44 margin in attacks.


Puerto Rico qualified to the FIVB Boys U19 World Championship alongside Mexico as the top two NORCECA teams.

In the other quarterfinal, Pedro Molina and Gabriel Garcia finished with 20 and 16 points, respectively, to lead Puerto Rico to a 3-0 (25-14, 27-25, 25-20) victory over Costa Rica. The winners held 7-3 and 9-6 in aces and blocks.

Earlier on Thursday, Jamaica defeated Peru 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-20) in 68 minutes. The loss relegated Peru to ninth place while Jamaica moved to a match for 7-8 positions against Nicaragua to open Friday’s actions at Nuevo Leon Gymnasium.

Top Scorers by Day
16- Pedro Molina of Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17
29- Jonny Zeledon of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17
43- Gabriel García of Puerto Rico v Colombia on 21-3-17
41- Bayron Valdez of Dominican Republic v Colombia on 23-3-17

Best Scoring Performances
43- Gabriel García of Puerto Rico v Colombia on 21-3-17
41- Bayron Valdez of Dominican Republic v Colombia on 23-3-17
29- Jonny Zeledon of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17
26- Bayron Valdez of Dominican Republic v Peru on 22-3-17
25- Byron Hernández of Nicaragua v Costa Rica on 21-3-17

Best Blocking Performances
5- Alex Rusch of Chile v Peru on 20-3-17
5- Jhonnier Sanchez of Colombia v Dominican Republic on 23-3-17
4- Several players

Best Serving Performances
6- Pedro Molina of Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17
5- Raymond Stephens of Mexico v Costa Rica on 20-3-17
4- Several players

Best Team Blocking Performances
18 - Colombia v Dominican Republic on 23-3-17
11- Chile v Peru on 20-3-17
11- Chile v Dominican Republic on 21-3-17
11- Dominican Republic v Chile on 21-3-17
10- Puerto Rico v Colombia on 21-3-17
10- Dominican Republic v Colombia on 23-3-17

Best Team Serving Performances
15- Mexico v Nicaragua on 22-3-17
12- Puerto Rico v Jamaica on 20-3-17
12- Mexico v Costa Rica on 20-3-17

Highest scoring sets
28-26 Costa Rica v Nicaragua (2nd Set) on 21-3-17
28-26 Dominican Republic v Chile (2nd Set) on 21-3-17
27-25 Puerto Rico v Costa Rica (2nd Set) on 23-3-17

Highest scoring matches
213- Colombia d Dominican Republic 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 15-12) on 21-3-17
211- Costa Rica d Nicaragua 3-2 (22-25, 28-26, 18-25, 25-17, 15-10) on 21-3-17
211- Chile d Dominican Republic 3-2 (25-21, 26-28, 25-14, 22-25, 15-10) on 21-3-17
198- Puerto Rico d Colombia 3-2 (13-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 15-9) on 21-3-17

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