Canada celebrates 3-0 win over Cuba in Women's Pan American Cup - Volleyball News

The dynamic women's volleyball team from Canada had an impressive 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21) victory over Cuban counterparts. The vicotry improved Canada to 3-0 in Pool A. The Mexico city hosted the match on Friday.

Canada's Kyla Richey and Lisa Barclay showed impressive performance and added 11 and 10 points, respectively. They were the top-scorers from Canadian side, while Lucille Charuk and Marissa Field each added eight tallies. Field had 3 blocks to lead Canada to a 6-3 margin in the blocking category.

Cuban Melissa Vargas put a great effort as she concluded with a match-high 20 points in the losing cause.

In the next run, Canada is scheduled to meet host Mexico on Saturday. The team spirits are high, but Mexico is likely to give Canada a tough competition.

Canada falls to Finland in last match of second Leg in Katowice – Volleyball news

The Spodek competition hall in Katowice, Poland hosted a volleyball scrimmage between Canada and Finland on Sunday.

A crowd of 9,850 people watched the thrilling encounter, which ended in Finland’s favour. Canada fought bravely but failed to overcome the rivals. Finland proved to be better and stamped 3-2 (25-23, 25-19, 23-25, 26-28, 15-8) win over Canada.

Nonetheless, Finland still remained in the fourth position even after winning the match. At the end of 2nd leg of 2012 FIVB World League, both Canada and Finland stood with 2-4 record. Canada, therefore, got hold of third slot due to better set and point ratio.

The trio of Mikko Oivanen, Matti Hietanen, and Antti Siltala led Finland to victory. They added 33, 17, and 16 points, respectively. Oivanene also emerged as the top-scorer of the match.

Likewise, three Canadian players went into double-digit scores. Toontje Van Lankvelt registered team-high 19 points, while Gavin Schmitt and John Gordon 16 and 17 points, in the failing effort.

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Canada hammers Puerto Rico in the second match of 2012 NORCECA Olympic Qualifiers

Canadian men's national volleyball team defeated the archrival Puerto Rico in the second match of 2012 NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament on Tuesday.

Canada claimed 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-13) win in the match and sent Puerto Rico to its second loss in the competition. The Walter Pyramid in Long Beach California hosted the match, while large number of volleyball enthusiasts witnessed the heated competition.

The Quebec Open was a great success last year - Beach Volleyball News

The Quebec Open Beach Volleyball Tournament has been withdrawn from the 2012 SWATCH FIVB World Tour on account of financial limitations. However, the Canadian event was huge success last year, when American Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser captured the gold in men's category and Brazilian Talita/Antonelli topped the women's competition. To learn more about the previous edition of Quebec Open, check out the following link:

http://blogs.bettor.com/SWATCH-FIVB-Quebec-Open-Jeep-2011-Beach-Volleyball-News-a84333

 

2012 Quebec Open Beach Volleyball Tournament cancelled - Beach Volleyball News

The International Sports Governing Body of Volleyball, the FIVB, has recently announced that Quebec Open will not be featured on 2012 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The double-gender Canadian event has been cancelled due to the financial problems of the local organisers. The 2012 Quebec Open was scheduled to take place from August 21-26. The FIVB has lately updated the World Tour Calendars which shows the Quebec Open crossed in red. 

http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/