Colombia Women’s Volleyball Team secures spot in 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix

Maria Alejandra Marin

Women’s volleyball squads from Colombia and Peru came into contest on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Colombian girls hammered Peru 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20). The victory enabled Colombia to secure a spot in next year’s FIVB World Grand Prix.

It will be the first time ever that Colombia will join the Grand Prix. Moreover, the team will also play for the seventh position at the XIII Women’s Volleyball Pan American Cup at Carlos Martinez Balmori Multisport Hall of Autonomous State University of Hidalgo.

In the past, Colombia participated in the cup twice. The team had finished eleventh in 2012 and 9th in 2013. On the other hand, Peruvian team took part in eight tournaments with a silver medal in 2010 but an eighth place in 2013.

Brazilian Mauro Marasciulo, coach of Colombia, expressed great joy after the first ever victory of Colombia over Peru in an international senior tournament.

 “The Federation is making a sacrifice and a great work to develop the girls who last year qualified to the U-20 world championship and now to the Grand Prix. The future is in their hands.”

An elated Maria Alejandra Marin, captain of Colombia, said: “We are happy because to win the right to go to the Grand Prix is something unprecedented for us. We know Peru is a tough rival and we were studying them and got the win.”’

Natalia Malaga, coach of Peru: “The satisfaction is for the team with the best result and Peru didn’t play in spite of being the team with the higher level. But unfortunately, putting aside the technical part, my players didn’t show the personal part and their attitude was bad, something that disappointed me.”

Cochabamba, Bolivia hosts the South American Beach Volleyball Tour – Beach Volleyball

Bolivia provides the backdrop for a stop on beach volleyball’s South American Tour for the second week running this weekend. 

After last weekend’s stop in Sucre, this time the competition will be at the Olympic Club in the city of Cochabamba and will feature men’s and women’s pairs from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

On Friday, March 28, the competition will get under way with pool matches that will continue into Saturday. Saturday afternoon will see both the quarterfinals and semifinals.

The tournament will climax on Sunday with the gold- and bronze-medal matches for both men and women.

Brazil leads the ranking of beach volleyball in 2014 for men and women. In the men’s category, Chile is second and Venezuela third. In the women's category, Brazil is followed by Argentina in second and Chile in third place.

Competitors:

Women:

ARG 1 - ANA MARIA GALLAY / GEORGINA KLUG

ARG 2 - JULIETA PUNTÍN / VIRGINIA ZONTA

BOL 1 - TANIA ISMAEL / MARIA LUISA ORTIZ

BOL 2 - AMALIA CALVO / DANIELA ARNEZ

BOL 3 - MARXIA REYES / DIVA OROPEZA

BOL 4 - KATHERINE URIARTE / ALEJANDRA OSSIO

BOL 5 - FERNANDA MAIDA / ADRIANA VILLARROEL

BRA 1- FERNANDA BERTI ALVES / ELIZE MAIA SECOMANDI

BRA2 - CAROLINA HORTA MAXIMO / CLAUDINERE BENTO SABINO

CHI 1 - MARIA FRANCESCA RIVAS / MARIA PILAR MARDONES

CHI 2 - MARIA JOSEFINA VÉLEZ / NATALIA DEL CARMEN DEPASSIER

COL - ANDREA GALINDO / CLAUDIA GALINDO

PAR - MICHELLE VALIENTE / GABRIELA FILIPPO

PER - MICHELLE SERNA / DIANA TORRES

URU - LIA FORTUNATI / FLORENCIA ROTTI

VEN - NORISBETH AGUDO / GABRIELA BRITO

Men:

ARG 1 - JULIAN AZAAD / PABLO BIANCHI

ARG 2 - NICOLAS CAPOGROSSO / IAN MEHAMED

BOL 1 - ROLANDO ISMAEL / RODRIGO PEREZ

BOL 2 - ISRAEL MARTÍNEZ / SERGIO FRANCO

BOL 3 - MAURICIO HEREDIA / LUIS BARRON

BOL 4 - LUIS CARLOS GARCÍA / SERGIO HAZOU

BRA 1 - MARCIO HENRIQUE BARROSO ARAUJO / THIAGO SANTOS BARBOSA

BRA 2 - HEVALDO SABINO MOREIRA /BRUNO MARCELO LIMA DE PAULO

CHI 1 - MARCO GRIMALT / ESTEBAN GRIMILY

CHI 2 - CRISTOBAL MARTINEZ / GUILLERMO JIMENEZ

COL - JULIAN CARMONA / JUAN CAMILO GIL

PAR - ELIOTH FRUTOS / CARLOS PEREZ

PER - LUIS BRAMONT ARIAS / JIMY HEREDIA

URU - RENZO CAIRUS / NICOLÁS ZANOTTA

VEN 1 - JESUS VILLAFAÑE / JACKSON HENRIQUEZ

VEN 2 - RONALD FAYOLA / LEONARD COLINA

Korea defeats Peru to claim Olympic ticket – Volleyball news

In front of 4,300 volleyball enthusiasts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym on Sunday, Korean ladies staged an eye-catching action and downed Peru to claim the Olympic berth.

In their last match of the 2012 FIVB Women’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament, Korea held off Peru for 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-21) victory. Peruvian team started off slow and gradually picked pace but dropped the decision in consecutive sets. Korea displayed a consistent performance and marched away with the influential victory.

Korean success was mainly credited to Hwang Youn-Joo, who chipped in match-high 14 points. Likewise, Jung Dae-Young ended with 11 points and contributed to the overall success of Korea in the match. Karla Oritz created a bit of spark for Peru with her 10 points.

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