SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 18, 2024.- Defending champion Canada finished the preliminary round undefeated with a victory against Chile 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 26 -24) on Thursday in the XVII Pan American Men’s Volleyball Cup.
Canada led in kills 37-25 and in blocks 10-4. Both teams scored 4 aces.
Canada’s leading scorer was Daenan Gyimah with 11 points, followed by Skyler Varga with 10 and Jordan Canham with 9. For Peru Vicente Ibarra led all scorers with 13 points and Matías Jadue added 8.
Glenn Hoag, coach of Canada: I am very happy with the victory, we beat a team from Chile in three sets that had inspiration, defending the balls very well but we managed to win the match, now we rest day to focus on the semifinals.
Daniel Nejamkin, coach of Chile: We did well, we gave a good demonstration of what our game is, we reached point 19 even in all the sets and in the last set we could have achieved a little more, I think we deserved it.
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