SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 3, 2023.- Dominican Republic is aiming to conquer their eighth Women’s Volleyball Central American and Caribbean title, sixth in a row, at the twenty fourth edition of the Games San Salvador 2023 running from July 4 to 8 at Palacio de los Deportes Carlos El Famoso Hernández.
Defending champions Dominican Republic, who arrived from finishing their 2023 Volleyball Nations League campaign, started their winning streak precisely here in El Salvador when they won the nineteenth edition of the Games San Salvador 2002.
In the history of the Games, Cuba has won the women’s tournament eight times, including seven in a row. The Dominican Republic is next with seven titles and Mexico has won the other three tournaments.
The eight competing teams are distributed in Pool A of defending champions Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Costa Rica; and Pool B with Cuba, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and host El Salvador.
First and second place of each pool will advance into the semifinals, third and fourth place will play for positions 5 to 8 of the event.
The competition consists of four daily matches, starting on July 4 with Puerto Rico against Mexico at 10:30 local time, followed by Dominican Republic facing Costa Rica at 13:30, Colombia against Cuba at 17:00 and closing with host El Salvador at 20:00 playing against Trinidad & Tobago.
The preliminary round schedule is the following:
July 4
10:30 Puerto Rico v Mexico
13:30 Dominican Republic v Costa Rica
17:00 Colombia v Cuba
20:00 El Salvador v Trinidad & Tobago
July 5
10:30 Colombia v Trinidad & Tobago
13:30 Puerto Rico v Costa Rica
17:00 Dominican Republic v Mexico
20:00 El Salvador v Cuba
July 6
10:30 Cuba v Trinidad & Tobago
13:30 Mexico v Costa Rica
17:00 Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico
20:00 El Salvador v Colombia
Women’s Year by Year Podiums at CAC Games
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1938 | MEX | PUR | PAN |
| 1946 | DOM | PUR | MEX |
| 1959 | MEX | VEN | AHO |
| 1962 | DOM | PUR | MEX |
| 1966 | CUB | MEX | DOM |
| 1970 | MEX | CUB | VEN |
| 1974 | CUB | MEX | DOM |
| 1978 | CUB | MEX | DOM |
| 1982 | CUB | MEX | DOM |
| 1986 | CUB | MEX | VEN |
| 1990 | CUB | MEX | VEN |
| 1993 | CUB | MEX | VEN |
| 1998 | CUB | DOM | VEN |
| 2002 | DOM | VEN | MEX |
| 2006 | DOM | CUB | PUR |
| 2010 | DOM | PUR | CRC |
| 2014 | DOM | PUR | CUB |
| 2018 | DOM | COL | PUR |
Women’s Volleyball Composite Medal Table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| CUB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| DOM | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| MEX | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| PUR | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| VEN | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| PAN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AHO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| COL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CRC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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