{"id":29644,"date":"2026-07-12T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/?p=29644"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:20:26","slug":"intense-battle-ahead-in-the-third-edition-of-the-afecavol-mens-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/intense-battle-ahead-in-the-third-edition-of-the-afecavol-mens-final-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Se viene una intensa batalla por el t\u00edtulo del III Final Four Masculino de AFECAVOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, 11 de julio de 2026. \u2013 Todo est\u00e1 listo para el inicio del III Final Four Centroamericano Masculino de AFECAVOL, donde Nicaragua, Panam\u00e1, Belice y Costa Rica luchar\u00e1n por conquistar el t\u00edtulo regional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicaragua, campeona de la edici\u00f3n inaugural en 2023, buscar\u00e1 convertirse en la primera selecci\u00f3n en conquistar dos t\u00edtulos del Final Four. Belice, subcampe\u00f3n en la edici\u00f3n de 2024, intentar\u00e1 dar el \u00faltimo paso hacia la corona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Costa Rica y Panam\u00e1 har\u00e1n su debut en la competencia con la mira puesta en el campeonato. Los costarricenses llegan adem\u00e1s impulsados por la conquista de la medalla de oro en los Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como parte de la jornada previa al inicio de la competencia, las delegaciones completaron el proceso de acreditaci\u00f3n durante las entrevistas preliminares, donde adem\u00e1s fueron informadas del nuevo formato de competencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En esta edici\u00f3n, los cuatro equipos disputar\u00e1n una primera fase de todos contra todos. Al concluir esa ronda, el tercer y cuarto lugar jugar\u00e1n por la medalla de bronce, mientras que los dos primeros se enfrentar\u00e1n en la final por el t\u00edtulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCYP1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c1lbum Flickr Entrevistas Preliminares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sobre la participaci\u00f3n de la escuadra de Costa Rica en el evento, C\u00e9sar Salas, entrenador del conjunto anfitri\u00f3n, afirm\u00f3: \u201cEstamos contentos de poder jugar en nuestro terreno, y tenemos como objetivo importante poder ganar este evento. Indudablemente tenemos el material y el equipo para competir ante grandes escuadras que est\u00e1n presentes en este torneo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-CR-03.jpg.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CRC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por su parte, Albert Humes, entrenador de Belice, se\u00f1al\u00f3: \u201cVinimos a demostrar que somos un equipo competitivo, al que siempre hay que tomar en cuenta. Podemos competir bien en este Final Four y tenemos la capacidad de buscar la posici\u00f3n n\u00famero uno para avanzar a la siguiente ronda en busca de una medalla\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-BLZ-5.jpg.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BIZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En tanto, Jorge Mena, entrenador de Nicaragua, mencion\u00f3: \u201cNuestro objetivo es tratar de llevar una medalla a nuestro pa\u00eds. Este nuevo sistema de competencia nos da una oportunidad m\u00e1s de llegar a la final, por cualquier tropiezo que se tenga en el camino\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-NIC-3.jpg.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NCA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panama head coach Alexis Flores added: &#8220;Our main objective is to win the tournament. We know it won&#8217;t be easy because all the participating teams have prepared very well, but we have also trained hard to compete at our best in this event.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/norceca.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Entrevista-Preeliminar-PAN-5.jpg.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PAN<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOS\u00c9, Costa Rica, July 11, 2026. \u2013 Everything is set for the start of the third edition of the AFECAVOL Central American Men&#8217;s Final Four, where Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, and host Costa Rica will battle for the regional title. Nicaragua, champions of the inaugural 2023 edition, will aim to become the first team to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[26,20,11],"class_list":["post-29644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball","tag-afecavol","tag-norceca","tag-volleyball"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29650,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29644\/revisions\/29650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norceca.info\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}