Tag: 2022 Afecavol U21 Beach

PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 13, 2022.- Angel Williams and Kianna Araya won 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) to Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo of Guatemala, winning the XIV Under 21 Beach Volleyball Central American title.  

Paola Alvarado couldn’t keep the title she won last year, up against Williams/Araya superior level of play shown during the entire tournament.

In the semifinal Williams/Araya prevailed 2-0 (21-8, 21-14) against Sofía Vega and Aliza Aguilar, also from Costa Rica.

While Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo of Guatemala beat Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza of El Salvador 2-1 (18-21, 24-22, 15-4) in the other semifinal.

In the match for third place, Vega/Aguilar of Costa Rica beat a difficult El Salvador of Tovar/Soza 2-1 (21-11, 19-21, 15-13).

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Sunday’s match

NCA 2 d 2-0 ESA 2 (21-14, 21-10) places 9-10

NCA 1 d 2-1 PAN 2 (21-11, 19-21, 15-11)

PAN 1 d 2-1 GUA 2 (18-21, 21-14, 15-12)

GUA 1 d 2-1 ESA 1  (18-21, 24-22, 15-4)

CRC 1 d 2-0 CRC 2  (21-8, 21-14)

Bronze Medal   CRC 2 d 2-1 ESA 1 (21-11, 19-21, 15-13)

Final CRC 1 d 2-0 GUA 1  (21-14, 21-12)

PANAMÁ CITY, Panama, November 13, 2022.- Julian Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 1) were crowned Under 21 Central American Champions after beating twin brother Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado of El Salvador 2-0 (23-21, 26-24) in a great final at the XIV Under 21 Beach Volleyball Central American Champion of AFECAVOL.

Araya/Varela left behind in semifinals Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2) 2-0 (21-12, 21-11), a rematch of last year’s semifinal.

While the Guardado twins beat Nicaragua-1 of Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) in the other semifinal.

The Guardado brothers, fell last year to Nicaragua, and this year they came close to the crown but Araya’s good defense and Varela’s effective blocking took over El Salvador.

In the all-Nicaraguan match for third place, Luis Cascante/Deyner López beat Cascante/Solís 2-0 (21-16, 21-18).

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Sunday’s match

Pos 9-10. CRC 2 d 2-1 BIZ (21-18, 14-21, 15-12)

Semifinal

ESA 1 2-0 NCA 1 (21-16, 21-17)

CRC 1 2-0  NCA 2 (21-12, 21-11)

Pos 7-8. GUA 1 2-1 Pan 1 18-21, 21-12, 15-9

Pos 5-6. ESA 2 2-1 GUA 2. 21-13, 19-21, 15-11

Pos 3ro NCA 2 2-0 NCA 1 21-16, 21-18

Final    CRC 1- ESA 1 23-21, 26-24

Final positions:

1.- CRC 1; 2.- ESA 1, 3.- NCA 2, 4.- NCA 1; 5.- ESA 2; 6.- GUA 2; 7.- GUA 1; 8.- PAN 1; 9.- CRC; 10.- BIZ, 11.- PAN 2

PANAMÁ CITY, Panama, November 12, 2022.- Costa Rica ensures a berth in the women’s finals at the XIV Under 21 Beach Volleyball Central American Championship with its teams facing in semifinals, while Guatemala and El Salvador will play for the other ticket.

Sofía Vega and Aliza Aguilar will face Angel Williams and Kianna Araya, both teams from Costa Rica, while Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo of Guatemala will meet Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza of El Salvador.

Vega/Aguilar won two matches on Saturday to finish second in pool A, which Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo of Guatemala won.

First, they beat Alexandra Reyes/Carmen Alvarez of El Salvador 2-0 (25-15, 21-11) and then they qualified after a 2-0 (21-16, 21-13) win to Nahima Silva/Alejandra Rosales of Nicaragua.

While Alvarado/Arévalo won 2-0 (21-8, 21-10) over Karla Ortiz/Yeilin Hernández of Panama and then prevailed 2-0 (21-7, 21- 12) against Reyes/Alvarez (ESA 2).

In pool B, Williams/Araya (CRC) won 2-0 (21-10, 21-07) to Danna Aguilar/Sofía Rodríguez of Guatemala and then they beat Panama of Krisleen González/Ekaterina Ureña 2-0 (21-14, 21-9).

Second place went to Salvadorians Tovar/ Soza, who lost 1-2 (18-21, 21-17, 12-15)  against Aguilar/Rodríguez (GUA) and finished with a 2-0 (21-11, 21-19) victory over Nicaragua’s Ella Daniele Resau/Yulimar Alvarado.

Saturday’s results

CRC 2 d 2-0 ESA 2 (25-15, 21-11)

GUA 1 d 2-0 PAN 1 (21-8, 21-10)

CRC 1 d 2-0 GUA 2 (21-10, 21-07)

NCA 2 d 2-0 PAN 2 (21-16, 21-19)

NCA 1 d 2-0 PAN 1 (21-17, 21-11)

GUA 2 d ESA 1 (21-18, 17-21, 15-12)

GUA 1 d 2-0 ESA 2 (21-7, 21-12)

CRC 2 d 2-0 NCA 1 (21-16, 21-13)

CRC 1 d 2-0 PAN 2 (21-14, 21-9)

ESA 1 d 2-0 NCA 2 (21-11, 21-19)

Sunday’s schedule

ESA – NCA2 9:00 a.m.

NCA 1- PAN 2 9:45 a.m.

GUA 2 – PAN 1 10:30 a.m.

GUA 1- ESA 1 11:15 – Semifinal

CRC 1- CRC 2 12:00 md Semifinal

Puestos 7-8 12:45 p.m.

Puestos 5-6 1:30 p.m.

Por medalla de bronce  2:15 p.m.

Final 3:00 p.m.

PANAMA CITY, Panamá, November 12, 2022.- Teams from Nicaragua will meet El Salvador and Costa Rica in the men’s semifinals of the XIV Under 21 Central American Beach Volleyball Championship on Sunday.

Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2) beat Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas (ESA 2) 2-0 (21-10, 21-19) in the first quarterfinal match to advance into the semifinals against Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 1), who finished first in pool C.

Last year Araya/Varela lost the bronze medal to another Nicaraguan team and now they’ll try to advance into the final.

While, pool A winners, Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís of NCA 1, prevailed 2-0 (21-12, 21-13) over José Miguel Izaguirre/Mario Ventura (GUA 2) in quarterfinals and in semifinals will face twins Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado of El Salvador who won pool B.

Cascante faced Guardado twins in last year’s final match, after they eliminated the number one team of Nicaragua.

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Saturday’s results (pool-play)

NCA 1 d 2-0 ESA 2       (22-20, 21-13)

GUA 1 d 2-0 CRC 2      (21-18, 21-15)

ESA 1 d 2-0 NCA 2       (21-11, 21-15)

BIZ d 2-0 PAN 2           (21-16, 21-16)

CRC 1 d 2-0 GUA 2      (21-19, 21-10)

Quarterfinals

NCA 2 d 2-0 ESA 2       (21-10, 21-19)

NCA 1 d 2-0 GUA 1     (21-12, 21-13)

Clasificación 7-10

PAN 1 d 2-0 CRC 2      (21-16, 21-14)

CRC 2 d 2-0 BIZ           (21-15, 21-17)

Sunday’s schedule

CRC 2- BIZ Posiciones 9-10     9:00 a.m.

ESA 1- NCA 1 – Semifinal       9:45 a.m.

CRC 1 – NCA 2 – Semifinal     10:30 a.m.

PAN 1- GUA 1 Posc 7-8           11:15 a.m.

GUA 2- ESA 2 Posiciones 5-6  12:00 md

Por medalla de bronce           1:00 p.m.

Final                                        2:00 p.m.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 11, 2022.- El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica showed strength at the beginning of the XIV Under 21 Central American Beach Volleyball championship being held at Ciudad Deportiva Irving Saladino in Panamá City.

In pool A, Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís won 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) over Gherson Ortiz/ Kevin Acosta (PAN 1), while Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas (ESA 2) beat Panma in three sets.

Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado of El Salvador in pool B, started with two victories, against Daniel Delgado/Roberto Recinos (GUA 1) and Yulius Brown/José Fernández (CRC 2), but Brown/Fernández grabbed an important win 2-1 (25-23, 17-21, 18-16) over Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2).

In pool C, Julian Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 1) beat Panama of Denzel Arboine/Rommy Santos 2-0 and then they won 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-8) to Ernest Broaster/Eugen Benguche of Belize.

First places of each pool will be decided on Saturday, followed by the quarterfinal round, while first place of pool B and C will advance directly to the semifinals to be held on Sunday.

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Friday’s results

ESA 2 def 2-1 PAN 1      (21-16, 19-21, 15-12)

ESA 1 def 2-0 CRC 2      (21-13, 21-13)

NCA 2 def 2-0 GUA 1     (21-19, 21-15)

CRC 1 def 2-0 PAN 2      (21-13, 21-11)

GUA 1 def 2-0 BIZ         (21-16, 28-26)

NCA 1 def 2-0 PAN 1      (21-16, 21-17)

CRC 2 def 2-1 NCA 2      (25-23, 17-21, 18-16)

ESA 1 def 2-0 GUA 1      (21-11, 21-14)

GUA 2 def 2-0 PAN 2      (21-15, 21-16)

CRC 1 def 2-1 BIZ         (19-21, 21-16, 15-8)

Saturday’s schedule (pool-play)

ESA 2- NCA 1 9:00 a.m.

GUA 1- CRC 2 9:45 a.m.

NCA 2 – ESA 1 10:30 a.m.

BIZ – PAN 2 11:15 a.m.

GUA 2- CRC 1 12:00 md

Grupo A: Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís (NCA 1), Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas (ESA 2), Gherson Ortiz/ Kevin Acosta (PAN 1).

Grupo B: Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (ESA 1), Daniel Delgado/Roberto Recinos (GUA 1); Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2), Yulius Brown/José Fernández (CRC 2).

Grupo C: Julian Araya/Jhostin Varela (CRC 1), Ernest Broaster/Eugen Benguche (BIZ), José Miguel Izaguirre/Mario Ventura (GUA 2), Denzel Arboine/Rommy Santos (PAN 2).

PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 11, 2022.- Guatemala and Costa Rica dominated their pools in the start of the women’s tournament of the XIV Under 21 Central American Beach Volleyball championship.

In pool A, Guatemala 1 with Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo, won in their two outings. First they beat Nahima Silva and Alejandra Rosales (NCA 1) 2-0 (21-15, 22-20) a Nahima Silva y Alejandra Rosales (NCA 1) and then against Sofía Vega y Aliza Aguilar (CRC 2) 2-0 (21-16, 21-18).

Silva/Rosales won 2-0 over Alexandra Reyes/Carmen Alvarez, of El Salvador, who also beat Panamanians Karla Ortiz/Yeilin Hernández 2-0.

In pool B, Angel Williams and Kianna Araya of Costa Rica, won 2-0 (21-10, 21-9) over El Salvador (Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza), and then they beat Nicaragua (Ella Daniele Resau/Yulimar Alvarado) 2-0 (21-10, 21-12).

The second ticket to semifinals will be a tough battle and will be decided in Saturday’s matches. In pool A,  Silva/Rosales (NCA 1), Ortiz/Hernández (PAN 1) and Vega/Aguilar (CRC 2) with one victory each could advance.

In pool B, Aguilar/Rodríguez (GUA 2) and Resau/Alvarado (NCA 2) will play a decisive match to advance against El Salvador and Panama respectively.

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Friday’s results

NCA 1 def 2-0 ESA 2      (21-4, 21-5)

CRC 2 def 2-1 PAN 1      (15-21, 21-15, 15-11)

ESA 1 def 2-0 PAN 2      (21-15, 24-22)

NCA 2 def 2-0 GUA 2     (21-17, 21-18)

PAN 1 def 2-0 ESA 2      (21-17, 21-19)

GUA 1def 2-0 NCA 1      (21-15, 22-20)

CRC 1 def 2-0 ESA 1      (21-10, 21-9)

GUA 2   def 2-0 PAN 2    (22-20, 21-18)

GUA 1 def 2-0 CRC 2     (21-16, 21-18)

CRC 1 def 2-0 NCA 2      (21-10, 21-12)

Saturday’s schedule

CRC 2 – ESA 2 9:00 a.m.

PAN 1 – GUA 1 9:45 a.m.

GUA 2 – CRC 1 10:30 a.m.

NCA 2- PAN 2 11:15 a.m.

NCA 1 – PAN 1 12:00 md

ESA 1 – GUA 2 12:45 p.m.

ESA 2- GUA 1 1:30 p.m.

CRC 2- NCA 1 2:15 p.m.

PAN 2- CRC 1 3:00 p.m.

NCA 2- ESA 1 3:45 p.m.

Pool A: Guatemala 1 (Paola Alvarado/Ana Sofía Arévalo), Nicaragua 1 (Nahima Silva/ Alejandra Rosales), Panamá 1 (Karla Ortiz/Yeilin Hernández), Costa Rica 2 (Sofía Vega/Aliza Aguilar), El Salvador 2 (Alexandra Reyes/Carmen Alvarez).

Pool B: Costa Rica 1 (Angel Williams/Kianna Araya), El Salvador 1 (Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza), Guatemala 2 (Danna Aguilar/Sofía Rodríguez), Nicaragua 2 (Ella Daniele Resau/Yulimar Alvarado) y Panamá 2 (Krisleen González/Ekaterina Ureña).

PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 10, 2022.- XIV Under 21 AFECAVOL Beach Volleyball Central American Championship will have 11 teams of six countries competing in three pools at Ciudad Deportiva Irving Saladino.

In men, Nicaragua has defending champion Cristopher Cascante playing with Evans Solís, and their second team of Luis Cascante/Deyner López.

2021 runner up, twins Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado of El Salvador, has another strong pair with Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas.

Costa Rica with two duos: Julian Araya/Jhostin Varela, and Yulius Brown/José Fernández, who will try to improve fourth place in the past edition of the tournament. From Belize, Ernest Broaster/Eugen Benguche.

Guatemala is competing with Daniel Delgado/Roberto Recinos, and José Miguel Izaguirre/Mario Ventura. Panama has Gherson Ortiz/Kevin Acosta and Denzel Arboine/Rommy Santos.

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Pool A: Cristopher Cascante/Evans Solís (NCA 1), Rafael Vargas/Gabriel Vargas (ESA 2), Gherson Ortiz/ Kevin Acosta (PAN 1).

Pool B: Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado (ESA 1), Daniel Delgado/Roberto Recinos (GUA 1); Luis Cascante/Deyner López (NCA 2), Yulius Brown/José Fernández (CRC 2).

Pool C: José Miguel Izaguirre/Mario Ventura (GUA 2), Denzel Arboine/Rommy Santos (PAN 2).

First places from pool B and C advance directly into semifinals, while the first place from pool A will face second of pool C, second of pool A will face second of pool B to win their spot in the semifinals.

Friday men’s schedule

PAN 1 vs ESA 2            9:00 a.m.

ESA 1 vs  CRC 2           9:45 a.m.

GUA 1 vs NCA 2          10:30 a.m.

CRC 1 vs PAN 2           11:15 a.m.

BIZ vs GUA 1               12:00 md

NCA 1 vs PAN 1           12:45 pm

CRC 2- NCA 2              13:30 p.m.

ESA 1 – GUA 1             14:15 p.m.

PAN 2 – GUA 2            15:00 p.m.

CRC 1 – BIZ     15:45 p.m.

PANAMA CITY, Panama, November 10, 2022.- The women’s field of the XIV Under 21 AFECAVOL Beach Volleyball Central American Championship starts Friday at Ciudad Deportiva Irving Saladino with 10 teams from five countries.

From Guatemala, defending champion Paola Alvarado will compete this time with Ana Sofía Arévalo, who finished fifth in last year’s edition, the team is expected a great level from the experience of both players. Danna Aguilar and Sofía Rodríguez is Guatemala’s second team.

From Costa Rica, features last year’s runner up Angel Williams and bronze medalist Kianna Araya, also Sofía Vega and Aliza Aguilar.

Nahima Silva and Alejandra Rosales is the number one team of Nicaragua, and Ella Daniele Resau and Yulimar Alvarado is the second team.

Karla Ortiz will play with Yeilin Hernández, while Krisleen González alongside Ekaterina Ureña, represent Panama. El Salvador with Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza, and Alexandra Reyes/Carmen Alvarez.

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Pool A: Alejandra Rosales), Panamá 1 (Karla Ortiz/Yeilin Hernández), Costa Rica 2 (Sofía Vega/Aliza Aguilar), El Salvador 2 (Alexandra Reyes/Carmen Alvarez).

Pool B: Costa Rica 1 (Angel Williams/Kianna Araya), El Salvador 1 (Karla Tovar/Daniela Soza), Guatemala 2 (Danna Aguilar/Sofía Rodríguez), Nicaragua 2 (Ella Daniele Resau/Yulimar Alvarado) y Panamá 2 (Krisleen González/Ekaterina Ureña).

Friday women’s schedule

NCA 1 vs  ESA 2           9:00 a.m.

PAN 1 vs  CRC 2          9:45 a.m.

ESA 1 vs PAN 2            10:30 a.m.

GUA 2 vs NCA 2          11:15 a.m.

ESA 2- PAN 1               12:00 md

GUA 1- NCA 1             12:45 pm

CRC 1- ESA 1               13:30 p.m.

PAN 2 – GUA 2            14:15 p.m.

GUA 1 – CRC 2            15:00 p.m.

CRC 1 – NCA 2             15:45 p.m.