Results of Saturday June 15, 2013
MATCH RESULTS PRELIMINARY ROUND
Teams
No.
Date
Time
1
15-Jun
9:00
SUR
vs
AGU
2
15-Jun
11:00
MQE
vs
3
15-Jun
19:00
GUA
4
15-Jun
21:00
5
16-Jun
6
16-Jun
Result per set (points)
Set
1
2
3
3-0
25-11
25-13
25-13
GUA
3-0
25-20
31-29
25-18
vs
AGU
3-0
25-10
25-15
25-18
SUR
vs
MQE
3-0
25-17
25-19
25-21
9:00
AGU
vs
MQE
0-3
11-25
17-25
16-25
11:00
SUR
vs
GUA
0-3
17-25
18-25
23-25
4
5
FINALS 7
16-Jun
19:00
MQE
vs
AGU
0-0
8
16-Jun
21:00
SUR
vs
GUA
0-0
TEAM RANKINGS PRELIMIARY ROUND
RK
Code
Team
1 2 3 4
SUR GUA MQE AGU
SURINAME GUATEMALA MARTINIQUE ANGUILLA
Matches Pts. T W 10 3 2 10 3 2 10 3 2 0 3 0
L 1 1 1 3
3-0 2 2 2 0
Result Details 3-1 3-2 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-3 0 0 0 0
0-3 1 1 1 3
W 208 221 138 80
Points L Ratio 169 1.231 182 1.214 190 1.121 225 0.551
Sets W 6 6 6 0
L 3 3 3 9
Ratio 2.000 2.000 2.000
PARAMARIBO 16/6/13
09
SUR
00
AGU
MQE
GREEN BLUE WHITE BLUE WHITE WHITE BLUE WHITE
PRELIMINARY
15 15 15 15
GUA
Jun Jun Jun Jun
01 02 03 04
SUR MQE GUA SUR
AGU GUA AGU MQE
GREEN BLUE BLUE GREEN
WHITE BLUE WHITE WHITE
WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE
BLUE WHITE BLUE BLUE
GREEN BLUE BLUE GREEN
BLUE WHITE WHITE WHITE
16 Jun 16 Jun
05 06
AGU SUR
MQE GUA
WHITE GREEN
BLUE BLUE
WHITE WHITE
WHITE WHITE
BLUE WHITE
WHITE BLUE
16 Jun 16 Jun
07 08
MQE SUR
AGU GUA
BLUE GREEN
WHITE WHITE BLUE WHITE
BLUE WHITE
BLUE GREEN
WHITE WHITE
VOLLEYBALL • Match result 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification Prelims Match: 5 Date: 6/16/2013 Spectators: Paramaribo City: Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal Hall: Match duration: Start: 9:06 End: 10:09 Total: 1:03
50
Teams
Sets
1
2
3
4
5
Total
AGU MQE
0 3
11 25
17 25
16 25
44 75
Set duration 0:16 0:21 0:20
0:57
Referees: MALDONADO Walda (GUA) & MAHOF Athonie (SUR) AGU • Anguilla
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 CONNER Ian 2 L GUMBS Kevin 3 SMITH Shaphan 4 SAMUEL Calvin 5 QUEELEY Trevor 6 MITCHELL Derron 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin 8 GUMBS Ricardo 9 THOMPSON Randy 10 CONNOR Lester 11 WEBSTER Darren
L
4
11 5 1
L
L
MQE • Martinique 1 ALPHA Grégory 2 DESERT Nicolas 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES Brice 4 CHRISTINE Loris 5 LEFAIVRE David 6 TOUSSAY Raymond 7 LARCHER Rodrigue 8 GROS-DESORMEAUX Mayik 9 LOWINSKY Edouard 10 L MELINARD Gaël 11 ENIONA Bruno 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric
1 4
1
Jason LIBURD (AGU) Coach: Assistant: Justus CONNOR (AGU)
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
10 4 13 6
L L L
3
8
ERIALC Eddy (MQE) Coach: Assistant: VENITE Thierry (MQE)
TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts
Total Atts
16 9 3 7 2 2 4 3 1 17 44
65 18 3 27 7 5 46 14 4
Scoring Skills
No Name
Won Pts
Total Atts 66 16 18 22 7 6 73 18 8 161
Total Team 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES 1 ALPHA Grégory Total Team 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES 2 DESERT Nicolas Total Team 4 CHRISTINE Loris 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric Total Team Total Team 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES
138
Total Team 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin 8 GUMBS Ricardo Total Team 8 GUMBS Ricardo 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin Total Team 1 CONNER Ian 11 WEBSTER Darren Total Team Total Team
Opp. error Total
29 9 9 4 3 1 11 5 2 31 75
11
29
7 RICHARDSON Sherwin
Best Scorer
13
31
Excellent
Total Atts
Non scoring Skills
Excellent
Total Atts
10 4 3 8 4 23 12
74 16 17 61 36 65 33
21 11 5 18 18 23 8 11
49 13 10 61 57 41 11 19
Starting line-up Substitute Opp = Opponent
Spike
Block
Serve
No Name Total Team 2 GUMBS Kevin 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin Total Team 1 CONNER Ian Total Team 2 GUMBS Kevin Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts
Dig Set Reception Success - Faults # Attempts
No Name
No Name Total Team 10 MELINARD Gaël 1 ALPHA Grégory Total Team 4 CHRISTINE Loris Total Team 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric 10 MELINARD Gaël
nn = Captain L = Libero
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VOLLEYBALL • Match result 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification Prelims 200 Match: 6 Date: 6/16/2013 Spectators: Paramaribo City: Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal Hall: Match duration: Start: 11:03 End: 12:29 Total: 1:26
Teams
Sets
1
2
3
4
5
Total
SUR GUA
0 3
17 25
18 25
23 25
58 75
Set duration 0:23 0:26 0:31
1:20
Referees: FIGUEROA Miguel (PUR) & LAWRENCE Jelanie (AGU) SUR • Suriname
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Brunings Dion 2 Flu Marc 3 Daans Eurwin Rabi 4 Ong A Fat Furgil 5 Joval Roberto Frits 6 Naarden Gino Robert 7 Sporkslede Keven 8 Vliet Antoine Verny 9 Breinburg Zefanio 10 Fraser Clyde 12 L Bell Furgill Raoul 15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton
GUA • Guatemala 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto 5 GONZALEZ PAZ Gerardo Antonio 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Fernando 8 REYES SANTOS Moises Alfonso 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 11 Leonardo Blanco Andy Alexis 12 L Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo
2 2 1 4 6 9 18 3 1
L L L
Jerry Slijngard (SUR) Coach: Assistant: Michael Ong-A-Kwie (SUR)
1 2 3 4 5 Pts 10 1 6 1 8 12 10
L L L
6
REIDER LUCAS Coach: Assistant:
TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts
Total Atts
38 15 6 2 2
99 26 23 37 10
Total Team 7 Sporkslede Keven 6 Naarden Gino Robert Total Team 7 Sporkslede Keven
6 3 1 12 58
60 11 9 196
Total Team 6 Naarden Gino Robert 1 Brunings Dion Total Team Total Team
18
43
Excellent
Total Atts
12 4 3 26 21 48 26
65 13 9 86 66 70 35
Starting line-up Substitute Opp = Opponent
Scoring Skills
No Name
84 12 22 44 8 11 73 11 5
Opp. error Total
44 9 9 7 3 2 3 1 1 21 75
201
Best Scorer
12
28
Non scoring Skills
Excellent
Total Atts
9 3 3 16 13 28 11 10
88 25 11 63 51 53 17 14
Block
Serve
No Name
Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts
Total Atts
Spike
7 Sporkslede Keven
Total Team 12 Bell Furgill Raoul 6 Naarden Gino Robert Total Team 1 Brunings Dion Total Team 12 Bell Furgill Raoul
Won Pts
Dig Set Reception Success - Faults # Attempts
No Name Total Team 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Total Team 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Total Team 1 Nery Flores Jeyson 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Total Team Total Team 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar No Name Total Team 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Total Team 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto Total Team 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar
nn = Captain L = Libero
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Best Scorers
Rk No Name 1 6 Naarden Gino Robert 2 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando 3 1 ALPHA Grégory 4 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 5 11 Leonardo Blanco Andy Alexis 5 7 Sporkslede Keven 7 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin 8 7 LARCHER Rodrigue 8 5 Joval Roberto Frits 10 8 Vliet Antoine Verny 11 8 REYES SANTOS Moises Alfonso 11 5 GONZALEZ PAZ Gerardo Antonio 11 1 CONNER Ian 14 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo 15 4 SAMUEL Calvin 16 2 Flu Marc 16 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES Brice 18 5 LEFAIVRE David 18 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric 20 10 Fraser Clyde 20 8 GROS-DESORMEAUX Mayik 20 2 DESERT Nicolas 23 4 CHRISTINE Loris 24 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto 25 4 Ong A Fat Furgil 25 8 GUMBS Ricardo 27 9 Breinburg Zefanio 27 11 WEBSTER Darren 29 9 THOMPSON Randy 29 3 Daans Eurwin Rabi 31 9 LOWINSKY Edouard 31 1 Brunings Dion 33 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Fernando 34 3 SMITH Shaphan 35 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 35 12 Bell Furgill Raoul 35 15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton 35 2 GUMBS Kevin 35 5 QUEELEY Trevor 35 6 MITCHELL Derron 35 10 CONNOR Lester 35 6 TOUSSAY Raymond 35 10 MELINARD Gaël 35 11 ENIONA Bruno Total tournament
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Team SUR GUA MQE GUA GUA SUR AGU MQE SUR SUR GUA GUA AGU GUA AGU SUR MQE MQE MQE SUR MQE MQE MQE GUA SUR AGU SUR AGU AGU SUR MQE SUR GUA AGU GUA SUR SUR AGU AGU AGU AGU MQE MQE MQE
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Spike 23 25 26 23 22 20 22 19 15 20 17 15 11 11 15 12 10 12 11 7 7 7 2 5 7 4 3 3 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 384
Block 4 3 0 4 2 4 2 1 6 0 2 1 4 4 1 1 4 1 0 5 4 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
Serve 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 4 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
Total 32 29 28 27 25 25 24 22 22 21 19 19 19 18 16 15 15 13 13 12 12 12 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Best Spikers
Rk No Name
Team
1 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 2 11 Leonardo Blanco Andy Alexis 3 8 Vliet Antoine Verny 4 6 Naarden Gino Robert 5 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando 6 1 ALPHA Grégory 7 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin 8 4 SAMUEL Calvin 9 1 CONNER Ian - 7 LARCHER Rodrigue Total Tournament
Limit: 15.00% Succ. % 52.27 48.89 47.62 42.59 42.37 41.27 37.29 30.00 26.19
6 7 14 8 3 5 7 3 4 11 184
Total Attempts 15 15 24 17 10 13 18 12 16 16 380
Avg. by set 0.67 0.56 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.33 3.72
Serve Hits 31 15 21 16 35 31 31 46 14 32 633
Total Attempts 39 29 26 20 42 33 34 50 17 38 765
Avg. by set 0.67 0.56 0.44 0.33 0.33 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 2.72
Faults
Shots
23 22 20 23 25 26 22 15 11 19 384
7 7 6 9 8 11 15 17 10 4 166
14 16 16 22 26 26 22 18 21 13 382
GUA GUA SUR SUR GUA MQE AGU AGU AGU MQE
Total Attempts 44 45 42 54 59 63 59 50 42 36 932
Spikes
41.20
Best Blockers
Rk No Name
Team
1 5 Joval Roberto Frits 2 10 Fraser Clyde 3 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo 4 6 Naarden Gino Robert 5 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES Brice 6 7 Sporkslede Keven 7 1 CONNER Ian 8 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 9 8 GROS-DESORMEAUX Mayik 10 8 GUMBS Ricardo Total Tournament
SUR SUR GUA SUR MQE SUR AGU GUA MQE AGU
Kill Blocks 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 67
Faults
Rebounds
3 3 6 5 3 4 7 5 8 2 129
Best Servers
Rk No Name 1 4 CHRISTINE Loris 2 6 Naarden Gino Robert 3 1 CONNER Ian 4 5 GONZALEZ PAZ Gerardo Antonio 5 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo 6 1 Brunings Dion 7 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto 8 2 Flu Marc 9 11 WEBSTER Darren 10 2 DESERT Nicolas Total Tournament
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Team
Aces
MQE SUR AGU GUA GUA SUR GUA SUR AGU MQE
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6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 49
Faults 2 9 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 83
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Best Diggers
Rk No Name
Team
1 10 MELINARD Gaël 2 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 3 12 Bell Furgill Raoul 4 1 ALPHA Grégory 5 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando 6 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 7 8 REYES SANTOS Moises Alfonso 8 5 LEFAIVRE David 9 6 Naarden Gino Robert 10 2 GUMBS Kevin Total Tournament
Rk No Name
MQE GUA SUR MQE GUA GUA GUA MQE SUR AGU
26 24 12 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 180
SUR MQE GUA AGU GUA SUR AGU SUR GUA GUA
1 12 Bell Furgill Raoul 2 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan 3 6 Naarden Gino Robert 4 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel 5 10 MELINARD Gaël 6 5 LEFAIVRE David 7 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin 8 2 GUMBS Kevin - 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando - 5 Joval Roberto Frits Total Tournament
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Faults
16 42 13 13 14 28 9 8 10 20 398
Total Attempts 52 80 41 33 32 43 25 20 24 38 866
Avg. by set 2.89 2.67 1.33 1.22 1.11 1.00 1.00 0.89 0.89 0.78 10.00
Still Sets 75 125 110 82 33 25 45 5 541
Total Attempts 154 198 156 122 53 38 59 6 1 838
Avg. by set 8.78 7.33 5.00 2.89 2.00 1.33 1.22 0.11 0.11
Receptions
10 14 16 9 8 6 7 4 6 11 288
Best Setters
Team
1 1 Brunings Dion 2 4 CHRISTINE Loris 3 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto 4 10 CONNOR Lester 5 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Fernando 6 15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton 7 1 CONNER Ian 8 6 Naarden Gino Robert 8 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan - 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando Total Tournament
Rk No Name
Digs
Running Sets 79 66 45 26 18 12 11 1 1 259
Faults 7 1 14 2 1 3 38
14.39
Best Receivers
Team
Limit: 25.00% Excellents
SUR GUA SUR GUA MQE MQE AGU AGU GUA SUR
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50 38 29 32 34 25 31 32 16 20 378
Faults 3 1 2 1 5 1 6 9 2 2 45
Serve Receptions 10 17 10 25 22 25 30 33 17 10 253
Total Attempts 63 56 41 58 61 51 67 74 35 32 676
Eff. % 74.60 66.07 65.85 53.45 47.54 47.06 37.31 31.08
49.26
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Best Liberos
Rk No Name 1 2 3 4 5
12 12 10 2 12
Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan Bell Furgill Raoul MELINARD Gaël GUMBS Kevin Bell Furgill Raoul
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Team
Excellents
Faults
In play
GUA SUR MQE AGU
62 62 60 39
15 19 15 20
59 23 38 53
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Total attempts 136 104 113 112
Avg. by set 6.89 6.89 6.67 4.33
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Best Spikers
Rk Team
Limit: 15.00% Succ. % 47.21 45.74 38.96 30.73 41.20
52 52 41 39 184
Total Attempts 104 106 92 78 380
Avg. by set 2.44 2.00 1.56 1.44 3.72
Serve Hits 167 168 190 108 633
Total Attempts 208 210 220 127 765
Avg. by set 1.78 1.78 1.22 0.67 2.72
Total Attempts 268 211 172 215 866
Avg. by set 6.78 6.44 4.33 2.44 10.00
Faults
Shots
110 118 97 59 384
39 38 39 50 166
84 102 113 83 382
1 SUR Suriname 2 GUA Guatemala 3 MQE Martinique 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
Total Attempts 233 258 249 192 932
Spikes
Best Blockers
Rk Team 1 SUR Suriname 2 GUA Guatemala 3 MQE Martinique 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
Kill Blocks 22 18 14 13 67
Faults
Rebounds
30 36 37 26 129
Best Servers
Rk Team
Aces
1 SUR Suriname 1 MQE Martinique 3 GUA Guatemala 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
16 16 11 6 49
Faults 25 26 19 13 83
Best Diggers
Rk Team
Digs
1 GUA Guatemala 2 MQE Martinique 3 SUR Suriname 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
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Faults 74 66 61 87 288
Receptions 133 87 72 106 398
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification
Rk Team
1 SUR Suriname 2 MQE Martinique 3 GUA Guatemala 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
Rk Team
Best Setters Running Sets 92 66 64 37 259
2 11 4 21 38
Still Sets 110 152 144 135 541
Total Attempts 204 229 212 193 838
Avg. by set 10.22 7.33 7.11 4.11 14.39
Best Receivers Limit: 25.00% Excellents
1 SUR Suriname 2 GUA Guatemala 3 MQE Martinique 4 AGU Anguilla Total Tournament
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Faults
109 89 89 91 378
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Faults 8 6 9 22 45
Serve Receptions 37 64 67 85 253
Total Attempts 154 159 165 198 676
Eff. % 65.58 52.20 48.48 34.85 49.26
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Martinique blanks Anguilla 3-0, Eye Gold Medal Match
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, Sunday June 16, 2013: Martinique swept past Anguilla 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-16) to keep alive its chances of securing a spot in the gold medal of their their second round NORCECA Men’s Group M qualifiers to third round of qualification for the 2014 FIVB World Volleyball Championship in Poland. Going into the penultimate preliminary round-robin match at the Ismay Van Wilgen Sporthal, Martinqiue was level on five points from two matches with Guatemala while host Suriname led with maximum ten points. This meant Martinique needed to win very convincingly to enhance its chances and led by 13 points from Brice Hardy-Dessources which included nine spikes and three blocks, and ten from Gregory Alpha, who also had nine spikes, the Frenchspeaking islands achieved its goal in 57 minutes. Aymeric Christine chipped in with eight points and Loris Christine, six in the win for Martinique which dominated its rival on spikes, 29-16, and on aces, 11-4 but were outdone on blocks 4-7. Anguilla which was guilty of committing 31 errors to Martinique’s 17 got a team-high 11 points from Sherwin Richardson, while Ricardo Gumbs got five and the duo of captain Ian Conner and Calvin Samuel, four each. With the win, Martinique ended group play with ten points from two 3-0 wins over Anguilla and Guatemala, which meant the Central Americans needed to beat host Suriname 3-0 in the final preliminary round encounter that followed to force the top two qualifiers to be determined by points differential ratio, ahead of the final on Sunday night from 9pm The two remaining teams in the group will play for bronze from 7pm. Ian Conner, while admitting that his team was not happy to lose yet again, but quickly dispel any notions that it was because of being inferior to the opposing teams. “We know we can compete with these teams, the difference for us is that we did not get our passes in while our preparations for tournament likes these will always be tough because of lack of proper facilities.” He explained, “We trained mostly on outdoor facilities, while we compete in indoor tournaments, so the guys will take some time to adjust when we come to tournaments, and we don’t have that time, as was seen.”
Despite the win, Martinique captain David Lefaivre, who opted to rest his injuries in this match lamented the fact that his team had a chance to win each sets by wider margins, but did not make full use of their chances. He added, “Unfortunately we now have to sit and see what happens with the final match between Suriname and Guatemala to know if we qualify for the final, which will give us a chance at qualification to the third round.” Jason Liburd, Anguilla coach said while he would have hoped to at least win a set his team will take away the experience of playing at this level and hope to build on it. “You have to remember, we are at a huge disadvantage when it comes to preparation due to lack of facilities, but the guys have the potential and we will continue to work hard,” ended Liburd. Martinique’s Eddy Erialc, while visibly not that excited with the level of play of his team accepted some of the blame. Erialc said, “Sometimes when you think a match is going to be very easy in your head as players, it is not that way on the court and you have many difficulties. “We were too lazy at some points in the match and at this point it’s the coach who has to ask the players for better.”
Guatemala outplays Suriname to Set up Gold Medal Meeting PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, Sunday June 16, 2013: Captain Oscar Daniel Garcia led three players in double-figure scoring as Guatemala put on its best performance in three matches, beating host Suriname 25-17, 25-18, 25-23 to reach the gold medal match in their second round NORCECA Men’s Group M qualifiers to third round of qualification for the 2014 FIVB World Volleyball Championship in Poland. Going into the final round-robin fixture in the group, Suriname, winners of its two previous matches against Martinique and Anguilla, both by 3-0 margins for maximum ten points lead ahead of Martinique (2-1) based on a better points differential ratio while Guatemala had five points from two matches and needed nothing less than a straight sets win to have a chance of a top two finish and a spot in the final. Garcia led from the front as he tallied 12 points, nine of which were spikes and three blocks while Andy Blanco and Jeyson Flores each got ten points in the entertaining encounter which lasted one hour, and 20 minutes infront of another lively and appreciative crowd. The Guatemalans, who outscored the host on spikes 44-38 and blocks 7-2 also committed less errors, 12-21 in the must win encounter to the delight of coach, Cuban Reider Lucas. For Suriname, which suffered its first loss in the process, Keven Sporkslede, who has been used mainly off the bench due to injury led all scorers with 18 points, inclusive of 15 spikes and two blocks while Gino Naarden got nine and captain, Roberto Frits Joval six. With the win, Guatemala joined Suriname and Martinique with 2-1 records at the end of their four-team round-robin series and ten points each, and identical sets won to set loss ratios of 6-3 while Anguilla ended 0-3 and without a point and a sets won to sets loss record of 0-9. This meant the top two teams needed to be decided on the points won to point loss ratio which saw Suriname’s 1.231 at top the table ahead of fellow finalist Guatemala (1.214) while Martinique (1.121) was third and faces Anguilla for bronze. Commenting after the match, Joval said his Suriname team was over confident in their approach to the match. He added, “We knew Guatemala would come into the match with their all because they needed to win to have a chance to reach the final. We did not have the best of starts in the match as compared to the other two matches, and even though we improved in the third set, it was not enough.
Looking ahead to the final against the same opponents, Joval said his team will need to improve on all aspects of its game that was lacking in the loss. An elated Garcia was quick to admit it was the best match of the tournament for his team so far in the tournament and it has given his team a lot of confidence ahead of the gold medal match. “We knew we needed to win by 3-0 to have a chance to reach the final, so we played harder than in the other matches and for the final we want to play event better.’ Jerry Slijngard, Suriname’s coach admitted his team did not have a good match spiking wise and vows to improve for the final. “We have seen where we need to improve for the finals and I can assure you it will be a different battle. “From the start of the match we knew we could have sealed top spot in the group by winning one set which would have also eliminated Guatemala and give us another opponent in the final. But we did not achieve that and now we must play better against the same opponent to win the lone spot to the third round. Reider Lucas, the Cuban-born coach of Guatemala said it was a much better performance from his team than in their two previous matches and in the final he hopes they put on a much better game to win and qualify for the third round.