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Costa Rica earns ticket to NORCECA third round of qualifiers ORANJESTAD, Aruba, May 19, 2013 – Costa Rica scored a 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 25-15 over hosts Aruba on Sunday night to advance to the third round of NORCECA qualifiers towards the 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship in Poland. The NORCECA eighth-ranked Costa Ricans were the pre-tournament favorites and played to the level of their status winning their four matches, including two over the home side. The Central Americans join St Lucia as non-seeded teams who have earned tickets to next year’s final round of regional competitions

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Page 1: Bulletin No 4 Final 2014 NORCECA World Championship Qualification Men Round 2 - Group L, Aruba

Group LAruba, May 16-20, 2013

Bulletin No. 4

Antigua

Curacao

Costa Rica

Aruba

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BEST SCORER: Darwin Colina No. 10 CUR

BEST SPIKER: Jeffrey Calderon No. 5 CRC

BEST BLOCKER: Jonathan Jones No. 12 ARU

BEST SERVER: Eargenell de Cuba No. 6 ARU

BEST DIGGER: Alvaro Pescante No. 8 CRC

BEST SETTER: Dan Kleinbussink No. 5 ARU

BEST RECEIVER: Alvaro Pescante No. 8 CRC

BEST LIBERO: Alvaro Pescante No. 8 CRC

MVP: Richard Smith No. 8 CRC

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Best ScorersRk No Name Team Spike Block Serve Total

1 10 Colina Darwin CUR 70 14 2 862 6 De Cuba Eargenell ARU 68 5 6 793 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 61 14 3 784 4 Collin Thomas ANT 48 4 1 535 5 Calderon Orozco Jeffrey CRC 37 3 2 426 5 Meulens Jurcham CUR 37 0 4 416 12 Zumbado Mora Jose Pablo CRC 33 6 2 418 1 Fransua Angela ARU 37 2 1 409 2 Meermans Frank ARU 36 2 0 38

10 12 Jones Jonathan ARU 20 15 0 3511 2 Jamarie James ANT 26 4 2 3211 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier CRC 16 13 3 3213 1 Isenia Raygid CUR 19 9 3 3114 9 Roberts Xavier ANT 17 11 1 2915 9 Poulina Gibert CUR 22 2 2 2616 3 Daniel Mitchel ARU 9 13 1 2317 4 Bonafasia Norandy CUR 11 8 1 2018 7 Cabrall Kylon ANT 12 5 1 1819 3 Monge Leandro Bryan CRC 13 1 1 1519 16 Cruz Romero Carlos Arturo CRC 7 8 0 1519 5 Kleinbussink Daan ARU 11 1 3 1522 1 Ryan Martin ANT 8 3 2 1322 7 Araya Urbina Esteban CRC 10 3 0 1324 5 Rixon Joseph ANT 10 2 0 1224 1 Quesada Prieto Carlos CRC 3 5 4 1226 11 Olsen Joseph ANT 7 1 1 926 8 Prosper Anderson CUR 9 0 0 928 11 Tokaay Giandro CUR 1 4 2 729 3 Henry Matthew ANT 3 2 1 629 13 Suarez Carrillo Jorge CRC 3 1 2 631 2 Leon Brenes Armando CRC 3 2 0 531 12 Yeung Harold CUR 1 2 2 533 6 Anthony Quiten CUR 2 0 0 233 3 Isebia Joar CUR 0 2 0 233 7 Statie Vercellio ARU 2 0 0 236 4 Araya Urbina Andres CRC 0 0 1 137 8 Jupiter Johnathan ANT 0 0 0 037 10 Auguiste Yashid ANT 0 0 0 037 2 Mota Nelson CUR 0 0 0 037 7 Martha Terence CUR 0 0 0 037 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro CRC 0 0 0 037 4 Robles de Medina Elmerlindo ARU 0 0 0 037 8 Blijden Edwin ARU 0 0 0 037 9 Hodge Gino ARU 0 0 0 037 10 Pietersz Joel ARU 0 0 0 037 11 Ruiz Jarryd ARU 0 0 0 0

Total tournament 672 167 54 893

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Best ServersRk No Name Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 6 De Cuba Eargenell ARU 6 10 43 59 0.382 1 Quesada Prieto Carlos CRC 4 4 61 69 0.273 5 Meulens Jurcham CUR 4 6 35 45 0.274 1 Isenia Raygid CUR 3 5 73 81 0.205 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 3 7 52 62 0.206 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier CRC 3 7 43 53 0.207 5 Kleinbussink Daan ARU 3 5 55 63 0.198 1 Ryan Martin ANT 2 4 22 28 0.149 2 Jamarie James ANT 2 7 30 39 0.14

10 13 Suarez Carrillo Jorge CRC 2 - 14 16 0.13Total Tournament 54 137 1,140 1,331 1.80

Best BlockersRk No Name Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set1 12 Jones Jonathan ARU 15 9 14 38 0.942 10 Colina Darwin CUR 14 9 18 41 0.933 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 14 9 9 32 0.934 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier CRC 13 10 11 34 0.875 3 Daniel Mitchel ARU 13 21 17 51 0.816 9 Roberts Xavier ANT 11 11 30 52 0.797 1 Isenia Raygid CUR 9 12 29 50 0.608 16 Cruz Romero Carlos Arturo CRC 8 10 18 36 0.539 4 Bonafasia Norandy CUR 8 13 16 37 0.53

10 12 Zumbado Mora Jose Pablo CRC 6 12 11 29 0.40Total Tournament 167 260 345 772 5.57

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk No Name Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 5 Calderon Orozco Jeffrey CRC 37 9 21 67 55.222 10 Colina Darwin CUR 70 30 37 137 51.093 6 De Cuba Eargenell ARU 68 27 45 140 48.574 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 61 17 52 130 46.925 12 Zumbado Mora Jose Pablo CRC 33 11 27 71 46.486 2 Jamarie James ANT 26 17 17 60 43.337 1 Fransua Angela ARU 37 19 34 90 41.118 4 Collin Thomas ANT 48 26 45 119 40.349 5 Meulens Jurcham CUR 37 23 32 92 40.22

10 2 Meermans Frank ARU 36 13 42 91 39.56Total Tournament 672 307 533 1,512 44.44

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Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk No Name Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro CRC 54 5 49 108 45.372 1 Fransua Angela ARU 44 4 56 104 38.463 7 Martha Terence CUR 45 6 66 117 33.334 4 Collin Thomas ANT 42 6 69 117 30.775 4 Robles de Medina Elmerlindo ARU 39 5 71 115 29.576 10 Auguiste Yashid ANT 31 7 64 102 23.53- 5 Meulens Jurcham CUR 36 5 28 69- 9 Poulina Gibert CUR 24 6 38 68- 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 26 5 34 65- 6 De Cuba Eargenell ARU 24 2 25 51

Total Tournament 429 74 684 1,187 29.91

Best SettersRk No Name Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 5 Kleinbussink Daan ARU 94 11 221 326 5.882 1 Quesada Prieto Carlos CRC 80 1 132 213 5.333 12 Yeung Harold CUR 51 2 84 137 3.404 11 Tokaay Giandro CUR 40 2 130 172 2.675 3 Henry Matthew ANT 28 6 99 133 2.006 4 Araya Urbina Andres CRC 28 3 59 90 1.877 11 Olsen Joseph ANT 13 7 82 102 0.938 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier CRC 2 - - 2 0.139 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 2 1 3 6 0.13

10 1 Ryan Martin ANT 1 - 2 3 0.07Total Tournament 343 45 889 1,277 11.43

Best DiggersRk No Name Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro CRC 23 18 53 94 1.532 6 De Cuba Eargenell ARU 11 19 36 66 0.693 7 Martha Terence CUR 10 18 53 81 0.674 4 Collin Thomas ANT 7 13 37 57 0.505 1 Fransua Angela ARU 8 12 26 46 0.506 12 Zumbado Mora Jose Pablo CRC 7 9 21 37 0.477 9 Poulina Gibert CUR 5 12 24 41 0.338 11 Smith Hall Richard CRC 5 22 33 60 0.339 4 Robles de Medina Elmerlindo ARU 4 23 37 64 0.25

10 9 Roberts Xavier ANT 3 11 19 33 0.21Total Tournament 121 365 882 1,368 4.03

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Best LiberosRk No Name Team Excellents Faults In play

Totalattempts

Avg.by set

1 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro CRC 77 23 102 202 5.132 7 Martha Terence CUR 55 24 119 198 3.673 4 Robles de Medina Elmerlindo ARU 43 28 108 179 2.694 10 Auguiste Yashid ANT 33 30 96 159 2.36

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1 2 3 4 5

1 18-may 09:00 CUR vs CRC 1-3 19-25 29-27 17-25 26-28

2 18-may 11:00 ARU vs ANT 3-1 17-25 25-20 25-21 25-21

3 18-may 18:00 ANT vs CRC 1-3 28-26 17-25 18-25 20-25

4 18-may 20:00 ARU vs CUR 3-2 20-25 25-15 23-25 27-25 15-13

1 2 3 4 5

5 19-may 09:00 ANT vs CUR 0-3 11-25 17-25 19-25

6 19-may 11:00 ARU vs CRC 0-3 15-25 12-25 19-25

7 19-may 18:00 CUR vs ANT 3-0 25-22 25-17 25-19

8 19-may 20:00 CRC vs ARU 3-1 25-22 25-22 19-25 25-15

No. Date Time Teams

FINALS

SetResult per set (points)

Competition Schedule

2014 World Championship Qualification

Mens Group L - Aruba - May 16-20

No. Date Time Teams SetResult per set (points)

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1. Costa Rica2. Aruba3. Curacao4. Antigua

Rk Code TeamMatches Results Details Points Sets

Pts T W L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 W L Ratio W L Ratio

4 ANT Antigua 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 217 268 0.810 2 9 0.2223 CUR Curacao 8 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 269 262 1.027 6 6 1.000

1 CRC Costa Rica 13 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 281 220 1.277 9 2 4.5002 ARU Aruba 7 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 248 265 0.936 6 6 1.000

PreliminaryTEAM RANKING

No Date Teams Set Result per set (points)1 2 3 4 5

TotalPoints

Time Spectators

-CUR ANT 3-07 19/05/2013 25-22 25-17 25-19 75- 58 1:06 100-CRC ARU 3-18 19/05/2013 25-22 25-22 19-25 25-15 94- 84 1:47 200

Finals

No Date Teams Set Result per set (points)1 2 3 4 5

TotalPoints

Time Spectators

-CUR CRC 1-31 18/05/2013 19-25 29-27 17-25 26-28 91-105 2:06 100-ARU ANT 3-12 18/05/2013 17-25 25-20 25-21 25-21 92- 87 1:48 150-ANT CRC 1-33 18/05/2013 28-26 17-25 18-25 20-25 83-101 1:39 50-ARU CUR 3-24 18/05/2013 20-25 25-15 23-25 27-25 15-13 110-103 2:07 200-ANT CUR 0-35 19/05/2013 11-25 17-25 19-25 47- 75 1:04 50-ARU CRC 0-36 19/05/2013 15-25 12-25 19-25 46- 75 1:11 100

PreliminaryMATCH RESULTS

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VOLLEYBALL • Collated results & ranking2014 World Championship Qualification,Mens Group LResults of Sunday, 19' 19e 'May' 19e '2013

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Starting line-upSubstitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scoredAtts = Attempts

nn = CaptainL = Libero

Non scoringSkills

Dig

Set

ReceptionSuccess - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotalAtts

No Name

5 70 Total Team2 12 4 Collin Thomas2 10 9 Roberts Xavier

10 62 Total Team6 26 3 Henry Matthew

17 64 Total Team8 25 10 Auguiste Yashid

ExcellentTotalAtts

No Name

4 68 Total Team1 11 4 Bonafasia Norandy1 12 8 Prosper Anderson

13 61 Total Team8 31 12 Yeung Harold

23 54 Total Team11 25 7 Martha Terence

Best Scorer 8 30 2 Jamarie James15 50 10 Colina Darwin

ScoringSkills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. errorTotal

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

24 76 Total Team7 16 2 Jamarie James6 21 4 Collin Thomas6 38 Total Team2 4 7 Cabrall Kylon1 3 5 Rixon Joseph2 60 Total Team1 12 4 Collin Thomas1 5 7 Cabrall Kylon

26 Total Team58 174 Total Team

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

33 69 Total Team10 19 5 Meulens Jurcham

9 22 10 Colina Darwin12 50 Total Team

6 16 10 Colina Darwin2 12 1 Isenia Raygid2 73 Total Team1 6 12 Yeung Harold1 6 5 Meulens Jurcham

28 Total Team75 192 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

ANT • Antigua 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Ryan Martin2 Jamarie James3 Henry Matthew4 Collin Thomas5 Rixon Joseph7 Cabrall Kylon8 Jupiter Johnathan9 Roberts Xavier

10 Auguiste YashidL11 Olsen Joseph

L L L

18

753

4

4

Coach:Assistant:

Benjamin Fitzroy (ANT)Francis Deon (ANT)

CUR • Curacao 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Isenia Raygid2 Mota Nelson3 Isebia Joar4 Bonafasia Norandy5 Meulens Jurcham6 Anthony Quiten7 Martha TerenceL8 Prosper Anderson9 Poulina Gibert

10 Colina Darwin11 Tokaay Giandro12 Yeung Harold

L L L

6

311

1

42

1514

Coach:Assistant:

Hubert Petronia (CUR)Rigoletto Thode (CUR)

Referees: Mc Leod, A. (ARU) & Mora, M. (CRC)

CURANT 0

3 2522

2517

2519

7558

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:20 0:19 0:21 1:00

Match: Spectators:Date:City:Hall:

7 10019/05/2013Sta Cruz, ArubaCDBC

Match duration: Start: 6:00 End: 7:06 Total: 1:06

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VOLLEYBALL • Match result2014 World Championship Qualification,Mens Group LFinals (Places 3-4)

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Starting line-upSubstitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scoredAtts = Attempts

nn = CaptainL = Libero

Non scoringSkills

Dig

Set

ReceptionSuccess - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotalAtts

No Name

10 99 Total Team5 18 1 Fransua Angela4 15 6 De Cuba Eargenell

32 101 Total Team30 92 5 Kleinbussink Daan33 89 Total Team11 24 1 Fransua Angela14 40 4 Robles de Medina

ExcellentTotalAtts

No Name

9 109 Total Team6 30 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro2 18 11 Smith Hall Richard

27 86 Total Team24 73 1 Quesada Prieto Carlos24 77 Total Team

8 21 11 Smith Hall Richard9 25 8 Cascante Retana Alvaro

Best Scorer 24 65 6 De Cuba Eargenell19 66 11 Smith Hall Richard

ScoringSkills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. errorTotal

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

54 128 Total Team23 49 6 De Cuba Eargenell14 32 1 Fransua Angela10 45 Total Team

6 13 3 Daniel Mitchel3 7 12 Jones Jonathan2 85 Total Team1 14 6 De Cuba Eargenell1 18 3 Daniel Mitchel

18 Total Team84 258 Total Team

WonPts

TotalAtts

No Name

47 111 Total Team15 41 11 Smith Hall Richard12 25 5 Calderon Orozco Jeffrey16 65 Total Team

5 15 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier4 8 11 Smith Hall Richard3 93 Total Team1 15 5 Calderon Orozco Jeffrey1 12 17 Alvarez Lopez Javier

28 Total Team94 269 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

ARU • Aruba 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Fransua Angela2 Meermans Frank3 Daniel Mitchel4 Robles de Medina ElmerlindoL5 Kleinbussink Daan6 De Cuba Eargenell7 Statie Vercellio8 Blijden Edwin9 Hodge Gino

10 Pietersz Joel11 Ruiz Jarryd12 Jones Jonathan

L L L L

1587

424

8

Coach:Assistant:

John van der Lee (ARU)Errol Yrausquin (ARU)

CRC • Costa Rica 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 Quesada Prieto Carlos2 Leon Brenes Armando3 Monge Leandro Bryan4 Araya Urbina Andres5 Calderon Orozco Jeffrey7 Araya Urbina Esteban8 Cascante Retana AlvaroL

11 Smith Hall Richard12 Zumbado Mora Jose Pablo13 Suarez Carrillo Jorge16 Cruz Romero Carlos Arturo17 Alvarez Lopez Javier

L L L L

3

5

15

199

411

Coach:Assistant:

Cesar Salas (CRC)Alvaro Fonseca (CRC)

Referees: Samuel, B. (ANT) & Beltre, J. (DOM)

CRCARU 1

3 2522

2522

1925

2515

9484

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:25 0:25 0:25 0:23 1:38

Match: Spectators:Date:City:Hall:

8 20019/05/2013Sta Cruz, ArubaCDBC

Match duration: Start: 8:00 End: 9:47 Total: 1:47

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VOLLEYBALL • Match result2014 World Championship Qualification,Mens Group LFinals (Places 1-2)

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Best DiggersRk Team Digs Faults Receptions

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 CRC Costa Rica 49 93 226 368 3.272 ARU Aruba 28 97 214 339 1.753 CUR Curacao 26 77 208 311 1.734 ANT Antigua 18 98 234 350 1.29

Total Tournament 121 365 882 1,368 4.03

Best ServersRk Team Aces Faults

ServeHits

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 CRC Costa Rica 18 35 319 372 1.202 CUR Curacao 16 38 288 342 1.073 ARU Aruba 11 34 289 334 0.694 ANT Antigua 9 30 244 283 0.64

Total Tournament 54 137 1,140 1,331 1.80

Best BlockersRk Team

KillBlocks

Faults ReboundsTotal

AttemptsAvg.

by set1 CRC Costa Rica 56 68 82 206 3.732 CUR Curacao 41 57 104 202 2.733 ARU Aruba 38 74 69 181 2.384 ANT Antigua 32 61 90 183 2.29

Total Tournament 167 260 345 772 5.57

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk Team Spikes Faults Shots

TotalAttempts

Succ.%

1 CRC Costa Rica 186 58 135 379 49.082 CUR Curacao 172 86 117 375 45.873 ARU Aruba 183 80 156 419 43.684 ANT Antigua 131 83 125 339 38.64

Total Tournament 672 307 533 1,512 44.44

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Limit: 25.00%

Best ReceiversRk Team Excellents Faults

ServeReceptions

TotalAttempts

Eff. %

1 CUR Curacao 117 20 155 292 33.222 CRC Costa Rica 107 15 156 278 33.093 ARU Aruba 120 15 188 323 32.514 ANT Antigua 85 24 185 294 20.75

Total Tournament 429 74 684 1,187 29.91

Best SettersRk Team

RunningSets

FaultsStillSets

TotalAttempts

Avg.by set

1 CRC Costa Rica 112 5 200 317 7.472 CUR Curacao 92 12 235 339 6.133 ARU Aruba 96 13 246 355 6.004 ANT Antigua 43 15 208 266 3.07

Total Tournament 343 45 889 1,277 11.43

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2014 NORCECA WOLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION, GROUP L

ARUBA, MAY 16-20, 2013

Costa Rica earns ticket to NORCECA third round of qualifiers

ORANJESTAD, Aruba, May 19, 2013 – Costa Rica scored a 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 25-15 over hosts

Aruba on Sunday night to advance to the third round of NORCECA qualifiers towards the 2014 FIVB

Men’s World Championship in Poland.

The NORCECA eighth-ranked Costa Ricans were the pre-tournament favorites and played to the

level of their status winning their four matches, including two over the home side. The Central

Americans join St Lucia as non-seeded teams who have earned tickets to next year’s final round of

regional competitions.

Richard Smith had 19 points, including four blocks, as the offensive leader of Costa Rica. Jeffrey

Calderon and Javier Alvarez added 15 and 11 points respectively. Aruba’s Eargenell De Cuba had a

match-high 24 points while Angela Fransua finished with 15.

Costa Rica held a 16-10 margin in blocks and had a 3-2 edge in aces. The winners benefitted of 28

opponents’ errors while committing 18.

““Our blocking worked as we planned and I feel so happy about going to the third round,” Costa

Rica coach Cesar Salas said. “We have to give credit to Aruba for their performance and for the

excellent organization.”

“We came for the gold medal but the final match was of high level with Aruba playing a great

match,” the Costa Rican Smith commented. “It was not easy because at the beginning we didn’t

know very much about the opponents and took us a while to adjust. I am really thrilled.”

“I am satisfied with the second place,” Aruba coach John van der Lee said. “Winning against

Curacao was great and we knew it was going to be very difficult to win against a team like Costa

Rica.”

“We couldn’t come up with the gold medal but we did the effort and played with our heart,” De

Cuba stated. “Now I am going to continue playing beach volleyball but I always will be available for

my country. I also want to thank the fantastic fans for their support.”

In the match for third place, Curacao defeated Antigua & Barbuda in straight sets 25-22, 25-17, 25-

19. Once again Darwin Colina was the top scorer for Curacao with 15 points, including six blocks,

while Jurcham Meulens contributed 11 tallies. James Jamarie had 8 points in the losing cause.