Results of Saturday June 15, 2013

MATCH RESULTS

PRELIMINARY ROUND

No. Date Time Teams Set Result per set (points)

1 2 3 4 5

1 15-Jun 9:00 SUR vs AGU 3-0 25-11 25-13 25-13

2 15-Jun 11:00 MQE vs GUA 3-0 25-20 31-29 25-18

3 15-Jun 19:00 GUA vs AGU 3-0 25-10 25-15 25-18

4 15-Jun 21:00 SUR vs MQE 3-0 25-17 25-19 25-21

5 16-Jun 9:00 AGU vs MQE 0-3 11-25 17-25 16-25

6 16-Jun 11:00 SUR vs GUA 0-3 17-25 18-25 23-25

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 Matches Result 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

1 SUR SURINAME 10 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 208 169 1.231 6 3 2.000

2 GUA GUATEMALA 10 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 221 182 1.214 6 3 2.000

3 MQE MARTINIQUE 10 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 138 190 1.121 6 3 2.000

4 AGU ANGUILLA 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 80 225 0.551 0 9

Starting line-up

Substitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scored

Atts = Attempts

nn = Captain

L = Libero

Non scoring

Skills

Dig

Set

Reception

Success - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

21 49 Total Team11 13 10 MELINARD Gaël

5 10 1 ALPHA Grégory

18 61 Total Team18 57 4 CHRISTINE Loris

23 41 Total Team8 11 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric

11 19 10 MELINARD Gaël

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

10 74 Total Team4 16 2 GUMBS Kevin

3 17 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin

8 61 Total Team4 36 1 CONNER Ian

23 65 Total Team12 33 2 GUMBS Kevin

Best Scorer 13 31 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES11 29 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin

Scoring

Skills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. error

Total

Won

Pts

Total

AttsNo Name

29 66 Total Team9 16 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES

9 18 1 ALPHA Grégory

4 22 Total Team3 7 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES

1 6 2 DESERT Nicolas

11 73 Total Team5 18 4 CHRISTINE Loris

2 8 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric

31 Total Team

75 161 Total Team

Won

Pts

Total

AttsNo Name

16 65 Total Team9 18 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin

3 3 8 GUMBS Ricardo

7 27 Total Team2 7 8 GUMBS Ricardo

2 5 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin

4 46 Total Team3 14 1 CONNER Ian

1 4 11 WEBSTER Darren

17 Total Team

44 138 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

MQE • Martinique 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

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 MELINARD GaëlL

11 ENIONA Bruno

12 CHRISTINE Aymeric

L L L

10

4

13

6

3

8

Coach:

Assistant:

ERIALC Eddy (MQE)

VENITE Thierry (MQE)

AGU • Anguilla 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

1 CONNER Ian

2 GUMBS KevinL

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 L L

4

1

4

11

5

1

1

Coach:

Assistant:

Jason LIBURD (AGU)

Justus CONNOR (AGU)

Referees: MALDONADO Walda (GUA) & MAHOF Athonie (SUR)

AGU

MQE 3

0 11

25

17

25

16

25

44

75

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:16 0:21 0:20 0:57

Match: Spectators:Date:

City:

Hall:

5 506/16/2013

Paramaribo

Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal

Match duration: Start: 9:06 End: 10:09 Total: 1:03

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Starting line-up

Substitute

Opp = Opponent

Pts = Points scored

Atts = Attempts

nn = Captain

L = Libero

Non scoring

Skills

Dig

Set

Reception

Success - Faults

# Attempts

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

9 88 Total Team3 25 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan

3 11 1 Nery Flores Jeyson

16 63 Total Team13 51 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto

28 53 Total Team11 17 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan

10 14 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar

ExcellentTotal

AttsNo Name

12 65 Total Team4 13 12 Bell Furgill Raoul

3 9 6 Naarden Gino Robert

26 86 Total Team21 66 1 Brunings Dion

48 70 Total Team26 35 12 Bell Furgill Raoul

Best Scorer 12 28 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar18 43 7 Sporkslede Keven

Scoring

Skills

Spike

Block

Serve

Opp. error

Total

Won

Pts

Total

AttsNo Name

44 84 Total Team9 12 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar

9 22 1 Nery Flores Jeyson

7 44 Total Team3 8 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar

2 11 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO

3 73 Total Team1 11 1 Nery Flores Jeyson

1 5 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio

21 Total Team

75 201 Total Team

Won

Pts

Total

AttsNo Name

38 99 Total Team15 26 7 Sporkslede Keven

6 23 6 Naarden Gino Robert

2 37 Total Team2 10 7 Sporkslede Keven

6 60 Total Team3 11 6 Naarden Gino Robert

1 9 1 Brunings Dion

12 Total Team

58 196 Total Team

TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES

GUA • Guatemala 1 2 3 4 5 Pts

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 Pineda Lopez Tirso IvanL

14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo

L L L

10

1

6

1

8

12

10

6

Coach:

Assistant:

REIDER LUCAS

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 Bell Furgill RaoulL

15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton

L L L

2

2

1

4

6

9

18

3

1

Coach:

Assistant:

Jerry Slijngard (SUR)

Michael Ong-A-Kwie (SUR)

Referees: FIGUEROA Miguel (PUR) & LAWRENCE Jelanie (AGU)

SUR

GUA 3

0 17

25

18

25

23

25

58

75

Teams Sets 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Set duration 0:23 0:26 0:31 1:20

Match: Spectators:Date:

City:

Hall:

6 2006/16/2013

Paramaribo

Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal

Match duration: Start: 11:03 End: 12:29 Total: 1:26

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Best ScorersRk No Name Team Spike Block Serve Total

1 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 23 4 5 322 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando GUA 25 3 1 293 1 ALPHA Grégory MQE 26 0 2 284 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel GUA 23 4 0 275 11 Leonardo Blanco Andy Alexis GUA 22 2 1 255 7 Sporkslede Keven SUR 20 4 1 257 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin AGU 22 2 0 248 7 LARCHER Rodrigue MQE 19 1 2 228 5 Joval Roberto Frits SUR 15 6 1 2210 8 Vliet Antoine Verny SUR 20 0 1 2111 8 REYES SANTOS Moises Alfonso GUA 17 2 0 1911 5 GONZALEZ PAZ Gerardo Antonio GUA 15 1 3 1911 1 CONNER Ian AGU 11 4 4 1914 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo GUA 11 4 3 1815 4 SAMUEL Calvin AGU 15 1 0 1616 2 Flu Marc SUR 12 1 2 1516 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES Brice MQE 10 4 1 1518 5 LEFAIVRE David MQE 12 1 0 1318 12 CHRISTINE Aymeric MQE 11 0 2 1320 10 Fraser Clyde SUR 7 5 0 1220 8 GROS-DESORMEAUX Mayik MQE 7 4 1 1220 2 DESERT Nicolas MQE 7 3 2 1223 4 CHRISTINE Loris MQE 2 1 6 924 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto GUA 5 1 2 825 4 Ong A Fat Furgil SUR 7 0 0 725 8 GUMBS Ricardo AGU 4 3 0 727 9 Breinburg Zefanio SUR 3 1 2 627 11 WEBSTER Darren AGU 3 1 2 629 9 THOMPSON Randy AGU 4 1 0 529 3 Daans Eurwin Rabi SUR 2 1 2 531 9 LOWINSKY Edouard MQE 3 0 0 331 1 Brunings Dion SUR 1 0 2 333 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Fernando GUA 0 1 1 234 3 SMITH Shaphan AGU 0 1 0 135 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan GUA 0 0 0 035 12 Bell Furgill Raoul SUR 0 0 0 035 15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton SUR 0 0 0 035 2 GUMBS Kevin AGU 0 0 0 035 5 QUEELEY Trevor AGU 0 0 0 035 6 MITCHELL Derron AGU 0 0 0 035 10 CONNOR Lester AGU 0 0 0 035 6 TOUSSAY Raymond MQE 0 0 0 035 10 MELINARD Gaël MQE 0 0 0 035 11 ENIONA Bruno MQE 0 0 0 0

Total tournament 384 67 49 500

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Best ServersRk No Name Team Aces Faults

Serve

Hits

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set

1 4 CHRISTINE Loris MQE 6 2 31 39 0.672 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 5 9 15 29 0.563 1 CONNER Ian AGU 4 1 21 26 0.444 5 GONZALEZ PAZ Gerardo Antonio GUA 3 1 16 20 0.335 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo GUA 3 4 35 42 0.336 1 Brunings Dion SUR 2 - 31 33 0.227 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto GUA 2 1 31 34 0.228 2 Flu Marc SUR 2 2 46 50 0.229 11 WEBSTER Darren AGU 2 1 14 17 0.2210 2 DESERT Nicolas MQE 2 4 32 38 0.22

Total Tournament 49 83 633 765 2.72

Best BlockersRk No Name Team

Kill

BlocksFaults Rebounds

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set

1 5 Joval Roberto Frits SUR 6 3 6 15 0.672 10 Fraser Clyde SUR 5 3 7 15 0.563 14 CHINCHILLA FRANCO Brandon Arnoldo GUA 4 6 14 24 0.444 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 4 5 8 17 0.445 3 HARDY-DESSOURCES Brice MQE 4 3 3 10 0.446 7 Sporkslede Keven SUR 4 4 5 13 0.447 1 CONNER Ian AGU 4 7 7 18 0.448 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel GUA 4 5 3 12 0.449 8 GROS-DESORMEAUX Mayik MQE 4 8 4 16 0.4410 8 GUMBS Ricardo AGU 3 2 11 16 0.33

Total Tournament 67 129 184 380 3.72

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk No Name Team Spikes Faults Shots

Total

Attempts

Succ.

%

1 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel GUA 23 7 14 44 52.272 11 Leonardo Blanco Andy Alexis GUA 22 7 16 45 48.893 8 Vliet Antoine Verny SUR 20 6 16 42 47.624 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 23 9 22 54 42.595 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando GUA 25 8 26 59 42.376 1 ALPHA Grégory MQE 26 11 26 63 41.277 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin AGU 22 15 22 59 37.298 4 SAMUEL Calvin AGU 15 17 18 50 30.009 1 CONNER Ian AGU 11 10 21 42 26.19- 7 LARCHER Rodrigue MQE 19 4 13 36

Total Tournament 384 166 382 932 41.20

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Best ReceiversRk No Name Team Excellents Faults

Serve

Receptions

Total

AttemptsEff. %

1 12 Bell Furgill Raoul SUR 50 3 10 63 74.602 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan GUA 38 1 17 56 66.073 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 29 2 10 41 65.854 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel GUA 32 1 25 58 53.455 10 MELINARD Gaël MQE 34 5 22 61 47.546 5 LEFAIVRE David MQE 25 1 25 51 47.067 7 RICHARDSON Sherwin AGU 31 6 30 67 37.318 2 GUMBS Kevin AGU 32 9 33 74 31.08- 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando GUA 16 2 17 35- 5 Joval Roberto Frits SUR 20 2 10 32

Total Tournament 378 45 253 676 49.26

Best SettersRk No Name Team

Running

SetsFaults

Still

Sets

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set

1 1 Brunings Dion SUR 79 - 75 154 8.782 4 CHRISTINE Loris MQE 66 7 125 198 7.333 3 Arias Azurdia Aldo Roberto GUA 45 1 110 156 5.004 10 CONNOR Lester AGU 26 14 82 122 2.895 6 RALDA QUINTO Sergio Fernando GUA 18 2 33 53 2.006 15 Tjong A Hung Ayrton SUR 12 1 25 38 1.337 1 CONNER Ian AGU 11 3 45 59 1.228 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 1 - 5 6 0.118 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan GUA 1 - - 1 0.11- 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando GUA - - - -

Total Tournament 259 38 541 838 14.39

Best DiggersRk No Name Team Digs Faults Receptions

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set

1 10 MELINARD Gaël MQE 26 10 16 52 2.892 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan GUA 24 14 42 80 2.673 12 Bell Furgill Raoul SUR 12 16 13 41 1.334 1 ALPHA Grégory MQE 11 9 13 33 1.225 1 Nery Flores Jeyson Fernando GUA 10 8 14 32 1.116 10 Garcia Galindo Oscar Daniel GUA 9 6 28 43 1.007 8 REYES SANTOS Moises Alfonso GUA 9 7 9 25 1.008 5 LEFAIVRE David MQE 8 4 8 20 0.899 6 Naarden Gino Robert SUR 8 6 10 24 0.8910 2 GUMBS Kevin AGU 7 11 20 38 0.78

Total Tournament 180 288 398 866 10.00

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Best LiberosRk No Name Team Excellents Faults In play

Total

attempts

Avg.

by set

1 12 Pineda Lopez Tirso Ivan GUA 62 15 59 136 6.89

2 12 Bell Furgill Raoul SUR 62 19 23 104 6.89

3 10 MELINARD Gaël MQE 60 15 38 113 6.67

4 2 GUMBS Kevin AGU 39 20 53 112 4.33

5 12 Bell Furgill Raoul

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Best DiggersRk Team Digs Faults Receptions

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set1 GUA Guatemala 61 74 133 268 6.782 MQE Martinique 58 66 87 211 6.443 SUR Suriname 39 61 72 172 4.334 AGU Anguilla 22 87 106 215 2.44

Total Tournament 180 288 398 866 10.00

Best ServersRk Team Aces Faults

Serve

Hits

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set1 SUR Suriname 16 25 167 208 1.781 MQE Martinique 16 26 168 210 1.783 GUA Guatemala 11 19 190 220 1.224 AGU Anguilla 6 13 108 127 0.67

Total Tournament 49 83 633 765 2.72

Best BlockersRk Team

Kill

BlocksFaults Rebounds

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set1 SUR Suriname 22 30 52 104 2.442 GUA Guatemala 18 36 52 106 2.003 MQE Martinique 14 37 41 92 1.564 AGU Anguilla 13 26 39 78 1.44

Total Tournament 67 129 184 380 3.72

Limit: 15.00%

Best SpikersRk Team Spikes Faults Shots

Total

Attempts

Succ.

%1 SUR Suriname 110 39 84 233 47.212 GUA Guatemala 118 38 102 258 45.743 MQE Martinique 97 39 113 249 38.964 AGU Anguilla 59 50 83 192 30.73

Total Tournament 384 166 382 932 41.20

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Best ReceiversRk Team Excellents Faults

Serve

Receptions

Total

AttemptsEff. %

1 SUR Suriname 109 8 37 154 65.582 GUA Guatemala 89 6 64 159 52.203 MQE Martinique 89 9 67 165 48.484 AGU Anguilla 91 22 85 198 34.85

Total Tournament 378 45 253 676 49.26

Best SettersRk Team

Running

SetsFaults

Still

Sets

Total

Attempts

Avg.

by set1 SUR Suriname 92 2 110 204 10.222 MQE Martinique 66 11 152 229 7.333 GUA Guatemala 64 4 144 212 7.114 AGU Anguilla 37 21 135 193 4.11

Total Tournament 259 38 541 838 14.39

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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 French-speaking 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.