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Venezuela take charge in Caracas

Caracas, Venezuela, July 23, 2005 – Favourites Venezuela won their second match from as many games after beating Peru 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-15) on Saturday at the 2006 Men’s World Championship South American first round tournament – Pool B in Caracas.

After beating Colombia 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23) on Friday, Venezuela now lead the four-team tournament and are on the verge of claiming the one ticket on offer to the winner fo the tournament for a place in the final round.

Venezuela, ranked 10th in the world, just need to beat bottom placed Ecuador on Sunday to confirm their ticket.

Colombia are second in the group with one win and a defeat - equal with Peru- after beating Ecuador 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-18) on Saturday. Peru beat Ecuador 3-2 (21-25, 25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 15-8) on Friday.

Day three of the tournament sees Colombia play Peru 20:00 GMT (16:00 local time) followed by Venezuela's match against Ecuador at 22:00 GMT (18:00 local time).