USA are the defending champions of the NORCECA Men's Junior Championship

Colorado Springs, United States, August 23, 2012 - The U-21 NORCECA  Men’s Junior Continental Championship gets underway on Monday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The NORCECA (North America, Central America and Caribbean) event, which is held bi-annually, will qualify three teams from the confederation for the 2013 FIVB Men’s Junior World Championship to be held in Turkey.

The eight participating teams are divided into two pools of four. Pool A consists of United States, Mexico, Honduras and St. Vincent and Pool B is composed of Canada, Guatemala, Curacao and Puerto Rico.

The first place team in each group gets a bye to the semifinals while second and third crossover in the quarterfinals on August 30. The semis are August 31 and the placement matches September 1.

Canada hosted the previous U-21 NORCECA event in 2010 when United States won their first ever gold medal. Hosts Canada took the silver medal and Puerto Rico finished in third place for the bronze.

United States have finished on the podium in each of the seven previous edition of the event. Cuba has been the most successful team with four gold medals.

Preliminary Round Schedule

August 27
Puerto Rico v Curacao
Mexico v St Vincent
Canada v Guatemala
United States v Honduras

August 28
Canada v Curacao
Mexico v Honduras
Puerto Rico v Guatemala
United States v St Vincent

August 29
Guatemala v Curacao
Honduras v St Vincent
Canada v Puerto Rico
United States v Mexico

Year-by-Year Results

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1998 CAN DOM USA
2000 CUB PUR USA
2002 CAN PUR USA
2004 CUB USA PUR
2006 CUB USA CAN
2008 CUB CAN USA
2010 USA CAN PUR

Overall Table of Medals

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
CUB        4      0       0        4
CAN        2      2       1        5
USA        1      2       4        7
PUR        0      2       2        4
DOM       0      1       0        1

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