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Sunday, 10 July 2011 12:56 |
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 After defeating defending champion Dominican Republic, Brazil won the X Women's Volleyball Pan-American Cup for the third time in the history of the tournament, capping a week-long competition between 12 national teams from all over the Americas in Ciudad Juarez.
The Brazilians overcame their Caribbean rivals in consecutive sets (25-20, 25-22, 25-19), while the Dominicans took their fifth silver in the Cup.
More than 50,000 Juarenses attended the 44 games from July 1-9 at the Gimnasio Universitario and Gimnasio del Colegio de Bachilleres of Juarez.
Sheilla Castro of Brazil was named the Cup's Most Valuable Player.
According to Cristóbal Marte, executive committee president of the North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (Norceca), the organization is considering the State Government's invitation to hold more tournaments here within the next four years.
Teams from Argentina, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Peru, Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Mexico took part in the competition.
Watch pictures of the X Women's Volleyball Pan-American Cup in Facebook. More information in Norceca's site.
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Get over stereotypes! There is a couple of things you'd want know about the largest state of Mexico
Chihuahua is developing an aerospace cluster. Our universities are training aerospace engineers and technicians right now.
We are developing micro-electromechanical systems at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Many national and international companies with operations in the State are potential beneficiaries of our projects. 
The most important archaeological site of Northern Mexico is located in the State of Chihuahua, at Paquimé
In Juarez, just across from El Paso, Texas, there is a museum with original parts of the great supersonic passenger jet