HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 7 (ACN) The Cuban men’s team lost on Thursday 1-3 to the Netherlands in the continuation of group four of the second week of the men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL), based in Ottawa, a tournament that awards points for the world ranking (WR) for the Olympic ( OR) of Paris 2024.
According to the International Federation website www.fivb.com, the disciples of Jesus Cruz fell in the first set, 24-26, reacted in the second, 25-21, but were overcome in the third and fourth, 20-25 and 22-25, a setback that affects the score they currently have in the qualification zone for the Parisian multisport event.
With this failure, Cuba lost 10 points in the Olympic ranking and dropped behind Serbia, its closest rival in the fight for the Olympic quota.
The official collective statistics showed the best results of the Netherlands team in attack,