Juegos Panamericanos; Lima 2019; Voleibol Author: Lima 2019 press release Lima, 14 October 2019

CALLAO SPORTS CENTER REOPENS ITS FACILITIES FOR MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The modern sports stage will be the venue for the local league that starts next Wednesday, October 9. The women’s league takes place in November.

El moderno escenario deportivo será la sede de la liga local que se inicia el próximo miércoles 9. En noviembre se realizará la liga femenina.

One of the stages that had the greatest impact on fans was the Callao Sports Center because of its impressive modern facilities. During the Pan American and Parapan American Games, it welcomed the best athletes and Para athletes of the continent for the volleyball, taekwondo, sitting volleyball and Para taekwondo competitions.

This sports center, located in the heart of the Callao Regional Village and built by Lima 2019, will reopen its doors on October 9 to welcome, for the first time, a local competition.

The Callao Sports Center, one of the main legacies of Lima 2019, will be the venue of the Men’s National Volleyball League, which starts on October 9 with nine participate teams.

The following clubs will take part in the competition: Club Deportivo Unilever Perú (Callao), I.E.  Junior César de Los Ríos (Callao), Club de Regatas Lima, Club Deportivo Cultural San Antonio de Pariamarca (Callao), Club Sparteam Comunidad Deportiva (Callao), Asociación Vamos Peerless, Club Deportivo Fishland (Nuevo Chimbote), Club Talentos de Chiclayo and D.C. Asociados – Tacna.

Many of the participating players also competed in the Pan American Games for the Peruvian national team. The current league champion is Regatas Lima.

The women’s league is programmed to start in November, with the participation of the main teams in the country, and it will take place in the same Callao venue, which will become the “House of Volleyball.”