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FIRST COMPETITIONS OF PAN AMERICAN GAMES ARE A MUST-SEE
On July 24, beach volleyball starts at the Costa Verde San Miguel courts and handball at VIDENA’s Sports Center 1.
The best prelude to the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony will take place two days prior, with the competitions of the first two sports. The beach volleyball and handball competitions will kick off the main multi-sports event in the continent with the best athletes of the Americas.
The beach volleyball courts at Costa Verde San Miguel will be the stages for the 16 men’s and women’s matches. The first matches will be between the Canadian and Nicaraguan women’s teams on court 1 and the Argentinian and Guatemalan women’s teams on court 2.
The Peruvian women’s duo will make its debut against El Salvador (13:10) on court 1 while the men’s duo will play against the Dominican Republic starting at 14:50, at the end of the first day.
Alexandra Mendoza and Lisbeth Allca, first place in the South American U-20 ranking and historic fifth place at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championship, will represent Peru. Meanwhile, the Peruvian men’s duo consists of Bruno Seminario and Gabriel Vásquez.
See the complete calendar of the first day of beach volleyball:
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DATE |
GENDER |
POOL |
TIME |
COURT |
MATCH |
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07/24 |
Women |
D |
09:00 |
1 |
Canada vs. Nicaragua |
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Women |
D |
09:00 |
2 |
Argentina vs. Guatemala |
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Women |
B |
09:50 |
1 |
United States vs. Trinidad and Tobago |
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|
Women |
B |
09:50 |
2 |
Colombia vs. Costa Rica |
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|
Men |
D |
010:40 |
1 |
Canada vs. Nicaragua |
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|
Men |
D |
010:40 |
2 |
Chile vs. Mexico |
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|
Men |
C |
011:30 |
1 |
Brazil vs. Costa Rica |
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Men |
C |
011:30 |
2 |
Cuba vs. Uruguay |
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|
Women |
C |
12:20 |
1 |
Brazil vs. Virgin Islands |
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Women |
C |
12:20 |
2 |
Mexico vs. Chile |
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|
Women |
A |
13:10 |
1 |
Peru vs. El Salvador |
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Women |
A |
13:10 |
2 |
Cuba vs. Paraguay |
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Men |
B |
14:00 |
1 |
United States vs. El Salvador |
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Men |
B |
14:00 |
2 |
Argentina vs. Trinidad and Tobago |
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Men |
A |
14:50 |
1 |
Peru vs. Dominican Republic |
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Men |
A |
14:50 |
2 |
Guatemala vs. Venezuela |
WORLD-CLASS HANDBALL
In the afternoon, the VIDENA’s Sports Center 1 will host the first matches of women’s handball. The competition starts at 13:00, with the first match between Puerto Rico and Canada. Then, the Peruvian team will make its debut at Lima 2019 (15:30) against the Dominican Republic.
Moreover, the first day will include two other exciting matches: Argentina, one of the contenders for the gold medal, will face the United States and Brazil, the five-time Pan American champion and the favorite to win the gold, will play against Cuba at 20:30.
BUY YOUR TICKETS
You can buy your tickets for these matches on the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games website: www.lima2019.pe.
You can also buy your tickets at any authorized point of sale at the Metro and Wong supermarkets and stores in the districts of Chorrillos, Independencia, La Molina, Lima, Miraflores, San Borja, San Isidro, San Juan de Miraflores, San Miguel and Surco. It is worth noting that a new point of sale has recently opened at the Jockey Plaza shopping center in Santiago de Surco.