Author: Lima 2019 press release Lima, 31 July 2019

PERUVIAN TEAM TO LOOK FOR REVENGE AGAINST COSTA RICA IN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

The Brazilian team, led by Doriva Bueno, just made their debut against Argentina.

Fútbol Femenino

With the head held high. The Peruvian women's football team will try to improve its score, after losing to Argentina in their first match. Now, Peru aims to obtain its first victory in women's football by beating Costa Rica in the second competition day in Group B.

The match between Peru and Costa Rica will take place at the stadium of the National University of San Marcos, starting at 20:30. It is worth mentioning the Costa Rican team beat 3-1 the Panama team in their first competition.

Argentina will compete against Panama at 17:30 for the same group. Meanwhile, in Group A, Jamaica will face Colombia at 13:00, and Mexico will go up against Paraguay at 10:00.

FOCUSED ON WINNING

On Wednesday, the dressage individual final (freestyle) will take place at the Army Equestrian School. Additionally, the men’s vault final and women’s beam finals will be held at the Villa El Salvador Sports Center starting at 13:00.

The women’s floor exercise and men’s parallel bars finals will start at 14:20. As for artistic swimming, all freestyle women’s pairs and teams will perform their final routines between 12:00 and 20:30. So, get ready to meet this discipline’s winners!

There will also be some amazing squash performances on Wednesday. The women’s team semifinals will begin at 09:00, followed by the men’s competitions two hours later. Between 16:30 and 19:00, we will see the final for both men and women.

Furthermore, athletes will compete for the shooting gold medal in trap mixed teams starting at 09:00 at the Las Palmas Air Base.

PERU ON THE FIELD OF PLAY

The men’s handball competitions will start at the Sports Center 1 of the National Sports Village (VIDENA) in San Luis, while baseball will kick off its competitions at the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center. We have some exciting matches ahead, including Peru vs. Puerto Rico in both sports. The men’s handball match will start at 15:30, and baseball will be played starting at 19:05.

The Peruvian team will also give their all against Mexico in women’s hockey in Group FB. The match will be held in Villa María del Triunfo at 10:00. Also, in Group FB, Chile and the USA will face each other starting at noon.  Finally, Uruguay will play against Cuba and Canada against Argentina in Group FA.

MORE COMPETITIONS

The Punta Rocas beach will house a six-hour surfing competition starting at 9:00. Men’s and women’s open surfing will enter their repechage stage, while the men’s and women’s longboard and SUP surfing competitions will continue. 

Spectators at the Eduardo Dibós Coliseum in San Borja will continue enjoying the best basketball matches, with men’s preliminary round from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 18:00 to 21:00. Besides, the Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center will house the men’s softball semifinals.