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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | 4:14 pm

Peru vs. Venezuela in South American Women’s Volleyball Championship

With Mostly U18 and U20 Players— Debuts Against Venezuela

Maria Jose Fermi

The South American Women’s Volleyball Championship began today. Venezuela is the first opponent of Peru in Group A, which we also share with Colombia and Paraguay. Like it or not only two teams will proceed to the semifinals and, despite everything, so the fight begins now.

Once again, Peru reaches a tournament with a mixed bag of a team. Although this is a women’s tournament, for this 2015 South American Championship only five players belong this category (Uribe, Yllescas, Egoavil, Muñoz and Olemar).

The other nine are either U18 (Regalado, De la Peña, Guerrero and Sánchez) or U20 (Leyva, Gómez, Canessa and Almeida). With a limited universe of selectable volleyball players, this is a reality that coaches confront in almost every category of national volleyball (especially the adult ones).