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Jamaica Women's National Volleyball Team
The Jamaica women's national volleyball team represents Jamaica in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. They compete at the Caribbean Volleyball Championship. Recently, they placed second in the 2017 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association's (CAZOVA) Women's Championship held in Kingston, Jamaica. With a second-place finish, they qualified to compete in the 3rd round of the FIVB World Championship Qualifications, where they will play Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic. The top two from this competition will qualify for the 2018 World Championships, hosted by Japan. Tournament record CAZOVA Caribbean Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Current squad The following is the Jamaican roster for the 2023 CAZOVA Caribbean Championship: Head coach: Ricardo Chonghttps://www.instagram.com/p/CvFQlUpO9ic/?igsh=OHZzeWR1bnZwbGFu References Jamaica Volleyball Federation *http://www.ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |