Andorra leads the way for this year’s first SCA Volleyball Championship
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It is with much pleasure and pride that Andorra organises its first Small Countries Association (SCA) Volleyball competition for more than a decade. The coming week will bring together six teams competing for the SCA U20 Men’s Championship title in Andorra la Vella from April 4 to 9, 2023. Besides the hosts from Andorra, five visiting teams from Gibraltar, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Northern Ireland will gather for this important event.
The Organising Committee for the competition has worked hard since last year to secure all the needed resources and already last week, almost one week prior to the start of the event, the Complex Sportiu i Sociocultural d'Encamp was ready for play, waiting eagerly for balls flying again in Andorra.
For Andorra, this is also a major important preparation for the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) in 2025 where Volleyball will be back on the map and for the country’s future men’s national team.
The President of the Andorra Volleyball Federation Xavier Folguera stated on the occasion:
“The trust placed in our Federation motivates us to make an effort so that the competition develops to the liking of all the participants and that they take away pleasant memories from their competition days in Andorra.”
The SCA Board has been impressed by the passion and work of the Organising Committee led by President Xavier Folguera, Agustí Boldú, Secretary General and Competition Director, together with Mika Ripoll, Competition Manager among other staff and volunteers to get this important competition up and running in Andorra once again.
The SCA U20 Men’s Championship includes six teams with the competition split into two pools with three teams each, followed by semi-finals and medal matches.
The match schedule for the pool stage reads as follows:
April 5 at 17:30 Luxembourg vs Liechtenstein
April 5 at 20:00 Andorra vs Gibraltar
April 6 at 12:00 Northern Ireland vs Liechtenstein
April 6 at 14:30 Gibraltar vs Ireland
April 6 at 17:30 Luxembourg vs Northern Ireland
April 6 at 20:00 Andorra vs Ireland
The semi-finals will take place on April 7 and the finals on April 8.