2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit (Santo Domingo) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host nation | Dominican Republic |
Dates | March 19–24, 2008 |
Teams | 20 |
Venue(s) | Boca Chica Beach (in Santo Domingo host cities) |
The 2008 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Boca Chica was held March 19–24, 2008 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. It was the first leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008.
Boca Chica is a municipality (municipio) of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district : La Caleta. As of the 2012 census it had 123,510 inhabitants, 70,184 living in the city itself and 53,326 in its rural districts (Secciones).
The Dominican Republic is a country located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
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RANK | FINAL RANKING | EARNINGS | POINTS |
---|---|---|---|
US$1,500.00 | 200 | ||
US$1,000.00 | 180 | ||
US$750.00 | 160 | ||
4. | US$550.00 | 140 | |
5. | US$400.00 | 110 | |
6. | US$400.00 | 100 | |
7. | US$200.00 | 80 | |
8. | US$200.00 | 70 |
RANK | FINAL RANKING | EARNINGS | POINTS |
---|---|---|---|
US$1,500.00 | 200 | ||
US$1,000.00 | 180 | ||
US$750.00 | 160 | ||
4. | US$550.00 | 140 | |
5. | US$400.00 | 110 | |
6. | US$400.00 | 100 | |
7. | US$200.00 | 80 | |
8. | US$200.00 | 70 | |
9. | 55 | ||
10. | 45 | ||
11. | 35 | ||
12. | 25 |
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