Distrito Nacional Men (volleyball club)

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Distrito Nacional
Full nameDistrito Nacional Men
Founded2007
GroundNational Volleyball Pavilion
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(Capacity: 6.000)
Chairman Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cristian Cruz
Head Coach Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Duglas Mayobanex
League Dominican Volleyball League
20101st place

The Distrito Nacional is the professional male volleyball team representing Distrito Nacional.

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History

The team was found in 2007, the inaugural season of the Dominican Republic Volleyball League. This year the team won the championship, guided by Amaury Martínez who became Most Valuable Player. The 2008 season, repeated the League Championship, with Amaury being awarded MVP again. [1]

For the 2010 season, the team won the third straight championship, [2] [3] this time with the help of Jose Miguel Caceres, who became Most Valuable Player.

Current squad

As of December 2008 [4]

NumberPlayerPosition
1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg José Miguel Cáceres Opposite
2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Alexis Polanco
3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Neiby PolancoMiddle Blocker
4 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Cristian Cruz Setter
5 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Francisco Guerrero
6 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Hairo Hidalgo
7 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jhovany Disla
8 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Eddy Campusano
9 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Amaury Martínez Wing Spiker
10 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Antonio Pozo Middle Blocker
11 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Arquimedes Garcia
12 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Alberto Castro
13 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Fiallo
14 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Francisco Abreu
15 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Francisco ValdezMiddle Blocker
16 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Juan Eury Almonte
17 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Johan Lopez

Palmares

National competition

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References

  1. FEDOVOLI. "El Distrito Nacional Revalida Coronas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  2. El Nacional. "El Distrito retiene corona de voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  3. Listin Diario. "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  4. FEDOVOLI. "Nomina Equipos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-10.