JAMAICA’S MALE AND FEMALE JUNIOR WATER POLO TEAMS QUALIFY FOR 2006 ASUA PAN AM JUNIOR WATER POLO CHAMPS

August 10, 2005

JAMAICA’S MALE AND FEMALE JUNIOR WATER POLO TEAM HAVE BOTH QUALIFIED FOR THE 2^ND ASUA PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN MONTREAL CANADA, AUGUST 2006. THE COMPETITION WILL SEE THE TOP JUNIOR TEAMS FROM NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN AND HOST CANADA VIA FOR REGIONAL SUPREMACY.

THE JAMAICAN TEAMS QUALIFIED WHEN THEY WON THE BRONZE MEDAL AT THE RECENT 2005 CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE TOP FOUR TEAMS IN EACH CATEGORY AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED.

MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, JAMAICA AND EL SALVADOR WERE THE MALE TEAM QUALIFIERS, WHILE PUERTO RICO, MEXICO AND JAMAICA WERE THE FEMALE TEAMS. THE FORTH QUALIFIER WILL BE NAMED AT A LATER DATE.

THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE HELD IN MEXICO IN JANUARY 2005.

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