From 12 to June 14, the Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium will host the Second International Beach Volley Ball Tournament with 12 teams: 10 foreign and 2 Mexican. Countries of Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, United States, Italy, Romania, Guatemala, Poland, Greece and Mexico which will be represented in this tournament.

The elimination games will take place on Friday, June 12 and on Saturday June 13 from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm. The finals will be played on Sunday, June 14. A special stage inside the sports arena has been constructed that has a capacity of 3,000 fans.

June 12

• 10 am – Canada and Costa Rica
• 11 am – United States and Greece
• noon – Poland and El Salvador
• 1 pm – Guatemala and Italy
• 3 pm – Brazil and first winning team
• 4 pm – Mexico

June 13

• 11 am to 6 pm – Eliminations

June 14

• 11 am and 12:30 pm – Semifinal matches
• 2 pm – third place game
• 3:30 pm – first and second place game

The prize of the tournament will be the amount of $100,000 pesos. The 3-day beach volleyball tournament will be broadcast nationally via cable television.

Admission is free. The games are played from 11 am to 6 pm.

The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship will be played June 17-21 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, rescheduled after initial plans for the tournament were postponed due to swine flu concerns.

The United States will open the tournament on Wednesday, June 17 against the Bahamas in Group B at Unidad Deportivo Agustín Flores with host Mexico facing Canada in Group A in the second game of a doubleheader.

Costa Rica in Group B and El Salvador in Group A will begin play the following day, with round-robin play concluding on Friday before the semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday.

The tournament originally was to be played April 29-May 3 in Puerto Vallarta, but an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico in late April resulted in government officials closing schools nationwide for a week.

Two teams will qualify for the Beach Soccer World Cup to be played in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates November 16-22.

The Bahamas will be making its debut in the CONCACAF championship while Canada is returning after a two-year absence.

Wednesday, June 17, Beach Soccer

• 5 pm – USA vs. Bahamas
• 6:15 pm – Mexico vs. Canada

Thursday, June 18, Beach Soccer

• 5 pm – Costa Rica vs. Bahamas
• 6:15 pm – El Salvador vs. Canada

Friday, June 19, Beach Soccer

• 5 pm – USA vs. Costa Rica
• 6:15 pm – Mexico vs. El Salvador

Saturday, June 20, Beach Soccer

• Semifinals

Sunday, June 21 Beach Soccer

• 6:15 pm – Final

At the new Puerto Vallarta Convention Center, on July 18, there will be a championship boxing event sponsored by TV Azteca Box and Zanfer Promotions.

One of the best boxers in Mexico, Marco Antonio Barrera, recently attended a press conference presented by Zanfer Promociones representative Marcelo Jeffrey, who announced that Puerto Vallarta’s new convention center will host a world championship boxing event on Saturday, July 18, 2009.

The main event of this international boxing competition, called the Consejo Mundial del Boxeo will be a match between Mexico’s Tomas Rojas, who seeks to defeat the Panamian champion, Ricardo Nuñez.

The program also touts six additional fights, including a bout between native Vallartan, Marco Antonio Nazareth, a.k.a. “El Texano,” in his second fight against Omar Chávez, the son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chávez.

Another fight that promises to be very interesting features Rodrigo Guerrero, a boxer from Mexico City whom Marco Barrera believes people should keep an eye on due to the great promise that he’s shown in previous bouts, which has earned him a place in this international competition against veteran boxer Luis Maldonado.

According to Marcelo Jeffrey of Zanfer Promociones, the Consejo Mundial del Boxeo event in Puerto Vallarta will also feature live music by various musical artists before and after the boxing matches, making this an incomparable party that will entertain more than just fight fans.

To further promote Puerto Vallarta as one of Mexico’s premier vacation destinations, this international boxing match will be nationally televised on TV Azteca, as well as on Azteca America in the US.

General Tickets are 200 and 250 pesos and Ringside are 500 and 1000 pesos, available at local outlets.

TICKETS:

TicketMaster (Plaza Caracol) or on the WEB

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