Brazil can win women's junior crown – Luizomar

Brazil can win women's junior crown – Luizomar

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 21, 2011 – Brazil's women's junior coach, Luizomar de Moura, said that winning the 2011 FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship was well within the abilities of his team.

Brazil will be searching for their seventh title in the tournament's history at this year's event in Peru from July 22-31. The South Americans finished third at the last tournament, but Luizomar is confident they can do much better this time around.

"We are hoping to have a year of many victories," he said. "This generation can win all the major titles in the youth categories. The basis of this team won the FIVB Girl's Youth World Championship two years ago and also won the South American games, so the title of women's junior champions would be the crowning achievement for this group."

Brazil picked up the Women's Junior World Championship in 1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 and are the competition's most successful team. http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=27757&La