Distrito Nacional Men (volleyball club)

Distrito Nacional
Full name	Distrito Nacional Men
Founded	2007
Ground	National Volleyball Pavilion ; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; (Capacity: 6.000)
Chairman	Cristian Cruz
Head Coach	Duglas Mayobanex
League	Dominican Volleyball League
2010	1st place

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

History edit

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 edit

As of December 2008^[4]

Number	Player	Position
1	José Miguel Cáceres	Opposite
2	Alexis Polanco
3	Neiby Polanco	Middle Blocker
4	Cristian Cruz	Setter
5	Francisco Guerrero
6	Hairo Hidalgo
7	Jhovany Disla
8	Eddy Campusano
9	Amaury Martínez	Wing Spiker
10	Juan Antonio Pozo	Middle Blocker
11	Arquimedes Garcia
12	Alberto Castro
13	Juan Fiallo
14	Francisco Abreu
15	Francisco Valdez	Middle Blocker
16	Juan Eury Almonte
17	Johan Lopez

Coach: Duglas Mayobanex
Assistant coach: Julio Frias

Palmares edit

National competition edit

2007, 2008 & 2010 National League Championship

References edit

^ FEDOVOLI. "El Distrito Nacional Revalida Coronas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
^ El Nacional. "El Distrito retiene corona de voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
^ 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.
^ FEDOVOLI. "Nomina Equipos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-10.