{"id":472113,"date":"2025-06-19T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-queens-of-the-caribbean-defeat-belgium-3-0-in-the-2025-nations-league\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:07:55","slug":"the-queens-of-the-caribbean-defeat-belgium-3-0-in-the-2025-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/the-queens-of-the-caribbean-defeat-belgium-3-0-in-the-2025-nations-league\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queens of the Caribbean defeat Belgium 3-0 in the 2025 Nations League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h3>\n\n\nIstanbul, Turkey<\/strong>. The Queens of the Caribbean<\/strong>, shone again this Thursday after categorically defeating Belgium<\/strong> by 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 27-25)<\/strong>, thus achieving their first sweep victory<\/strong> in the current edition of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League<\/strong>.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> The Queens of the Caribbean fall to Turkey in their debut of the second phase of the Nations League 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith this result, the Quisqueyan team tied their 3-3 record<\/strong> during the second week of the tournament, which is held in Istanbul<\/strong>, the capital of Turkey. The Dominicans were coming off a painful defeat against the hosts and a previous loss to Japan, so this victory restores their confidence at a key moment in the calendar.\n\n\n

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Dominating from the start<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe team led by Marcos Kwiek<\/strong> showed its best version from the first set. With a solid defense<\/strong>, impenetrable blocks<\/strong> and an effective game distribution by the setter Ariana Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, Dominican Republic controlled the first two sets without major opposition.\n\nIn the first set, a 7-0 rally<\/strong> was crucial to open a definitive gap. Already in the second set, Brayelin Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> and Yonkaira Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> led an attack that looked dominant and precise.\n\nAlthough in the third set Belgium showed reaction<\/strong>, tying the score on multiple occasions, the Caribbean women resisted the pressure. Yonkaira Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> and Gaila Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> were in charge of closing the game with powerful attacks, added to a key block at the final point.\n\n\n
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Offensive Leaders of the Triumph<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Brayelin Mart\u00ednez:<\/strong> 18 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gaila Gonz\u00e1lez:<\/strong> 17 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Yonkaira Pe\u00f1a:<\/strong> 11 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nBy Belgium, Pauline Martin<\/strong> was the top scorer with 10 points, while Britt Herbots<\/strong> contributed 7.\n\n\n
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    Next commitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Queens of the Caribbean will have a day off this Friday and will return to the court on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. (Dominican time)<\/strong> to face the powerful selection of Brazil<\/strong>, currently number 2 in the world ranking.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Istanbul, Turkey. The Queens of the Caribbean, shone again this Thursday after categorically defeating Belgium by 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 27-25), thus achieving their first sweep victory in the current edition of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League. You may be interested in: The Queens of the Caribbean fall to Turkey in their debut of the second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":472114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[611,40231,40860,41186],"class_list":["post-472113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-queens-of-the-caribbean","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1YOJ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/img-20250619-wa0013-d44da242-focus-0-0-608-342.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Sports"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/img-20250619-wa0013-d44da242-focus-0-0-608-342.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}