2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League

The 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League was the 2nd official season of the Dominican Republic Volleyball League. The SEDEFIR Cup was dedicated to Daniel Toribio.^[1] Distrito Nacional's team won their second title in both genders.^[2][3]

Competing Teams

Women's

• Distrito Nacional
• Santiago
• San Juan
• San Cristóbal
• La Romana
• Santo Domingo
• Espaillat
• San Pedro de Macorís

Men's

• Bahoruco
• Barahona
• Distrito Nacional
• Espaillat
• La Romana
• Monte Plata
• Sánchez Ramírez
• Santo Domingo

Men's Tournament

Preliminary round

Zone 1/ Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Distrito Nacional	20	12	8	4	994	916	1.085	25	17	1.471
2	Barahona	19	12	7	5	1002	1016	0.986	25	21	1.190
3	La Romana	17	12	5	7	1043	1090	0.957	22	26	0.846
4	Monte Plata	16	12	4	8	1072	1089	0.984	20	28	0.714

Zone 2/ Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Bahoruco	20	12	8	4	1049	1008	1.041	25	15	1.667
2	Sánchez Ramírez	20	12	8	4	1062	1029	1.032	29	17	1.706
3	Espaillat	19	12	7	5	1074	1018	1.055	26	21	1.238
4	Santo Domingo	14	12	2	10	849	1000	0.849	8	34	0.235

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo
	Distrito Nacional	3
	Sánchez Ramírez	0
					2008-12-21 – Santo Domingo
					Distrito Nacional	3
					Bahoruco	1
					3rd place
	2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo			2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo
	Bahoruco	3		Sánchez Ramírez	3
	Barahona	1			Barahona	2

Semifinals

• Saturday June 20, 2008^[4]

Distrito Nacional	3-0	Sánchez Ramírez	25-19 25-23 25-19
Bahoruco	3-1	Barahona	25-19 25-20 24-26 25-17

Finals

• Saturday December 20, 2008 Bronze Medal Match

Sánchez Ramírez	3-2	Barahona	25-23 21-25 15-25 25-23 19-17

• Sunday December 21, 2008 Championship Match

Distrito Nacional	3-1	Bahoruco	21-25 25-16 25-18 25-16

Final ranking

1. Distrito Nacional
2. Bahoruco
3. Sánchez Ramírez
4. Barahona
5. Espaillat
6. La Romana
7. Monte Plata
8. Santo Domingo

2008 Dominican Volleyball League
Distrito Nacional
Second Title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Amaury Martínez DNA

Women's Tournament

Preliminary round

Zone 3/ Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Distrito Nacional	24	12	12	0	921	542	1.699	34	0	MAX
2	San Cristóbal	19	12	7	5	831	857	0.970	20	15	1.333
3	Santo Domingo	16	12	4	8	843	943	0.894	15	27	0.556
4	San Pedro de Macorís	15	12	3	9	647	914	0.708	7	31	0.226

Zone 4/ Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1	Santiago	21	12	9	3	895	739	1.215	29	12	2.417
2	La Romana	20	12	8	4	932	768	1.213	24	17	1.412
3	Espaillat	18	12	6	6	1002	905	1.107	24	19	1.263
4	San Juan	13	12	1	11	645	931	0.693	3	24	0.125

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo
	San Cristóbal	3
	Santiago	0
					2008-12-21 – Santo Domingo
					San Cristóbal	0
					Distrito Nacional	3
					3rd place
	2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo			2008-12-20 – Santo Domingo
	Distrito Nacional	3		Santiago	3
	La Romana	0			La Romana	0

Semifinals

• Saturday June 20, 2008

San Cristóbal	3-0	Santiago	25-21 25-23 25-21
Distrito Nacional	3-0	La Romana	25-16 25-21 25-20

Finals

• Saturday December 20, 2008 Bronze Medal Match

Santiago	3-0	La Romana	25-21 25-18 25-18

• Sunday December 21, 2008 Championship Match

Distrito Nacional	3-0	San Cristóbal	25-23 25-12 25-18

Final ranking

1. Distrito Nacional
2. San Cristóbal
3. Santiago
4. La Romana
5. Espaillat
6. Santo Domingo
7. San Pedro de Macorís
8. San Juan

2008 Dominican Volleyball League
Distrito Nacional
Second Title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Jeoselyna Rodríguez DNA Best Scorer Lisvel Elisa Eve SAN Best Spiker Nuris Arias DNA Best Blocker Lisvel Elisa Eve SAN Best Server Cosiri Rodríguez SCR

Best Digger Brenda Castillo SCR Best Setter Karla Echenique SAN Best Receiver Brenda Castillo SCR Best Libero Carmen Rosa Caso DNA

References

1. Caceres, Jose (2007-12-02). "Evento busca masificar el voleibol". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-01-04.
2. "El DN se coronó campeón de la Liga Dominicana de Voleibol". Hoy (in Spanish). 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
3. "Distrito revalida títulos en voleibol". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
4. Periodico Hoy. "http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2008/12/4/258009/print" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-10. External link in |title= (help). Accessed 2009-05-18.

External links

• League Results