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Team USA’s Beach Handball Specialist/Reality TV show Icon, Jacobo Garcia, and the rest of Team USA are ready to take the gold.
The 2019 North American and Caribbean Beach Handball Championships will start today (Thursday, 11 July) in Trinidad & Tobago. USA Men’s coach, Michael Hinson called in from Trinidad last night to talk about their preparation, the USA Men’s roster and their competition at the tournament.
Tournament Live Stream: Link
USA Men’s and Women’s Roster Announcement: Link
Tournament Groups
Group A: USA, Barbados, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominica
Group B: Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St Kitts & Nevis
USA Men’s Schedule (All times are Local / US ET)
Thursday, 11 July
10:30 AM USA vs Barbados
3:30 PM USA vs Haiti
Friday, 12 July
10:30 AM USA vs Trinidad & Tobago
1:00 PM USA vs Dominica
(Note: The format for the Men’s competition has the top 2 teams from each group qualifying for the semifinals. Teams placing 3rd to 5th will play consolation matches.)
Saturday, 13 July
TBD Semifinal
Sunday, 14 July
TBD Placing Match
USA Beach Handball Links
Website: Link
Facebook: Link
Twitter: Link
Instagram: Link
During the podcast, Michael and I talked about Jacobo Garcia’s 2nd place finish on the Telemundo Reality TV show Exatlon. Here’s a few links:
Jacobo Garcia on Telemundo show Exatlon: Link
Jacobo Garcia Instagram: Link