Estadio Aldo Cantoni

Estadio Aldo Cantoni
Full name Estadio Cerrado Doctor Aldo Cantoni
Location San Juan, Argentina
Capacity 8,000
Construction
Opened July 1st, 1967
Renovated 1989, 2001, 2011
Tenants
San Juan Province Government

The Estadio Aldo Cantoni is an indoor arena located in the city of San Juan, capital of San Juan Province. It is mainly use by UPCN Vóley Club and Obras Pocito for its home matches for the Serie A1, the top level of the Argentine men's volleyball league system. UPCN Vóley Club won the national league for five consecutive years, from 2010-11 to 2014-15 season.[1]

Roller hockey is a very popular sport in Cuyo, specially in San Juan Province. This stadium has hosted five times the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup, and it is also used by several teams for their Liga Nacional Argentina A-1 matches.[2]

San Juan was one of the venues for the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, hosting five out of six matches for Group A. The opening match of the tournament, between Argentina and Australia, was held at the Luna Park Stadium, in Buenos Aires.

The stadium was named after Aldo Cantoni (1892-1948), politician, governor of San Juan Province between 1926 and 1928, twice President of the Club Atlético Huracán, President of the Argentine Football Association and co-founder of the Unión Cívica Radical Bloquista political party.

Sporting events

FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup

World Championship
Year Host city (cities) 1st Gold 2nd Silver 3rd Bronze 4th Place
1970 Argentina San Juan  Spain  Portugal  Italy  Argentina
1978 Argentina San Juan  Argentina  Spain  Portugal  West Germany
1989 Argentina San Juan  Spain  Portugal  Italy  Chile
2001 Argentina San Juan  Spain  Argentina  Italy  Portugal
2011 Argentina San Juan  Spain  Argentina  Portugal  Mozambique

2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Sep 11:10 Portugal  3–1  China 16–25 25–21 25–19 25–11   91–76 P2
30 Sep 18:40 Portugal  3–1  Australia 25–20 25–27 25–21 29–27   104–95 P2
30 Sep 21:10 China  1–3  Argentina 30–32 19–25 26–24 21–25   96–106 P2
01 Oct 18:40 Australia  1–3  China 19–25 20–25 25–23 21–25   85–98 P2
01 Oct 21:10 Argentina  3–1  Portugal 21–25 25–22 25–22 25–22   96–91 P2

1st–4th places

Semifinals Final
14 February
 Argentina UPCN Vóley Club  3  
 Brazil Taubaté/Funvic  2  
 
15 February
     Argentina UPCN Vóley Club  3
   Brazil Sada Cruzeiro  2
3rd place match
14 February 15 February
 Brazil Sada Cruzeiro  3  Brazil Taubaté/Funvic  1
 Argentina Lomas  0    Argentina Lomas  3

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
14 Feb 19:30 Sada Cruzeiro Brazil 3–0 Argentina Lomas 25–17 25–15 25–18     75–50
14 Feb 21:30 UPCN Vóley Club Argentina 3–2 Brazil Taubaté/Funvic 13–25 29–27 25–23 22–25 15–10 104–110

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
15 Feb 19:00 Taubaté/Funvic Brazil 1–3 Argentina Lomas 19–25 25–22 23–25 23–25   90–97

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
15 Feb 21:00 UPCN Vóley Club Argentina 3–2 Brazil Sada Cruzeiro 25–21 25–18 17–25 21–25 16–14 104–103

References

Coordinates: 31°31′54″S 68°32′40″W / 31.5318°S 68.5444°W / -31.5318; -68.5444

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