Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Exhibition Centre – Hall A
DatesJuly 16–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors192 from 10 nations
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Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre).[1] Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament.[3] The tournament was affected by the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix and the FIVB Volleyball World League
which were played at same time.

Competition schedule

Direct Energy Centre
(Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions
Direct Energy Centre
(Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the volleyball competitions:[4]

P Preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26
Men P P P ¼ ½ B F
Women P P P ¼ ½ B F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina1001
 United States1001
3 Brazil0202
4 Canada*0011
 Dominican Republic0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details 		 
Nicolas Uriarte
Luciano Zornetta
  Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Silva
Douglas Souza
Flávio Gualberto
João Rafael Ferreira
Maurício Borges Silva
Maurício Souza
Murilo Radke
Otávio Pinto
Rafael Araújo
Renan Buiatti
Thiago Veloso
Tiago Brendle 		 Canada
Nicholas Hoag
Dan Lewis
Steven Marshall
John Gordon Perrin
TJ Sanders
Gavin Schmitt
Dustin Schneider
Adam Simac
Toontje van Lankvelt
Rudy Verhoeff
Graham Vigrass
Fred Winters
Women's tournament
details 		 
Michelle Bartsch
Falyn Fonoimoana
Jenna Hagglund
Rachael Adams
Carli Lloyd
Krista Vansant
  
Bárbara Brunch
Camila Brait
Fernanda Garay
Jaqueline Carvalho
Joyce da Silva
Macris Carneiro
Mariana Costa
Michelle Pavão
Rosamaria Montibeller
  
Gina Mambru
Bethania de la Cruz
Ana Binet
Brayelin Martínez
Jineiry Martínez

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams in the

FIVB World Rankings from South America as of December 31, 2014 along with the top four from North, Central America and The Caribbean will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) automatically qualifies teams in both events. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.[5]

Men

Criteria Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
North, Central American and Caribbean ranking
 4  United States
 Cuba
 Puerto Rico
 Mexico
South American Ranking
 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Colombia
Total 8

Women

Criteria Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
North, Central American and Caribbean ranking
 4  United States
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 Cuba
South American Ranking
 3  Brazil
 Argentina
 Peru
Total 8

Participating nations

A total of ten countries qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

See also

References

  1. TO2015
    . 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. TO2015
    . Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. TO2015
    . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. TO2015
    . 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. TO2015
    . Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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