Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Volleyball at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue Exhibition Centre – Hall A
Dates July 16–26, 2015
Competitors 192 from 10 nations
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Tournament   men   women
Squads   men   women

Volleyball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 16 to 26 at the 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

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

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

PPreliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
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
WomenP P P ¼ ½ B F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
1  Argentina (ARG) 1 0 0 1
2  Brazil (BRA) 0 2 0 2
3 Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1
3  Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Argentina  Brazil  Canada
Women's tournament
  United States  Brazil  Dominican Republic

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 have qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Exhibition Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Volleyball". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Volleyball – Indoor Volleyball". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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