Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Beach volleyball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 13 to 21 at a temporary facility in Exhibition Place called the Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre.[1][2] A total of two beach volleyball tournaments were held: one each for the men and women.[3]

Beach volleyball at the XVII Pan American Games
Beach volleyball pictogram for the games
VenueExhibition Centre
DatesJuly 13–21, 2015
Competitors64 from 19 nations
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2015 Pan American Games
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Tournament
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Competition schedule
The Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre, was the venue for the beach volleyball competitions

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

PPreliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals CClassification matches B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date →Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21
MenPPPPP¼½CBF
WomenPPPPP¼½CBF

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina1001
 Mexico1001
3 Brazil0112
 Cuba0112
Totals (4 nations)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Mexico (MEX)
Rodolfo Ontiveros
Juan Virgen		  Brazil (BRA)
Vitor Araujo
Álvaro Morais Filho		  Cuba (CUB)
Nivaldo Diaz
Sergio González
Women's tournament
  Argentina (ARG)
Ana Gallay
Georgina Klug		  Cuba (CUB)
Lianma Flores
Leila Martinez		  Brazil (BRA)
Carolina Horta
Liliane Maestrini

Qualification
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of sixteen teams per gender qualified to compete at the games. The host nation (Canada) qualified in each event automatically, along with the top five ranked nations in South America and the top ten nations ranked in North, Central America and the Caribbean. The rankings on January 1, 2015 were used to determine the teams.[5]

Participating Nations

A total of 19 nations qualified athletes.[6] The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants entered.

See also

References
  1. "Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. "Beach Volleyball". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. "Volleyball Canada Internal Nomination Procedures (INP) for Beach Volleyball at the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games" (PDF). www.volleyball.ca/. Volleyball Canada. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. "Beach Volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games". www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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