Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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.

Volleyball at the XVII Pan American Games
Volleyball pictogram for the games
VenueExhibition Centre – Hall A
DatesJuly 16–26, 2015
Competitors192 from 10 nations
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Competition schedule
The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions
The 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]

PPreliminaries ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date →Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26
MenPPP¼½BF
WomenPPP¼½BF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina (ARG)1001
 United States (USA)1001
3 Brazil (BRA)0202
4 Canada (CAN)*0011
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 Argentina
Sebastian Closter
Facundo Conte
Pablo Crer
Luciano de Cecco
Javier Filardi
Maximiliano Gauna
Jose Gonzalez
Rodrigo Quiroga
Martin Ramos
Sebastian Sole
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
  United States
Lauren Paolini
Cassidy Lichtman
Kristin Hildebrand
Natalie Hagglund
Nicole Fawcett
Cursty Jackson
Michelle Bartsch
Falyn Fonoimoana
Jenna Hagglund
Rachael Adams
Carli Lloyd
Krista Vansant		  Brazil
Adenízia da Silva
Ana Tiemi
Angélica Malinverno
Bárbara Brunch
Camila Brait
Fernanda Garay
Jaqueline Carvalho
Joyce da Silva
Macris Carneiro
Mariana Costa
Michelle Pavão
Rosamaria Montibeller		  Dominican Republic
Annerys Vargas
Marianne Fersola
Brenda Castillo
Camil Domínguez
Niverka Marte
Prisilla Rivera
Yonkaira Peña
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
Total8

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
Total8

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". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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