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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Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
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]

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

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.

• Argentina (24)
• Brazil (24)
• Canada (24)
• Colombia (12)
• Cuba (24)
• Dominican Republic (12)
• Mexico (12)
• Peru (12)
• Puerto Rico (24)
• United States (24)

See also

• Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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)