Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Volleyball-picto.png
Volleyball pictogram for the games
Venue Exhibition Centre – Hall A
DatesJuly 16–26
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors192 from 10 nations
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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.

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Competition schedule

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions Volleyball 2015 Pan Am Games.jpg
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 Volleyball2015pan.jpg
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]

PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26
Men PPP¼½BF
Women PPP¼½BF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1001
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0202
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*0011
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Argentina.svg  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
Flag of Brazil.svg  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
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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
Flag of the United States.svg  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
Flag of Brazil.svg  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
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  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

CriteriaVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
North, Central American and Caribbean ranking 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
South American Ranking 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Total8

Women

CriteriaVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
North, Central American and Caribbean ranking 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
South American Ranking 3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Total8

Participating nations

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

See also

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References

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  2. "Exhibition Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015 . Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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  4. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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