Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

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Volleyball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
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Venue Exhibition Centre Hall A
DatesJuly 16 – July 26
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
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Silver medal icon.svg  
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«2011
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The women's tournament of volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada began on July 16 and end on July 26. All games were held at the Exhibition Centre. The United States defeated 3-0 to Brazil, who were the defending champions. [1] American Carli Lloyd became the Most Valuable Player. [2]

Contents

Teams

Qualification

The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:

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

Squads

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 12 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament are due on June 16, 2015 a month before the start of 2015 Pan American Games. Puerto Rican player Sheilla Ocasio tested positive for Stanozolol [3] [4] before the bronze medal match against the Dominican Republic, lost 1-3 by her national team. [5]

Preliminary round

All times are local Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Team qualified for the semifinals
Team qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPtsSPWSPLSPRSWSLSR
1Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 321102612151.214741.750
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 321102522540.992741.750
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 31252482590.958470.571
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31252282610.874470.571
Source: Archived 2015-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 16 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–0Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–2326–2425–19   76–66 P2 P3
Jul 16 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg0–3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 15–2513–2515–25   43–75 P2 P3
Jul 18 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg3–1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 22–2525–1125–2225-18  97–76 P2 P3
Jul 18 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–2119–2525–1825–22  94–86 P2 P3
Jul 20 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 25–2325–2720–2521-25  91–100 P2 P3
Jul 20 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg1–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 22–2522–2525–2120-25 89–96 P2 P3

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPtsSPWSPLSPRSWSLSR
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 330103202731.172951.800
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 321122542001.270832.667
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 31272322470.939560.833
4Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 30311642500.656190.111
Source: Archived 2015-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 16 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 23–2528–2625–1724–2615–10 115–104 P2 P3
Jul 16 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25–1525–1325–14   75–42 P2 P3
Jul 18 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–1Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25–2725–525–1725–16  100–65 P2 P3
Jul 18 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 25–1725–2225–14   75–53 P2 P3
Jul 20 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg3–0Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25–1825–1625–23   75–57 P2 P3
Jul 20 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25–2221–2525–1822–2511-15 104–105 P2 P3

Elimination round

[6]

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3
A2 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2 B3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2
B3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 3B1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0
B2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
A1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1
B2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3B2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
A3 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1 Third place
B3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1
A1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 3

Quarterfinals

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 22 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 21–2527–2510–2525–1113–1596–101 P2 P3
Jul 22 United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 25–1825–1922–2525–18 97–80 P2 P3

Seventh place match

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 23 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–3Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 25–2224-2625–1721-2513-15108–105 P2 P3

Fifth place match

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 23 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg1–3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 21–2525–2117–2521-25 84–96 P2 P3

Semifinals

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 23 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 18–2524–2625–2225–1915–11107–103 P2 P3
Jul 23 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg1–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17–2525–2218–2522-25 82–97 P2 P3

Bronze medal match

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 25 Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg1–3Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 22–2522–2525–2221–25 90–97 P2 P3

Gold medal match

DateScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Jul 25 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg0–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22–2521–2526–28  69–78 P2 P3

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
7Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Awards

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's tournamentFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic

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