Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games

Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Volleyball pictogram for the games
Venue	Exhibition Centre – Hall A
Dates	July 16–26
No. of events	2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors	192 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). Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament. 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) 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:

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

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
3	Brazil	0	2	0	2
4	Canada*	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

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.

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 qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parentheses 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