Volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games
{{Infobox Pan American Games event
| event = Volleyball
| games = 2015
|image = Volleyball-picto.png
|image_size = 100
|caption = Volleyball pictogram for the games
| venue = Exhibition Centre – Hall A
| dates = July 16–26
|num_events =2 (1 men, 1 women)
| competitors = 192
| nations = 10
| prev = 2011
| next = 2019
}}
{{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).{{cite web |url=http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/2043/original/pan-am-games-schedule.pdf?1407975204 |title=Competition Schedule |date=18 August 2014 |website=toronto2015.org |publisher=TO2015 |access-date=7 September 2014}} Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games.{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto2015.org/venue/exhibition-centre |title=Exhibition Centre |website=toronto2015.org |publisher=TO2015 |access-date=14 December 2014}} A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto2015.org/volleyball |title=Volleyball |website=toronto2015.org |publisher=TO2015 |access-date=19 January 2015}} 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
File:Volleyball 2015 Pan Am Games.jpg (Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions]]
File:Volleyball2015pan.jpg (Exhibition Centre) Hall A, was the venue for the volleyball competitions]]
The following is the competition schedule for the volleyball competitions:{{cite web |url=http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf |title=Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide |date=20 April 2015 |website=toronto2015.org |publisher=TO2015 |access-date=26 April 2015}}
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| style="background-color:#D0A9F5;text-align:center;" |P | Preliminaries
| style="background-color:#97DEFF;text-align:center;" |¼ | Quarterfinals
| style="background-color:#D9FFB2;text-align:center;" |½ | Semifinals
| style="background-color:#FFDF80;text-align:center;" |B | 3rd place play-off
| style="background-color:#FFDF80;text-align:center;" |F | Final |
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! Event↓/Date → | Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | colspan=2|Sat 25 | colspan=2|Sun 26 | |
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| style="text-align:left;" | Men | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#97DEFF;" |¼ | style="background-color:#D9FFB2;" |½ | colspan=2| | style="background-color:#FFDF80;" |B | style="background-color:#FFDF80;" |F | ||||
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| style="text-align:left;" | Women | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#D0A9F5;" |P | style="background-color:#97DEFF;" |¼ | style="background-color:#D9FFB2;" |½ | style="background-color:#FFDF80;" |B | style="background-color:#FFDF80;" |F | colspan=2| |
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = CAN
| flag_template = flagPASO
| event = 2015
| team =
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0
| gold_ARG = 1 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 0
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 0
| gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1 | host_CAN = yes
}}
Medalists
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/268597897/TM-Volleyball-Indoor-ENG |title=Sport Technical Manual Volleyball – Indoor Volleyball |website=scribd.com |publisher=TO2015 |access-date=13 June 2015}}
=Men=
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| Criteria
! Vacancies ! Qualified | ||
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation
| align=center | 1 | {{vb|CAN}} | ||
| North, Central American and Caribbean ranking
| align=center | 4 | {{vb|USA}} | ||
| South American Ranking
| align=center | 3 | {{vb|BRA}} | ||
| Total | 8 |
=Women=
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| Criteria
! Vacancies ! Qualified | ||
|---|---|---|
| Host Nation
| align=center | 1 | {{vbw|CAN}} | ||
| North, Central American and Caribbean ranking
| align=center | 4 | {{vbw|USA}} | ||
| South American Ranking
| align=center | 3 | {{vbw|BRA}} | ||
| Total | 8 |
Participating nations
A total of ten countries qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.
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- {{flagPASO|ARG|2015|24}}
- {{flagPASO|BRA|2015|24}}
- {{flagPASO|CAN|2015|24}}
- {{flagPASO|COL|2015|12}}
- {{flagPASO|CUB|2015|24}}
- {{flagPASO|DOM|2015|12}}
- {{flagPASO|MEX|2015|12}}
- {{flagPASO|PER|2015|12}}
- {{flagPASO|PUR|2015|24}}
- {{flagPASO|USA|2015|24}}
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See also
References
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{{Pan American Games Volleyball}}
{{Events at the 2015 Pan American Games}}