Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico began on 15 October and ended on 20 October 2011, when the Brazil defeated Cuba 3–2 for the gold medal. all games were held at the Pan American Volleyball Complex. The defending champions are Cuba.

Teams

Qualification The top seven teams in the combined FIVB and 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings plus hosts Mexico qualified for the final tournament. The following nations qualified for the tournament:2011 Pan American Games – Women's Volleyball

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation – –1FIVB + 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankingsJanuary 15, 2011 –7 TOTAL 8

Squads

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 12 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament are due on September 14, 2011 a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.

Format Eight teams are split into two preliminary round groups of four teams each. The top team from each group qualifies for the semifinals. The second placed team will play the third placed team from the other group for another place in the semifinals. The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Pool standing procedure Match won 3–0: 5 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser Match won 3–1: 4 points for the winner, 1 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 3 points for the winner, 2 points for the loser In case of tie, the teams were classified according to the following criteria: points ratio and sets ratio

Preliminary round All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)Preliminary round summary Group A

Group B

Final round Final round summary

Championship bracket

5th–8th places bracket

Quarterfinals

Fifth to eighth place classification

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

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Awards MVP: Best scorer: Best spiker: Best blocker: Best server: Best digger: Best setter: Best receiver: Best libero:

Medalists Women's tournamentFabiana ClaudinoJuciely Cristina BarretoDani LinsPaula PequenoThaisa MenezesMarianne SteinbrecherJaqueline CarvalhoTandara CaxietaSheilla CastroFabiana de OliveiraFernanda GarayFabíola de SouzaEmily BorrellKenia CarcacesLiannes CastañedaAna Yilian ClegerRosanna GielDaymara LescayYoana PalaciosAlena RojasWilma SalasYanelis SantosYusidey SilieGyselle SilvaKeao BurdineAngela ForsettCynthia BarbozaAlexandra KlinemanRegan HoodCassidy LichtmanLauren GibbemeyerJessica JonesCarli LloydCourtney ThompsonKayla BanwartTamari Miyashiro

References

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