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 following is the competition schedule for the volleyball competitions:
PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal 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 WomenP P P ¼ ½ B F
Medal table
Medalists Men's tournament Sebastian ClosterFacundo ContePablo CrerLuciano de CeccoJavier FilardiMaximiliano GaunaJose GonzalezRodrigo QuirogaMartin RamosSebastian SoleNicolas UriarteLuciano Zornetta Carlos Eduardo SilvaDouglas SouzaFlávio GualbertoJoão Rafael FerreiraMaurício Borges SilvaMaurício SouzaMurilo RadkeOtávio PintoRafael AraújoRenan BuiattiThiago VelosoTiago Brendle Nicholas HoagDan LewisSteven MarshallJohn Gordon PerrinTJ SandersGavin SchmittDustin SchneiderAdam SimacToontje van LankveltRudy VerhoeffGraham VigrassFred Winters Lauren PaoliniCassidy LichtmanKristin HildebrandNatalie HagglundNicole FawcettCursty JacksonMichelle BartschFalyn FonoimoanaJenna HagglundRachael AdamsCarli LloydKrista Vansant Adenízia da SilvaAna TiemiAngélica MalinvernoBárbara BrunchCamila BraitFernanda GarayJaqueline CarvalhoJoyce da SilvaMacris CarneiroMariana CostaMichelle PavãoRosamaria Montibeller Annerys VargasMarianne FersolaBrenda CastilloCamil DomínguezNiverka MartePrisilla RiveraYonkaira PeñaGina MambruBethania de la CruzAna BinetBrayelin MartínezJineiry 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 North, Central American and Caribbean ranking 4 South American Ranking 3 Total 8
Women Criteria Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 North, Central American and Caribbean ranking 4 South American Ranking 3 Total 8
Participating nations A total of ten countries qualified volleyball teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.
See also Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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