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

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]

Volleyball – Women's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Centre Hall A
DatesJuly 16 – July 26
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Teams edit

Qualification edit

The following nations qualified for the women's tournament:

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

Squads edit

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 edit

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

Team qualified for the semifinals
Team qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR
1   Dominican Republic 3 2 1 10 261 215 1.214 7 4 1.750
2   Argentina 3 2 1 10 252 254 0.992 7 4 1.750
3   Cuba 3 1 2 5 248 259 0.958 4 7 0.571
4   Canada 3 1 2 5 228 261 0.874 4 7 0.571
Source: Archived 2015-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 16 Argentina   3–0   Cuba 25–23 26–24 25–19     76–66 P2P3
Jul 16 Canada   0–3   Dominican Republic 15–25 13–25 15–25     43–75 P2P3
Jul 18 Dominican Republic   3–1   Argentina 22–25 25–11 25–22 25-18   97–76 P2P3
Jul 18 Canada   3–1   Cuba 25–21 19–25 25–18 25–22   94–86 P2P3
Jul 20 Canada   1–3   Argentina 25–23 25–27 20–25 21-25   91–100 P2P3
Jul 20 Dominican Republic   1–3   Cuba 22–25 22–25 25–21 20-25   89–96 P2P3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR
1   Brazil 3 3 0 10 320 273 1.172 9 5 1.800
2   United States 3 2 1 12 254 200 1.270 8 3 2.667
3   Puerto Rico 3 1 2 7 232 247 0.939 5 6 0.833
4   Peru 3 0 3 1 164 250 0.656 1 9 0.111
Source: Archived 2015-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 16 Brazil   3–2   Puerto Rico 23–25 28–26 25–17 24–26 15–10 115–104 P2P3
Jul 16 United States   3–0   Peru 25–15 25–13 25–14     75–42 P2P3
Jul 18 Brazil   3–1   Peru 25–27 25–5 25–17 25–16   100–65 P2P3
Jul 18 United States   3–0   Puerto Rico 25–17 25–22 25–14     75–53 P2P3
Jul 20 Puerto Rico   3–0   Peru 25–18 25–16 25–23     75–57 P2P3
Jul 20 United States   2–3   Brazil 25–22 21–25 25–18 22–25 11-15 104–105 P2P3

Elimination round edit

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Championship bracket edit

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

Quarterfinals edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 22 Argentina   2–3   Puerto Rico 21–25 27–25 10–25 25–11 13–15 96–101 P2 P3
Jul 22 United States   3–1   Cuba 25–18 25–19 22–25 25–18   97–80 P2 P3

Seventh place match edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 23 Canada   2–3   Peru 25–22 24-26 25–17 21-25 13-15 108–105 P2 P3

Fifth place match edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 23 Argentina   1–3   Cuba 21–25 25–21 17–25 21-25   84–96 P2 P3

Semifinals edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 23 Brazil   3–2   Puerto Rico 18–25 24–26 25–22 25–19 15–11 107–103 P2 P3
Jul 23 Dominican Republic   1–3   United States 17–25 25–22 18–25 22-25   82–97 P2 P3

Bronze medal match edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 25 Puerto Rico   1–3   Dominican Republic 22–25 22–25 25–22 21–25   90–97 P2 P3

Gold medal match edit

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 25 Brazil   0–3   United States 22–25 21–25 26–28     69–78 P2 P3

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    United States
    Brazil
    Dominican Republic
4   Puerto Rico
5   Cuba
6   Argentina
7   Peru
8   Canada

Awards edit

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament   United States   Brazil   Dominican Republic

References edit

  1. ^ "USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions". Toronto, Canada: NORCECA. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. ^ a b "USA women win second gold medal in Pan Am Games history". Toronto, Canada: FIVB. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  3. ^ Brown, Andy (2015-09-10). "PASO confirms six more Toronto 2015 positives". The Sports Integrity Initiative. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  4. ^ Aguirregomezcorta, Gonzalo (2015-07-26). "Sheila Ocasio da positivo por dopaje" [Sheila Ocasio tested positive for doping] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  5. ^ "USA women are the Pan Am Games Champions". Toronto, Canada: NORCECA. 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. ^ Final round summary[dead link]

External links edit