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

International sporting event

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:^[1]

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.^[1]

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Cuba
•  Dominican Republic
•  Mexico
•  Peru
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States

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.^[1]

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 ^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)^[2]

Group A

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

^[3]

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

Awards

• MVP:  Yoana Palacios (CUB)^[4]
• Best scorer:  Bethania de la Cruz (DOM)
• Best spiker:  Yoana Palacios (CUB)
• Best blocker:  Lauren Gibbemeyer (USA)
• Best server:  Gyselle Silva (CUB)
• Best digger:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best setter:  Dani Lins (BRA)
• Best receiver:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)
• Best libero:  Brenda Castillo (DOM)

Medalists

References

1. 2011 Pan American Games – Women's Volleyball
2. Preliminary round summary^{[dead link]}
3. Final round summary^{[dead link]}
4. FIVB (20 October 2011). "Brazil wins fourth Pan Am Games gold medal". Retrieved 20 October 2011.

External links

• Schedule