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

Volleyball – Women's tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan American Volleyball Complex
Dates	15–20 October 2011
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Brazil    Cuba    United States
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Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games
Tournament	men
Rosters	men	women

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.

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]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
FIVB + 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings	January 15, 2011	–	7	Brazil  United States  Cuba  Dominican Republic  Peru  Puerto Rico  Canada
TOTAL			8

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]

• 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]

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]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	13	267	212	1.259	9	2	4.500	Semifinals
2	Cuba	3	2	1	10	259	236	1.097	7	4	1.750	Quarterfinals
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	5	283	304	0.931	5	8	0.625
4	Canada	3	0	3	2	209	266	0.786	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 15	Cuba	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–16	25–18			75–56	Report
Oct 15	Brazil	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–22	21–25	25–16	25–20		96–83	Report
Oct 16	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–23	21–25	25–20	25–16		96–84	Report
Oct 16	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–19	25–12	25–10			75–41	Report
Oct 17	Dominican Republic	3–2	Canada	27–29	22–25	27–25	25–21	15–12	116–112	Report
Oct 17	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	25–23	21–25	25–22	25–18		96–88	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	15	231	161	1.435	9	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	2	1	8	245	231	1.061	6	5	1.200	Quarterfinals
3	Peru	3	1	2	5	225	262	0.859	4	7	0.571
4	Mexico	3	0	3	2	224	271	0.827	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 15	United States	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–17	25–18	25–14			75–49	Report
Oct 15	Mexico	1–3	Peru	25–27	25–16	19–25	19–25		88–93	Report
Oct 16	United States	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–15	25–19			75–53	Report
Oct 16	Puerto Rico	3–1	Mexico	22–25	25–21	25–18	25–13		97–77	Report
Oct 17	Peru	1–3	Puerto Rico	26–24	21–25	21–25	11–25		79–99	Report
Oct 17	United States	3–0	Mexico	25–14	25–16	31–29			81–59	Report

^[3]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

United States

1

A2

Cuba

3

A2

Cuba

3

B3

Peru

0

Cuba

2

Brazil

3

A1

Brazil

3

B2

Puerto Rico

2

A3

Dominican Republic

0

A3

Dominican Republic

3

Third place

United States

3

Dominican Republic

1

	Classification 5/8				5th Place Match
	Peru	3
	Canada	1
					Peru	0
					Puerto Rico	3
	Puerto Rico	3
	Mexico	2
					7th Place Match
					Canada	3
					Mexico	1

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 18	Cuba	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–19	26–24			76–61	Report
Oct 18	Puerto Rico	2–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	22–25	28–26	25–22	8–15	104–113	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 19	Peru	3–1	Canada	26–24	18–25	25–22	25–19		94–90	Report
Oct 19	Puerto Rico	3–2	Mexico	20–25	25–14	9–25	25–10	15–9	94–83	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Canada	3–1	Mexico	19–25	25–17	26–24	25–15		95–81	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Peru	0–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	20–25	19–25			62–75	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 19	United States	1–3	Cuba	17–25	16–25	27–25	21–25		81–100	Report
Oct 19	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	United States	3–1	Dominican Republic	23–25	25–16	25–20	25–19		98–80	Report

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 20	Cuba	2–3	Brazil	15–25	25–21	21–25	25–21	10–15	96–107	Report

2011 Pan American Games champion
Brazil 4th title

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

• 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)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament	Brazil Fabiana Claudino Juciely Cristina Barreto Dani Lins Paula Pequeno Thaisa Menezes Marianne Steinbrecher Jaqueline Carvalho Tandara Caxieta Sheilla Castro Fabiana de Oliveira Fernanda Garay Fabíola de Souza	Cuba Emily Borrell Kenia Carcaces Liannes Castañeda Ana Yilian Cleger Rosanna Giel Daymara Lescay Yoana Palacios Alena Rojas Wilma Salas Yanelis Santos Yusidey Silie Gyselle Silva	United States Keao Burdine Angela Forsett Cynthia Barboza Alexandra Klineman Regan Hood Cassidy Lichtman Lauren Gibbemeyer Jessica Jones Carli Lloyd Courtney Thompson Kayla Banwart Tamari Miyashiro

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