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

The men's tournament of volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico will begin on October 24 and end on October 29. All games will be held at the Pan American Volleyball Complex. The defending champions are Brazil.

Volleyball – Men's tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan American Volleyball Complex
Dates	October 24 – October 29
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Brazil    Cuba    Argentina
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Teams

Qualification

The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
FIVB + 2010 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup rankings	January 1, 2011	–	7	Brazil   Cuba   United States   Argentina   Venezuela   Puerto Rico   Canada
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.^[1]

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   Canada
•   Cuba
•   Mexico
•   Puerto Rico
•   United States
•   Venezuela

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	13	257	224	1.147	9	2	4.500	Semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	1	8	331	331	1.000	8	7	1.143	Quarterfinals
3	Mexico	3	1	2	6	271	278	0.975	5	7	0.714
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	266	292	0.911	3	9	0.333

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 24	Cuba	3–2	Argentina	25–22	18–25	24–26	25–18	15–13	107–104	Report^[dead link]
Oct 24	Venezuela	1–3	Mexico	23–25	20–25	28–26	21–25		92–101	Report^[dead link]
Oct 25	Cuba	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–21	25–17			75–58	Report^[dead link]
Oct 25	Argentina	3–2	Mexico	25–23	25–23	25–27	21–25	15–10	111–108	Report^[dead link]
Oct 26	Argentina	3–2	Venezuela	25–23	21–25	29–27	23–25	18–16	116–116
Oct 26	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–21	25–23			75–62	Report^[dead link]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	14	243	171	1.421	9	1	9.000	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	7	227	244	0.930	5	6	0.833	Quarterfinals
3	United States	3	1	2	6	313	324	0.966	6	8	0.750
4	Canada	3	1	2	3	238	282	0.844	3	8	0.375

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 24	United States	3–2	Puerto Rico	22–25	25–19	20–25	25–16	15–13	107–98	Report^[dead link]
Oct 24	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–13	25–13			75–43	Report^[dead link]
Oct 25	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–14	25–18			75–54	Report^[dead link]
Oct 25	United States	2–3	Canada	25–21	23–25	39–37	33–35	12–15	132–133	Report^[dead link]
Oct 26	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–17	25–23			75–62	Report^[dead link]
Oct 26	Brazil	3–1	United States	18–25	25–17	25–14	25–18		93–74

Elimination round

^[3]

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Brazil

3

A2

Argentina

3

A2

Argentina

1

B3

United States

2

B1

Brazil

3

A1

Cuba

1

A1

Cuba

3

B2

Puerto Rico

2

A3

Mexico

2

A3

Mexico

3

Third place

A2

Argentina

3

A3

Mexico

2

5th–8th places bracket

	Classification 5/8				5th Place Match
	Puerto Rico	1
	Canada	3
					United States	3
					Canada	2
	United States	3
	Venezuela	2
					7th Place Match
					Venezuela	2
					Puerto Rico	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 27	Argentina	3–2	United States	25–17	19–25	25–18	17–25	15–11	101–96
Oct 27	Puerto Rico	2–3	Mexico	26–24	25–16	26–28	21–25	9–15	107–108	Report^[dead link]

Fifth to eighth place classification

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 28	Canada	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–20	19–25	25–19	25–20		94–84
Oct 28	United States	3–2	Venezuela	21–25	25–17	21–25	25–18	15–13	107–98

Seventh place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 29	Venezuela	2–3	Puerto Rico	23–25	19–25	25–19	25–21	8–15	100–105

Fifth place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 29	United States	3–2	Canada	22–25	25–15	25–19	21–25	19–17	112–101

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 28	Cuba	3–2	Mexico	25–21	25–27	28–30	25–15	17–15	120–108
Oct 28	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	26–28	27–25	25–22	25–15		103–90

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 29	Argentina	3–2	Mexico	25–18	22–25	20–25	25–22	15–13	107–104

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 29	Brazil	3–1	Cuba	25–11	24–26	25–18	25–19		99–74

2011 Men's Pan American Games
Brazil 4th title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Cuba
	Argentina
4	Mexico
5	United States
6	Canada
7	Puerto Rico
8	Venezuela

Awards

• MVP:   Wilfredo Leon (CUB)
• Best scorer:  Ivan Contreras (MEX)
• Best spiker:   Wallace de Souza (BRA)
• Best blocker:  Sebastian Sole (ARG)
• Best server:   Fernando Hernandez Ramos (CUB)
• Best digger:   Blair Bann (CAN)
• Best setter:   Bruno Rezende (BRA)
• Best receiver:   Mario Da Silva (BRA)
• Best libero:  Hector Mata (VEN)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Brazil Thiago Alves Maurício Borges Silva Éder Carbonera Mario Pedreira Junior Maurício Souza Wallace de Souza Gustavo Endres Luiz Felipe Fonteles Wallace Martins Murilo Radke Bruno Rezende Renato Russomanno	Cuba Dariel Albo Henry Bell Cisnero Rolando Cepeda Yoandri Díaz Yulián Durán Yosnier Guillen Keibel Gutiérrez Fernando Hernández Raydel Hierrezuelo Wilfredo León Isbel Mesa Yassel Perdomo	Argentina Nicolás Bruno Iván Castellani Maximiliano Cavanna Pablo Crer Maximiliano Gauna Mariano Giustiniano Franco López Federico Pereyra Gonzalo Quiroga Sebastián Solé Alejandro Toro Nicolás Uriarte

References

1. 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Volleyball
2. Preliminary round summary^{[dead link]}
3. Final round summary^{[dead link]}

External links

• Competition Format and Match Schedule