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

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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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.

Teams

Qualification

The following nations qualified for the men's tournament:

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

Main article: Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Volleyball 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.

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Cuba

•  Mexico
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States
•  Venezuela

Preliminary round

All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

	Team qualified for the semifinals
	Team qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

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
Oct 24	Venezuela	1–3	Mexico	23–25	20–25	28–26	21–25		92–101	Report
Oct 25	Cuba	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–21	25–17			75–58	Report
Oct 25	Argentina	3–2	Mexico	25–23	25–23	25–27	21–25	15–10	111–108	Report
Oct 26	Argentina	3–2	Venezuela	25–23	21–25	29–27	23–25	18–16	116–116	Report
Oct 26	Cuba	3–0	Mexico	25–18	25–21	25–23			75–62	Report

Group B

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
Oct 24	Brazil	3–0	Canada	25–17	25–13	25–13			75–43	Report
Oct 25	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–14	25–18			75–54	Report
Oct 25	United States	2–3	Canada	25–21	23–25	39–37	33–35	12–15	132–133	Report
Oct 26	Puerto Rico	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–17	25–23			75–62	Report
Oct 26	Brazil	3–1	United States	18–25	25–17	25–14	25–18		93–74	Report

Elimination round

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	Report
Oct 27	Puerto Rico	2–3	Mexico	26–24	25–16	26–28	21–25	9–15	107–108	Report

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	Report
Oct 28	United States	3–2	Venezuela	21–25	25–17	21–25	25–18	15–13	107–98	Report

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	Report

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	Report

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	Report
Oct 28	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	26–28	27–25	25–22	25–15		103–90	Report

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	Report

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	Report

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 (BRA) Thiago Alves Mauricio Borges Eder Carbonera Mario Da Silva Mauricio De Souza Wallace De Souza Gustavo Endres Luiz Fonteles Wallace Martins Murilo Radke Bruno Rezende Renato Russomanno	Cuba (CUB) Dariel Albo Henry Bell Cisnero Rolando Cepeda Yoandry Diaz Yulian Duran Yosniel Guillen Keibel Gutierrez Fernando Hernandez Raydel Hierrezuelo Wilfredo Leon Isbel Mesa Yassel Perdomo	Argentina (ARG) Nicolas Bruno Ivan Castellani Maximiliano Cavanna Pablo Crer Maximiliano Gauna Mariano Giustiniano Franco Lopez Federico Pereyra Gonzalo Quiroga Sebastian Sole Alejandro Toro Nicolas Uriarte

External links

• Competition Format and Match Schedule

• Official website